What I Miss Most

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"What I Miss Most"
What I miss Most by Calum Scott (acoustic single).jpg
Single by Calum Scott
from the album Only Human
Released4 May 2018 (2018-05-04)
Length3:51
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Calum Scott singles chronology
"Give Me Love"
(2018)
"What I Miss Most"
(2018)
"No Matter What"
(2018)
Music video
"What I Miss Most" on YouTube

"What I Miss Most" is a song recorded by British singer-songwriter Calum Scott. It was released in May 2018 as the fourth single from Scott's debut studio album, Only Human . The track was inspired by Scott's time spent away from his family and friends. [1] Scott said "I wrote ["What I Miss Most"] in Sweden and is an upbeat song with an optimistic view of my journey so far. It's about how I've gone from a normal Yorkshireman to being thrown into this incredible career but missing home and missing people back home and missing the town and the streets and everything." [2]

Contents

Background

Scott calls "What I Miss Most" his nostalgia song. In an interview with Billboard , Scott said "It's a complete tribute to my hometown. The crest for my city is three golden crowns on top of each other, so when I say, “Under three crowns when I'm far away” I'm trying to basically say I'm proud of Hull, where I'm from." [3] On Twitter, Scott supported the statement saying "[What I miss Most is]..a song about missing my hometown of Hull, but I wrote it in a way that it could be about missing anyone or anything!" [4]

Music video

The music video was released on 16 May 2018 on Scott's YouTube channel via Vevo. It was directed by Ozzie Pullin. [5] The video shows the various stages of a man's life from childhood to old age. [6]

As of October 2021, the video has gained over 30 million views.

Critical reception

Nathan Jake from Project U called the song the "highlight" from Only Human. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."What I Miss Most" (Album Version)3:51
Digital download [8]
No.TitleLength
1."What I Miss Most" (Acoustic, 1 Mic 1 Take/Live from Abbey Road Studios)3:48

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Scotland (Official Charts Company) [9] 83

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelVersionRef.
Various4 May 2018 Digital download, streaming Capitol Album version [10] [11]
Various8 June 2018Digital download, streaming Capitol Acoustic, 1 Mic 1 Take [8]

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