In assenza di te

"In assenza di te"
Single by Laura Pausini
from the album La mia risposta
B-side	"Un'emergenza d'amore" (Rob's Rock Remix)
Released	January 1999
Recorded	1998
Length	4:27
Label	DDD Warner M. (Italy)
Songwriter(s)	Laura Pausini Cheope Antonio Galbiati Shelly Peiken
Producer(s)	Laura Pausini Alfredo Cerruti Dado Parisini
Laura Pausini singles chronology
"Un'emergenza d'amore" (1998) "In assenza di te" (1999) "La mia risposta" (1998)
Alternative covers

"In assenza di te" (English: In absence of you) is a pop song by Italian singer Laura Pausini off her fourth album, La mia risposta. "En ausencia de ti" is its Spanish-language adaptation. The song was released in France in June 2003. The English version, "It's Not Goodbye" originated all of the other versions, and was released in late 2003 as a single from the album, From the Inside.

It remains as one of the most enduring of Pausini's hits. It also helped to promote the album with the other hit-single "Un'emergenza d'amore". All of the three versions were released as singles, although only the Spanish and Italian ones had videoclips recorded.

Both Spanish and Italian versions were included in Pausini's greatest hits album, E ritorno da te.

Before it was released as a single, the song became famous in Brazil, where it was used as part of the soundtrack to the telenovela Pecado Capital. Later, Pausini released a special version of the single just in that country (see below).

It is widely regarded ^{[according to whom?]} as one of the most passionate pieces of music in the world. ^{[dubious – discuss]}