"Missing You" is a 1984 song recorded by pop singer Diana Ross. Derived from her album Swept Away, the song was written and produced by Lionel Richie as a tribute to Marvin Gaye, who died earlier that year. Ross and Gaye had both been artists at Motown from the early 1960s to the early 1980s, and had also recorded a duets album together (Diana & Marvin, 1973).
The music video directed by Dominic Orlando, was filmed on location at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip near Las Vegas, Nevada. The video also included clips of former Supremes lead singer Florence Ballard and Paul Williams of The Temptations, both also former Motown artists Ross was close to that had passed away.
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 one of Ross' last major hits on the US pop singles chart, peaking at number ten in March of 1985 and becoming her last song to reach number one on the R&B singles chart. The song would later be covered in 1997 by R&B group 112 (as "Missing U") as a tribute to rapper and Bad Boy Records labelmate The Notorious B.I.G., who was murdered earlier that year.
"Missing You" is a song recorded by John Waite. Waite's version hit number one for one week on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 22, 1984 and number nine on the UK Singles Chart. He penned the lyrics within a few minutes because he was in America and missing his English wife, Kendal.
This song was also recorded by Evan Dando and Tom Morgan as a part of Triple J's Live at The Wireless. Dando can clearly be heard saying "I think its by Tom Waits", before being corrected by Morgan.
This song was also recorded by Tina Turner in 1996 on her Wildest Dreams album and hit #12 in the UK and #84 in the U.S.
"Missing You" was also recorded by country music duo Brooks & Dunn in 1999 on their Tightrope album; their version peaked at #15 on the country chart.
John Waite re-recorded the song with country/bluegrass artist Alison Krauss and released it to country music radio in 2007. The re-recording peaked at #34 on the Hot Country Songs chart.
Tyler Hilton has also done a cover of Missing You on One Tree Hill and with Taylor Swift at her concert, as can be seen on YouTube.
Another cover came from Rod Stewart in 2006 on his most recent album, Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time.
Missing You is a song by Brandy, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, and Tamia released of the Set It Off Soundtrack. It peaked #25 in the USA and is Soul and R&B influenced. It was Brandy's last single before taking a two year break for the recording of her second album Never Say Never and the release of mega hit "The Boy Is Mine". The single helped Tamia to have her first top 30 single in the US. The hit was the most successful single by Tamia until "Spend My Life With You", her 1999 duet with Eric Benet. The song helped Chaka Khan for her comeback, too. Missing You was nominated for Grammy in 1997 in the Category "Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group".
