When You're Gone (The Cranberries song)

"When You're Gone" is a rock ballad recorded by Irish band The Cranberries. It is the third single from their third studio album To the Faithful Departed (1996). The music video was directed by Karen Bellone and was released at the end of 1996. The song was first played during the North American leg of the No Need to Argue Tour in Autumn 1994.

"When You're Gone"
Single by The Cranberries
from the album To the Faithful Departed
B-side"Free to Decide"
Released12 November 1996
RecordedNovember–December 1995
GenreAlternative rock, pop rock
Length4:57
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)Dolores O'Riordan
Producer(s)Bruce Fairbairn, The Cranberries
The Cranberries singles chronology
"Free to Decide"
(1996)		 "When You're Gone"
(1996)		 "Hollywood"
(1997)
Audio sample
"When You're Gone"
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Upon its release, the song peaked at number four in Poland and Norway, going Platinum in the latter country, and reached number 15 in Canada. It additionally peaked within the top thirty in France, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand and the United States. In 2017, the song was released as an acoustic, stripped down version on the band's Something Else album.[1] The song was played at the end of Dolores O'Riordan's funeral on 23 January 2018, following her sudden death a week before in London at the age of 46.[2] It was also played by the majority of Irish radio stations at the same time during the funeral.[3]

Music video

The music video was directed by Karen Bellone. It is mostly in black and white.[4] It features the "yellow room" from the album cover burning over a body of water.

Track listings
Australian/European maxi-single[5]
  1. "When You're Gone" (edit) – 4:33
  2. "Free to Decide" (live at Pine Knob, Clarkston, MI, August 18, 1996) – 3:13
  3. "Sunday" (live at Pine Knob, Clarkston, MI, August 18, 1996) – 3:22
  4. "Dreaming My Dreams" (acoustic – live at Cadena 40 Principales, Madrid, Spain, 31 January 1995) – 4:22
  5. "Zombie" (acoustic – live at Cadena 40 Principales, Madrid, Spain, 31 January 1995) – 4:30
North American maxi-single[6]
  1. "When You're Gone" (edit) – 4:30
  2. "Free to Decide" (album version) – 4:24
  3. "Free to Decide" (live at Pine Knob, Clarkston, MI, 18 August 1996) – 3:20
  4. "Cordell" – 3:39
  5. "Zombie" (MTV Unplugged, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, 14 February 1995) – 4:53
  6. "Zombie" (A Camel's Hump Remix) – 7:56
  7. Screensaver (multimedia)
European 2-track single[7]
  1. "When You're Gone" (edit) – 4:33
  2. "I'm Still Remembering" (acoustic – live at Cadena 40 Principales, Madrid, Spain, 31 January 1995) – 4:32
North American 2-track single[8]
  1. "When You're Gone" – 4:55
  2. "Free to Decide" – 4:24
CD promo[9]
  1. "When You're Gone" (edit) – 4:29
  2. "When You're Gone" – 4:55

Charts and certifications

References
  1. "The Cranberries Announce New Acoustic Album Something Else, Share "Linger": Listen". Pitchfork. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  2. Limerick, Miriam Lord in. "Miriam Lord: Dolores O'Riordan send-off not so much a funeral as an enfolding". The Irish Times. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. Byrne, Nicola. "Irish radio stations came together at midday to play a touching tribute to Dolores O'Riordan". The Daily Edge. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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  6. Discogs, When You're Gone/Free To Decide Maxi-single. 422-854 825-2.
  7. Zombieguide's Complete Cranberries Discography, When You're Gone. 854 806-2
  8. Zombieguide's Complete Cranberries Discography, When You're Gone/Free To Decide. 422-854 802-4
  9. Zombieguide's Complete Cranberries Discography, When You're Gone Promo. PRCD 7340-2.
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  29. "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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