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	November 1996
Format	CD single
Recorded	November–December 1995
Genre	Alternative rock, pop rock
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)
"Free to Decide" (1996) "When You're Gone" (1996) "Hollywood" (1997)
To the Faithful Departed track listing
"Salvation" (2) "When You're Gone" (3) "Free to Decide" (4)
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"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. In 2017, the song was released as an acoustic, stripped down version on the band's Something Else album.^[1]

Music video

The music video was directed by Karen Bellone. It is mostly in black and white.^[2] It features the "yellow room" from the album cover burning over a body of water.

Track listings

Australian/European maxi-single^[3]

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^[4]

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^[5]

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^[6]

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

CD promo^[7]

1. "When You're Gone" (edit) – 4:29
2. "When You're Gone" – 4:55

Charts

References

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics