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Missing You (Diana Ross song)
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"Missing You"
Single by Diana Ross
from the album Swept Away
B-side
"We Are the Children of the World"
Released
November 13, 1984 (US)
Format
Vinyl, 7", Single, 45 RPM[1]
Length
4:16
4:01 (7")
Label
RCA Records
Songwriter(s)
Lionel Richie
Producer(s)
Lionel Richie & James Anthony Carmichael
Diana Ross singles chronology
"Touch by Touch"
(1984) "Missing You"
(1984) "Telephone"
(1985)
"Touch by Touch"
(1984) "Missing You"
(1984) "Telephone"
(1985)
"Missing You" is a song performed by Diana Ross. The third single released (in 45-rpm format) from her 1984 album Swept Away, the song had been written, composed, and produced by Lionel Richie as a tribute to Marvin Gaye, who was murdered by his father earlier that year.
Contents
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1 Background
2 Music video
3 Content and reception
4 Chart history
4.1 Weekly charts
4.2 Year-end charts
5 Samples and covers
5.1 Samples
5.2 Covers
6 References
7 External links
Background[edit]
Ross and Gaye were lifelong friends and label mates, having both joined Motown in 1961, and recorded a duet album together, Diana & Marvin, in 1973, later recording two more duets in 1978. Gaye appeared at Ross's 1982 Brussels concert while Gaye was living in Belgium, recording the Midnight Love album.
Music video[edit]
The music video, directed by Dominic Orlando, was filmed on location at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. The video includes, in addition to still photographs and tribute clips of Gaye himself, tribute clips of former Supremes singer Florence Ballard and also of Paul Williams of The Temptations, both Motown artists who had died in the 1970s.
Content and reception[edit]
The song was built during conversations about Gaye shared by Ross and Richie, who came up with a song shortly after the conversations. Released in late 1984, the song became Diana's last major hit on the U.S. pop singles chart, hitting the Top 10 in the spring of 1985. It was also her last song to reach number one on the R&B singles chart.[2]
Chart history[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1984-85)
Peak
position
Australia KMR 95
Canada RPM Top Singles 29
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[3] 1
UK Singles Chart 76
US Billboard Hot 100 10
US Billboard Hot Black Singles 1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 4
US Cash Box Top 100 13
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1985)
Rank
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 49
Samples and covers[edit]
Samples[edit]
Six hip hop acts have sampled "Missing You:"
Master P on 1997's "Gangstas Need Love;"
The Notorious B.I.G. on 1997's "Miss U;"
Mullage on 2009's "Trick'n';"[5]
Webbie on "Missing You" featuring LeToya Luckett;
Infinite's "Gotta Get Mine;" and
Ball Greezy on "Since U Been Away"
Covers[edit]
Whitney Houston covered the song, alongside other Diana Ross songs, in her 1997 Classic Whitney Live from Washington, D.C. concert. This song, specifically, was dedicated to Tupac Shakur, Princess Diana, The Notorious B.I.G., Betty Shabazz and Gianni Versace, each of whom had died that year or the year prior.
In 2010, Houston performed the song on select dates of her Nothing but Love World Tour as a tribute to Michael Jackson.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ http://www.discogs.com/Diana-Ross-Missing-You/release/1728793
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 502.
Jump up ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1985-04-06. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
Jump up ^ Musicoutfitters.com
Jump up ^ http://www.whosampled.com/artist/Diana%20Ross/
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Preceded by
"Mr. Telephone Man" by New Edition Billboard Hot Black Singles number one single
February 23, 1985 - March 9, 1985 Succeeded by
"Nightshift" by The Commodores
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Discography
Awards and nominations
Studio albums
Diana Ross (1970)
Everything Is Everything
Surrender
Touch Me in the Morning
Diana & Marvin
Last Time I Saw Him
Diana Ross (1976)
Baby It's Me
Ross (1978)
The Boss
Diana
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Silk Electric
Ross (1983)
Swept Away
Eaten Alive
Red Hot Rhythm & Blues
Workin' Overtime
The Force Behind the Power
A Very Special Season
Take Me Higher
Every Day Is a New Day
Blue
I Love You
Diana Ross Sings Songs From The Wiz
Compilations
Greatest Hits
Diana Ross' Greatest Hits
20 Golden Greats
To Love Again
All the Great Hits
Forever Diana: Musical Memoirs
One Woman: The Ultimate Collection
Diana Extended: The Remixes
Voice of Love
Love & Life: The Very Best of Diana Ross
The Definitive Collection
The Greatest
Upside Down: The Collection
Live releases
Live at Caesars Palace
An Evening with Diana Ross
Greatest Hits Live
Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues
Christmas in Vienna
Soundtrack albums
Diana!
Lady Sings the Blues
Mahogany
The Wiz
Tours
Return to Love Tour
I Love You Tour
More Today Than Yesterday: The Greatest Hits Tour
In the Name of Love Tour
The Essential Diana Ross: Some Memories Never Fade
Related topics
The Supremes
Rhonda Ross Kendrick (daughter)
Tracee Ellis Ross (daughter)
Evan Ross (son)
Arne Næss, Jr. (second husband)
Arthur "T-Boy" Ross (brother)
Berry Gordy
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"Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)"
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
"Remember Me"
"Reach Out (I'll Be There)"
"Surrender"
"I'm Still Waiting"
"Good Morning Heartache"
"Touch Me in the Morning"
"You're a Special Part of Me"
"Last Time I Saw Him"
"My Mistake (Was to Love You)"
"You Are Everything"
"Don't Knock My Love"
"Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)"
"Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"
"Love Hangover"
"Gettin' Ready for Love"
"Ease on Down the Road"
"Pops, We Love You (A Tribute to Father)"
"What You Gave Me"
"The Boss"
"It's My House"
1980s songs
"Upside Down"
"I'm Coming Out"
"My Old Piano"
"It's My Turn"
"Endless Love"
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
"Mirror, Mirror"
"Muscles"
"Pieces of Ice"
"All of You"
"Swept Away"
"Missing You"
"Eaten Alive"
"Chain Reaction"
1990–2000s songs
"When You Tell Me That You Love Me"
"Someday We'll Be Together" (Remix)
"Take Me Higher"
"I Will Survive"
"Not Over You Yet"
"Goin' Back"
"I've Got a Crush on You"
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