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"When You're Gone"
Single by Shawn Mendes
Released	March 31, 2022 (2022-03-31)
Genre	Pop rock
Length	2:52
Label	Island
Songwriter(s)	Shawn Mendes Jonah Shy Scott Harris
Producer(s)	Mendes Shy
Shawn Mendes singles chronology
"It'll Be Okay" (2021) "When You're Gone" (2022) "What the Hell Are We Dying For?" (2023)
Music video
"When You're Gone" on YouTube

"When You're Gone" is a song by Canadian singer Shawn Mendes. It was released as a single through Island Records on March 31, 2022. The song was produced by Mendes himself and Jonah Shy and co-produced by Scott Harris, and the three wrote it together.

Background and promotion

Mendes debuted the song on March 19, 2022, performing it live for the first time at his South by Southwest (SXSW) performance in Austin, Texas. He teased the song by posting snippets of the song to the video-sharing app TikTok the week before its announcement and announced the song and its complete details two days later.

Composition and lyrics

"When You're Gone" is a pop-rock song that lyrically sees Mendes singing about the end of a relationship, similar to his previous single from late 2021, "It'll Be Okay". Transitioning from the first verse to the chorus, he sings: "It's hard for me to let go of you / So I'm trying to hold on, hold on / I don't wanna know what it's like when you're gone". Further, into the chorus, he croons: "I didn't know that loving you was the happiest I've ever been / So I'm just trying to hold on". The song has also been described as "a dreamy love song with a punchy chorus".

Critical reception

Before the release of "When You're Gone", Billboard's Jason Lipshutz described the song as "a rollicking pop-rock track that sounds ready for radio play" and added that it "possess a weight and polish that could make them staples of Mendes' set for years to come, and hint at promising new paths for his songwriting". Khushboo Malhotra of CelebMix likewise stated that "he song heralds a new musical era that appears promising and elevated while widening his aural and stylistic horizons", calling it a "heartbreakingly beautiful single".

Music video

The official music video for "When You're Gone" premiered alongside the release of the song on March 31, 2022. It starts with a black-and-white resolution and sees Mendes recording the song in a studio and meeting up with fans. As the song shifts from him emotionally singing, it turns into full color when it turns into a sing-along. Three days before its release, Mendes teased the video on the video-sharing app TikTok, which saw him dancing shirtless, with the caption: "this is unusual behavior".

Credits and personnel

• Shawn Mendes – vocals, songwriting, production, guitar
• Jonah Shy – production, songwriting, vocal production, keyboards, percussion, programming
• Scott Harris – additional production, songwriting, guitar
• Jared Scharff – guitar, bass
• Adam Halferty – drums
• Andrew Maury – mixing
• Joe LaPorta – mastering
• Ashley Jacobson – recording
• Robert Johnson – recording
• Jeremy Dilli – recording

Charts

Certifications

Release history

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