When You're Gone

song written and composed by Bryan Adams and Eliot Kennedy, originally recorded by Bryan Adams and Melanie Chisholm and released in 1998
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2385606
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When You're Gone

Summary

When You're Gone is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (327 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • When You're Gone's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • When You're Gone's genre is pop rock[4].
  • When You're Gone followed On a Day Like Today[5].
  • When You're Gone was followed by Cloud Number Nine[6].
  • When You're Gone was followed by I Thought I'd Seen Everything[7].
  • When You're Gone was followed by Goin' Down[8].
  • Among the performers on When You're Gone was Bryan Adams[9].
  • When You're Gone's record label is recorded as A&M Records[10].
  • When You're Gone's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • When You're Gone was released on November 30, 1998[12].
  • When You're Gone's lyricist is recorded as Bryan Adams[13].
  • When You're Gone's lyricist is recorded as Eliot Kennedy[14].
  • When You're Gone's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "When You're Gone"}[15].
  • When You're Gone's has characteristic is recorded as debut single[16].
  • When You're Gone's different from is recorded as When You're Gone[17].
  • When You're Gone's form of creative work is recorded as song[18].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[19]

  • Genre(s): pop rock, rock, soft rock[20]

  • Community tags: pop rock, rock, soft rock[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6e7c48a5-ae35-34e2-8515-d5b38987e711[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

When You're Gone was performed by Bryan Adams[9].

Publication

When You're Gone was published on November 30, 1998[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is pop rock[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

When You're Gone followed On a Day Like Today[5]. Successors include Cloud Number Nine[6], I Thought I'd Seen Everything[7], and Goin' Down[8].

Why It Matters

When You're Gone ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (327 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). When You're Gone. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/when-you-re-gone-q2385606
MLA “When You're Gone.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/when-you-re-gone-q2385606.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_when-you-re-gone-q2385606_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{When You're Gone}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/when-you-re-gone-q2385606}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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