Missing You (Dan Fogelberg song)

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"Missing You"
Missing You - Dan Fogelberg.jpg
Single by Dan Fogelberg
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side "Hearts and Crafts"
ReleasedOctober 1982
RecordedSeptember 1982
Genre Soft rock, yacht rock [1]
Length3:59
Label Full Moon Records
Songwriter(s) Dan Fogelberg
Producer(s) Dan Fogelberg, Marty Lewis
Dan Fogelberg singles chronology
"Run for the Roses"
(1982)
"Missing You"
(1982)
"Make Love Stay"
(1983)

"Missing You" is a song written and recorded by singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg in 1981 at the Bennett House studios in Franklin, Tennessee with producer and Elvis Presley bassist Norbert Putnam and drummer Joe Vitale who was known for his work providing a Latin feel to recordings with Stephen Stills Manassas Band and on CSN's song Dark Star. Previously unreleased, Missing You was included on his Greatest Hits LP and released simultaneously.

Contents

"Missing You" peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. [2] It reached number 29 in Canada.

The song was a much bigger Adult Contemporary hit. It reached number 11 on the Canadian AC chart and number six on the U.S. chart. [3]

Chart performance

Chart (1982–83)Peak
position
Australia55
Canadian RPM Top Singles29
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [4] 23
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary [5] 6

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References

  1. AllMusic Loves Yacht Rock (June 25, 2014)
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  3. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-1993. Record Research. p. 89.
  4. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN   0-89820-089-X
  5. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-1993. Record Research. p. 89.