One I've Been Missing

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"One I've Been Missing"
Little Mix - One I've Been Missing.png
Single by Little Mix
Released22 November 2019 (2019-11-22)
Genre Christmas
Length3:12
Label RCA UK
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jez Ashurst
  • Tre Jean-Marie
Little Mix singles chronology
"Bounce Back"
(2019)
"One I've Been Missing"
(2019)
"Break Up Song"
(2020)
Music video
"One I've Been Missing" on YouTube

"One I've Been Missing" is a song by British girl group Little Mix. It was released on November 22, 2019 by RCA UK, as the group's first official Christmas single and later became a contender for the UK Christmas number-one single. [1] It was co written by Little Mix member Leigh-Anne Pinnock alongside Jez Ashurst, Rachel Furner, Sinéad Harnett, and Tre Jean-Marie.

Contents

One I've been missing has been described as a 1950s inspired Ballad with a beautiful ode to festive love, with luscious harmonies. [2] The song reached number four on the Belgium (Ultratip Flanders) charts and at number fourteen in Sweden. It charted within the top twenty on the Euro Digital Song and New Zealand Hot Singles charts. It reached number fifty nine on the UK Singles Chart, and charted in Ireland, Scotland, and on the US Holiday Digital Songs Charts. It was later added onto the expanded edition of their sixth studio album, Confetti as a bonus track.

Background

Although the song is the first Christmas-themed song by the group, they did release a "Christmas mix" of their 2015 single "Love Me Like You" [3] and have performed covers of Christmas songs, like "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)". [2]

Promotion

Little Mix announced the song in a video posted to social media on 19 November 2019. [4]

Track listing

Digital download and streaming [5]

  1. "One I've Been Missing" – 3:12

Digital download and streaming – acoustic [6]

  1. "One I've Been Missing" (acoustic) – 3:02

Streaming – One I've Been Missing – EP [7]

  1. "One I've Been Missing" – 3:12
  2. "One I've Been Missing" (acoustic) – 3:02

Charts

Chart (2019–2020)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders) [8] 4
Euro Digital Songs ( Billboard ) [9] 18
Ireland (IRMA) [10] 72
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [11] 26
Scotland (OCC) [12] 23
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) [13] 14
UK Singles (OCC) [14] 59
US Holiday Digital Songs ( Billboard ) [15] 29

Release history

Release dates and formats for "One I've Been Missing"
RegionDateFormat(s)VersionLabelRef.
Various22 November 2019Original RCA UK [5]
StreamingRemix EP [7]
13 December 2019
  • Digital download
  • streaming
Acoustic [6]

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