Miss You Like Crazy

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"Miss You Like Crazy"
Miss You Like Crazy.jpg
Single by Natalie Cole
from the album Good to Be Back
B-side "Good to Be Back" [1]
ReleasedMarch 15, 1989
Length3:56
Label EMI USA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Michael Masser
Natalie Cole singles chronology
"I Live for Your Love"
(1988)
"Miss You Like Crazy"
(1989)
"I Do"
(1989)
Music video
"Miss You Like Crazy" on YouTube

"Miss You Like Crazy" is a song by American singer Natalie Cole, released as the lead single on March 15, 1989, from her 11th solo studio album, Good to Be Back (1989).

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Chart performance

"Miss You Like Crazy" was a hit for Cole, becoming her fifth and last top-10 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart when it peaked at number seven. The song topped both the Billboard R&B and Adult Contemporary charts in 1989, as well as reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the biggest hit of her career there. In Canada, the song peaked at number 19 for two weeks. [2] "Miss You Like Crazy" is ranked as the 67th-biggest US hit of 1989 and the 20th-biggest UK hit, being certified silver in the latter region. [3]

Critical reception

Jerry Smith from Music Week complimented the song as a "strong, sweeping ballad, where her soaring vocal talents are amply displayed among Michael Masser's dramatic and highly polished production." [4] Colin Irwin from Number One wrote, "'Miss You Like Crazy' is an immaculate pop record — shades of Donna Summer's alliance with S/A/W — and fully deserves its success." [5]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [3] Silver200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesMarch 15, 1989
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • cassette
EMI USA [ citation needed ]
United KingdomApril 3, 1989
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
[27]

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