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"When You're Gone" is a duet by Bryan Adams and Melanie C (from the Spice Girls), from the former's eighth studio album, On a Day Like Today (1998). The song was written by Eliot Kennedy and Adams, while produced by Adams and Bob Rock. It was released by A&M Records on November 30, 1998, as the second single from the album in addition to being Melanie C's debut single outside the Spice Girls. Musically, it contains genres of pop, pop rock and soft rock, and is performed as a duet between Adams and Melanie C with a guitar solo.
"When You're Gone" received generally favourable reviews from music critics, who praised the production but criticized Melanie C's vocals. The song peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart and at number four on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. An accompanying music video was released by German film director Marcus Nispel, which depicts Adams and Melanie C inside a house. Adams recorded another version of "When You're Gone" with Canadian-American actress Pamela Anderson for his compilation album, Anthology (2005), and as a new version with Melanie C for his album of re-recordings, Classic Pt II (2022).
An accompanying music video was directed by German film director Marcus Nispel and released in 1998. It depicts Adams and Melanie C running around a house. Writing for The Guardian, Richard Benson described Adams' appearance as "green of face". On May 22, 2020, a high-definition (HD) version of the video was uploaded on YouTube. A new music video for the re-recorded version of "When You're Gone" by Adams and Melanie C was released in 2022.
"When You're Gone" is frequently performed at Adams' concerts as an acoustic version, which he picks an audience member to sing the song alongside him. Melanie C regularly included "When You're Gone" on the setlist of her live concerts. On January 8, 1999, Melanie C and Adams appeared on TOTP to perform "When You're Gone" as a duet. Adams performed "When You're Gone" in the first week of the live show on the third season of The X Factor Australia in September 2011. In November 2011, Adams appeared halfway through the contestants' group performance of the song on the eighth season of The X Factor UK. Melanie C performed "When You're Gone" with Irish singer Nathan Carter on the second season of The Nathan Carter Show on RTÉ One in November 2017, and with Adams during his concert in her hometown of Widnes in July 2022.
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