"When You're Gone" is a song by the Irish band The Cranberries. It is the third single from their third studio album, "To the Faithful Departed," released in 1996. The song has a duration of 4 minutes and 57 seconds. The song was written by Dolores O'Riordan, and it features a mix of orchestration and a doo-wop feel with distinctive finger snaps. According to Dolores, she wrote the song initially for a certain reason, but over the years it came to mean something different to her, reflecting on the idea of people who are gone, like her grandparents, and whether they are still present in some way. "When You're Gone" was first played in concert at the end of 1994 and released as a single in November 1996. The music video, mostly in black and white, was directed by Karen Bellone. The song achieved chart success in various countries, peaking at number four in Norway and reaching the top 30 in several others. The song was notably played at the end of Dolores O'Riordan's funeral in 2018, highlighting its lasting emotional significance. The track carries a haunting and emotional tone, with lyrics expressing feelings of missing someone deeply when they are not around, encapsulated in the repeated lines "And I miss you when you're gone" and "Hold on to love, that is what I do".