<P> `` Cups '' is a version of the 1931 Carter Family song `` When I 'm Gone '' , usually performed a cappella with a cup used to provide percussion , as in the cup game . It was first performed this way in a YouTube video by Luisa Gerstein and Heloise Tunstall - Behrens as Lulu and The Lampshades in 2009 ( under the title `` You 're Gonna Miss Me '' ) . Composition of the song is credited to A.P. Carter and Luisa Gerstein of Lulu and the Lampshades . </P>
<P> `` Cups '' is a version of the 1931 Carter Family song `` When I 'm Gone '' , usually performed a cappella with a cup used to provide percussion , as in the cup game . It was first performed this way in a YouTube video by Luisa Gerstein and Heloise Tunstall - Behrens as Lulu and The Lampshades in 2009 ( under the title `` You 're Gonna Miss Me '' ) . Composition of the song is credited to A.P. Carter and Luisa Gerstein of Lulu and the Lampshades . </P>
who wrote you 're going to miss me when i 'm gone
who wrote you 're going to miss me when i 'm gone
A.P. Carter Luisa Gerstein
A.P. Carter Luisa Gerstein