"When I'm with You" is a song by Canadian pop punk band Faber Drive. It was released as the third single from their debut studio album Seven Second Surgery. The song peaked at number 19 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. The music video was filmed in a hospital and premiered on February 20, 2008, on MuchMusic's MuchOnDemand.
"When I'm With You" was written by members of Faber Drive and Brian Howes, while production was handled by Howes and Joey Moi. It was recorded at Mountainview Studios in Abbotsford, British Columbia.[1] The song is about a couple in which the guy spends a long time away from his girlfriend and his promise to stay with her and spend more time with her.[citation needed]
On December 1, 2017, the group re-released an acoustic version of the song for digital download.[2]
Chart performance
The song debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at number 88 on the week of February 2, 2008.[3] It rose to the top 40 on the week of March 15, 2008, reaching number 27.[4] It reached number 19 on the week of April 16, 2008 and left the chart four weeks later, spending a total of twenty weeks on the chart.[5] On the Canada AC, Canada CHR/Top 40 and Canada Hot AC airplay charts, it reached numbers 22, 24 and 3, respectively.[6][7][8]
As of February 2025, the song has garnered 14 million streams on Spotify.[9]
Music video
The music video for "When I'm With You" was premiered on February 20, 2008, via MuchOnDemand.[10] It was directed by Colin Minihan.[11] The video reached number six on Canada's MuchMusicCountdown on the week of May 22, 2008.[12]
The music video describes a young woman who lost her boyfriend in a car accident. The video starts off with doctors rushing in with the patient who appears to be the injured boyfriend. A series of clips show the band singing and the desperate doctors trying multiple methods of saving the young man but failing. Meanwhile, the young woman tries to approach other people at the hospital, presumably to ask where her boyfriend is, but they don't respond. The video ends with her discovering her own body in the hospital and realizing that she is in fact the one who died. Shortly afterward, the young man's heartbeat flatlines, and doctors try to revive him but fail. The girlfriend takes his hand in her own and brings him back to life. The young woman walks outdoors into white light and into the afterlife.
Personnel
Credits for "When I'm With You" retrieved from album's liner notes.[1]
12Seven Second Surgery (media notes). Faber Drive. 604. Universal Music Canada. 2007. 2539600222.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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