"When You're Gone" Is A Song By Canadian Singer-Songwriter Avril Lavigne From Her Third Studio Album The Best Damn Thing 2007 . 1 It Was Released As The Second Single From The Album On 19 June 2007 By RCA Records. Lavigne Co-Wrote The Song With Butch Walker Whilst Production Was Solely Helmed By Walker. According To Lavigne The Song Is About Saying Goodbye To And Missing A Person That One Cares About.