When You're Gone (The Cranberries song)

"When You're Gone"
Single by the Cranberries
from the album To the Faithful Departed
B-side "Free to Decide"
Released October 1996
Length 4:57
Label Island
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"
Music video
"When You're Gone" on YouTube

"When You're Gone" is a song 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 late 1994.

Upon its release, the song peaked at number four in Norway, earning a platinum disc there, and reached number 15 in Canada. It additionally peaked within the top 30 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. 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. It was also played by the majority of Irish radio stations at the same time during the funeral.

Music video

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

Track listings

Australian and European maxi-CD single

  1. "When You're Gone" (edit) – 4:33
  2. "Free to Decide" (live at Pine Knob, Clarkston, MI, 18 August 1996) – 3:13
  3. "Sunday" (live at Pine Knob, Clarkston, MI, 18 August 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

US CD single

  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 two-track single

  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 two-track single

  1. "When You're Gone" – 4:55
  2. "Free to Decide" – 4:24

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification
Norway (IFPI Norway) Platinum