"When You're Gone" is a song by Canadian musician Bryan Adams featuring English singer Melanie C, from the former's eighth studio album, On a Day Like Today (1998).

An accompanying music video was released by German film director Marcus Nispel, which depicts Adams and Melanie C inside a house.

[1] Adams initially sought American musician Sheryl Crow to perform the song as a duet, but did not receive a response from her.

Adams first met Melanie C on British music chart television show Top of the Pops (TOTP), during the Spice Girls' performance of their 1996 song "Wannabe".

[3] The song was recorded at the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, Canada, from June to August 1998, with Adams and Bob Rock handling production.

[16] JC Villamere of Entertainment Tonight Canada regarded the song to be an "absolute banger",[24] and the Daily Record stated that it is a "catchy tune".

[26] Writing about the rendition performed by Adams and Anderson, Keith Caulfield of Billboard criticized the latter's "featherweight background vocals", which were buried in the song and considered "novelty" for radio stations.

[27] The song sold 921,000 combined equivalent-sales in the United Kingdom as of May 2021,[28] and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) as a result.

[30] The song peaked at number six on the Norwegian VG-lista, where it spent 15 weeks on the chart,[31] and was certified gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).

[19] In November 2011, Adams appeared halfway through the contestants' group performance of the song on the eighth season of The X Factor UK.