I Missed Again

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"I Missed Again"
Phil Collins IMissedAgain.jpg
Single by Phil Collins
from the album Face Value
B-side "I'm Not Moving"
Released27 February 1981
RecordedAugust–October 1980
Genre R&B [1]
Length3:47
Label
Songwriter Phil Collins
Producers
Phil Collins singles chronology
"In the Air Tonight"
(1981)		"I Missed Again"
(1981)		"If Leaving Me Is Easy"
(1981)
Music video
"Phil Collins - I Missed Again (Official Music Video)" on YouTube

"I Missed Again" is a song from Phil Collins's debut solo studio album, Face Value . It was selected as the lead single from the album in the US and Canada, although in most other countries "In the Air Tonight" was released as Collins' first solo single, followed by "I Missed Again". [2] The song features a tenor sax solo from British jazz musician Ronnie Scott. The song peaked at No. 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1981 and reached No. 14 in the UK.

Contents

Background

Like many of the songs on Face Value, "I Missed Again" is about Collins's anger and frustration about his first wife leaving him. The original demo was entitled "I Miss You, Babe", with sadder lyrics - this demo version was later released as a B-side of "If Leaving Me Is Easy". He re-wrote the lyrics, gave the song a different tempo, and re-titled it "I Missed Again" in an effort to make it lighthearted instead of sad. [3]

The primary backing track consisted of bass, drums and a piano that was heavily compressed. According to Hugh Padgham, who co-produced the song, he said that he "compressed the piano to death, it sounded so wide and it filled up everything; and we pulled it up in the mix. It sounds as if there's a lot going on, when in fact there isn't." [4]

Critical reception

Cashbox wrote that the song was Collins' "funkiest outing to date" and also commended the saxophone interlude from Ronnie Scott. [5] Record World called it a "mid-tempo rocker [that] has R&B underpinnings, melodic pop keyboard currents, and Collins' easily identifiable light tenor." [6]

Music video

The song's music video features Collins on a white background singing and miming the various instruments. It was released on VHS in 1983. It received a Grammy nomination for Best Video, Short Form. [7]

Credits

  1. "I Missed Again"
  2. "I'm Not Moving"

Chart performance

The song was featured in a late 1980s promotional commercial, which featured bloopers, by the National Basketball Association. It was also used in the early 1990s by the BBC in a montage of snooker players missing shots. Similarly, NBC Sunday Night Football played the song immediately after kicker Eddy Piñeiro missed the second of two field goals during the Chicago Bears' game against the Los Angeles Rams on 17 November 2019. [17]

References

  1. ↑ Molanphy, Chris (31 May 2019). "The Invisible Miracle Sledgehammer Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate . Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Collins, Phil (2016). Not Dead Yet. Penguin. p. 187. ISBN   978-1-784-75360-3.
  3. ↑ Collins, Phil (21 October 1999). "Making of Face Value". Classic Albums . Isis Productions.
  4. ↑ Denyer, Ralph (March 1984). "The Producer Series – Hugh Padgham" (PDF). Studio Sound. No. 4. p. 38. Retrieved 26 October 2025– via World Radio History.
  5. ↑ "Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cashbox . 7 March 1981. p. 11. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. 14 March 1981. p. 12. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1985". Awards & shows. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  8. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 71. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  9. ↑ "Item Display - RPM". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  10. ↑ The Irish Charts, 8 March 1981
  11. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". The Official New Zealand Music Chart; nztop40.co.nz. 5 July 1981. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  13. ↑ "Top 75 Airplay Chart" (PDF). Record Business. 16 March 1981. p. 18. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  14. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn’s Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 184.
  15. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  16. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN   0-89820-142-X.
  17. ↑ "NBC Sports subtly trolled the Bears during 'Sunday Night Football' loss to Rams". Kansas City Star . Archived from the original on 19 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
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