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"Missing You" is a song co-written and recorded by English musician John Waite. It was released in June 1984 as the lead single from his second album, No Brakes (1984). It reached number one on Billboard ' s Album Rock Tracks and on the Hot 100 , as well as number 9 on the UK Singles Chart .
John Charles Waite (born 4 July 1952) [1] is an English rock singer and musician. As a solo artist, he has released ten studio albums and is best known for the 1984 hit single "Missing You", which reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the top ten on the UK singles chart.
In the lyrics, Finneas expresses the same desire to reunite with his past lover and gets angry when the past gets into the present: "And I'm sleepin' fine. I don't mean to boast/But I only dream about you/Once or twice a night at most/And it feels so good/Eating alone/I don't get distracted by your smile/And miss the green lights drivin' home."
A union organizing song based on a black spiritual, it had been a favorite of Zilphia Horton (d. 1956) wife of the founder of the Highlander Folk School. Carawan reintroduced it at the school when he became its new music director in 1959. The song is copyrighted in the name of Horton, Frank Hamilton, Carawan and Pete Seeger. [1]
The Cecil Whig critic Kris Kielich rated "School" as the 4th best song about school, saying that "With this underrated Supertramp classic, Roger Hodgson sings about making sure the rules don't tie you down in life. It's not just about education, it's about education of life, which is what makes this song so enduring decades later."
Missing You is a folk song written by one of contemporary Irish songwriter Jimmy MacCarthy [1] in the 1980s. This song has been popularized by Christy Moore. [2]
Taylor Swift said “all is fair in love and poetry” when releasing “The Tortured Poets Department,” and the album’s 22nd track, “So High School,” certainly leans into the love part.
"Missing You" is a song by American singer Mary J. Blige. It was written and produced by Babyface for her third studio album, Share My World (1997). In the United Kingdom, the song was released as the album's third single where it reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart .