I Miss You (Haddaway song)

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"I Miss You"
Single by Haddaway
from the album The Album
Released28 November 1993 (1993-11-28)
GenrePop[1]
Length4:12
LabelCoconut
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Dee Dee Halligan
  • Junior Torello
Haddaway singles chronology
"Life"
(1993) 		"I Miss You"
(1993) 		"Rock My Heart"
(1994)
Music video
"I Miss You" on YouTube

"I Miss You" is a song by Trinidadian-German musician Haddaway, released in November 1993 by Coconut Records as the third single from the musician's debut album, The Album (1993). Unlike his two previous hit singles, the song is a ballad. It was written by Dee Dee Halligan, Junior Torello and Clyde Lieberman, and produced by Halligan and Torello. A sizeable hit in several countries, particularly in the United Kingdom and Finland, it entered the top 10, reaching number nine and four, respectively. The single entered the Eurochart Hot 100 at number 87 on 11 December 1993 and peaked at number 10 on 19 February 1994. However, it did not reach the same level of success as "What Is Love" and "Life". By March 1994, worldwide sales had reached 300,000 units.[2]

Critical reception[edit]

American magazine Billboard named "I Miss You" "among the most potent offerings" from the album.[3] A reviewer from Kingston Informer described it as a "commercial slice of pop from the dance floor master with a penchant for leather."[1] In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton wrote, "The new single is, as might be expected, a ballad but in actual fact is far better than the current crop of seasonal hits. It's gone in too slow to be a massive Christmas hit, but a good track nonetheless."[4] Pan-European magazine Music & Media noted, "After two massive pop dance hits, this is another, more tender side of this year's biggest new male star. For this ballad he borrowed the sequencer hook out of Seal's 'Crazy'."[5]

Alan Jones from Music Week commented, "An unexpectedly subtle record, with a slow and shuffling beat that draws a subdued but competent vocal from Haddaway. Repeated plays draw out its finer qualities."[6] A reviewer from Reading Evening Post stated that "after two fast-paced dancefloor smashes, Haddaway makes a brave but mistaken move in slowing things down on this deeply ordinary bed foray".[7] James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update viewed the song as a "mournful husky smoocher".[8] Leesa Daniels from Smash Hits opined, "This is a slowie that has every love song cliché that's ever existed in lyrics and sounds uncannily like a Milli Vanilli hand-me-down tune."[9]

Chart performance[edit]

"I Miss You" was a notable hit in several countries, particularly in Europe. It entered the top 10 in Finland (4),[10] Lithuania (5),[11] and the United Kingdom, as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, the European Adult Contemporary Radio chart and the European Hit Radio chart, where it reached numbers ten, nine and seven.[12][13][14] The single debuted on the Eurochart at number 87 on 11 December 1993, after charting in Belgium, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands, and peaked nine weeks later.[15] In the UK, the single peaked at number nine on 16 January 1994, during its fifth week at the UK Singles Chart.[16] It entered the chart five weeks earlier at number 34 and stayed within the UK Top 100 for 14 weeks. Additionally, "I Miss You" was a top-20 hit in Austria (11), France (16), Germany (18), Ireland (13), the Netherlands (17), and Switzerland (17). In Germany, it debuted on the German singles chart at number 92, before peaking seven weeks later. The song spent 20 weeks inside the chart.[17] On the African continent, it was successful in Zimbabwe, peaking at number seven,[18] while in Oceania, it reached number 44 on the ARIA singles chart in Australia.[19]

Airplay[edit]

"I Miss You" entered the European Music & Media airplay chart Border Breakers at number 11 on 4 December 1993 due to crossover airplay in West Central-, East Central-, North- and South-Europe. It peaked at number two on 8 January 1994.[20]

Music video[edit]

A music video was produced to promote the single, filmed in Park Güell in Barcelona, Spain.[21][22] It received heavy rotation on MTV Europe[23] and was A-listed on Germany's VIVA.[24] Later, the video was made available on Coconut Records' official YouTube channel in 2012, and had generated more than ten million views as of February 2024.[25]

Track listings[edit]

  • 12-inch single
  1. "I Miss You" (club mix) — 5:20
  2. "I Miss You" (12-inch mix) — 5:07
  3. "Haddaway Mega Mix" — 5:37
  4. "I Miss You" (radio edit) — 3:37
  • CD single
  1. "I Miss You" (radio edit) — 3:37
  2. "I Miss You" (12-inch mix) — 5:07
  • CD maxi
  1. "I Miss You" (radio edit) — 3:37
  2. "I Miss You" (12-inch mix) — 5:07
  3. "I Miss You" (club mix) — 5:20
  4. "I Miss You" (album mix) — 4:12

Charts[edit]

Release history[edit]

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Europe 28 November 1993
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
 Coconut [17]
United Kingdom 6 December 1993
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Logic [40]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "I Miss You by Haddaway". Kingston Informer. 17 December 1993. page 5.
  2. ^ Weinert, Ellie (26 March 1994). "Casebook: Haddaway". Billboard. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  3. ^ (December 1993). "Haddaway – Haddaway". Billboard.
  4. ^ Masterton, James (12 December 1993). "Week Ending December 18th 1993". Chart Watch UK. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  5. ^ "New Releases" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 49. 4 December 1993. p. 6. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  6. ^ Jones, Alan (4 December 1993). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Singles" (PDF). Music Week. p. 12. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Haddaway I Miss You". Reading Evening Post. 10 December 1993. page 46.
  8. ^ Hamilton, James (11 December 1993). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 7. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  9. ^ Daniels, Leesa (8 December 1993). "New Singles". Smash Hits. p. 57. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Hit of the World: Finland". Billboard. Vol. 106, no. 3. 15 January 1994. p. 37.
  11. ^ a b "M-1 Top 40". M-1.fm. 30 January 1994. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2022. See LW column.
  12. ^ a b "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 8. 19 February 1994. p. 17. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Adult Contemporary Europe Top 25" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 9. 26 February 1994. p. 22. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  14. ^ a b "EHR Top 40" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 7. 12 February 1994. p. 25. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 50. 11 December 1993. p. 23. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  16. ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  17. ^ a b c "Haddaway – I Miss You" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  18. ^ a b * Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
  19. ^ a b "Haddaway – I Miss You". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  20. ^ Holt, Karen (19 November 1994). "Border Breakers: Monitoring The Impact Of Euro Talent" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 47. p. 20. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  21. ^ "Haddaway - I Miss You". todalamusicadenuestrasvidas.blogspot.com. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  22. ^ "Eurodance videoclips informations". Eurokdj.com. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  23. ^ "Station Reports > MTV Europe/London" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 6. 5 February 1994. p. 29. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  24. ^ "Station Reports > VIVA TV/Cologne" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 6. 5 February 1994. p. 29. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  25. ^ "Haddaway - I Miss You". YouTube. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  26. ^ "Haddaway – I Miss You" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  27. ^ "Haddaway – I Miss You" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  28. ^ "Haddaway – I Miss You" (in French). Les classement single.
  29. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (27.01.1994 – 02.02.1993)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 27 January 1994. p. 20. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  30. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Miss You". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  31. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Haddaway" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  32. ^ "Haddaway – I Miss You" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  33. ^ "Haddaway – I Miss You". Singles Top 100.
  34. ^ "Haddaway – I Miss You". Swiss Singles Chart.
  35. ^ "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 11 December 1993. p. 4. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  36. ^ "1994 Year-End Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 52. 24 December 1994. p. 12. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  37. ^ "Top 100 Singles – Jahrescharts 1994" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  38. ^ "Jaarlijsten 1994" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Archived from the original on 2 November 2003. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  39. ^ "Top 100 Singles 1994". Music Week. 14 January 1995. p. 9.
  40. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. 4 December 1993. p. 21.
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