Missing You (Steve Perry song)

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"Missing You"
Single by Steve Perry
from the album For the Love of Strange Medicine
ReleasedAugust 1994
Length3:48
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Tim Miner, Steve Perry [1]
Steve Perry singles chronology
"You Better Wait"
(1994)
"Missing You"
(1994)
"No Erasin'"
(2018)
Music video
"Missing You" on YouTube

"Missing You" is a song by Steve Perry from his album For the Love of Strange Medicine . The song peaked at number 74 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1994. [2] The song, along with some of its B-sides, later appeared on Perry's compilation album Greatest Hits + Five Unreleased .

Contents

Music video

The video was shot in a secret location in Rome, Italy.

Track listing

  1. "Missing You" (Steve Perry, Tim Miner) - 3:48
  2. "Melody" (Perry, Randy Goodrum) - 4:17
  3. "What Was" (Demo) (Perry, Goodrum) - 3:58
  4. "It Won't Be You" (Perry, Tony Brock, Adrian Gurvitz) - 3:58
  5. "Missing You" (Writing Session) (Steve Perry, Tim Miner) - 4:35

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References

  1. Allmusic song info
  2. Allmusic chart info