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When You're Gone

Avril Lavigne

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LIST YEAR

2008

Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release/version source checked.

Genre

Alternative rockPop punkRock

Theme

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RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

Release: 2007

Release: 2007Source checked | Recent carryover

Original 2007 album and single; October 2006 denotes recording, not release.

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When You're Gone - release / recording history
Original 2007 album and single; October 2006 denotes recording, not release. Source consulted 2026-10-13; not a complete discographic audit.

Former annual assignments retained as history

These appearances were removed from the main annual lists. They are not original release dates.

  • 2006: premature
BEHIND THE SONG

Inspiration and background

Supplied note - not independently verified

This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.

Lavigne wrote the song about the pain of separation from a loved one.

Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony

Sources for this information

Owner-supplied 2008.html, position 95
Original annotation, retained with an explicit unverified label

Other appearances and versions

catalog version unspecified

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Sources and scope

Supplied annual selection; independent annual corroboration remains open

Editorial artist-repertoire classification

Owner-supplied 2008.html
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