"After You've Gone" is a 1918 popular song composed by Turner Layton with lyrics by Henry Creamer.

[2] The song became so popular that the sheet music was later decorated with tiny photographs of the 45 men who made the song famous, including Paul Whiteman, Rudy Vallée, B.A.

Rolfe, Guy Lombardo, and Louis Armstrong.

[3] The chorus adheres to a standard ABAC pattern but is only 20 measures long.

The song is harmonically active, with chord changes in almost every measure.