You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til the Well Runs Dry)

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"You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til the Well Runs Dry)"
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Single by Craig David
from the album Slicker Than Your Average
B-side "Static"
Released29 December 2003 (2003-12-29) [1]
Genre R&B
Length
  • 5:20 (album version)
  • 4:12 (radio edit)
Label Wildstar
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Craig David singles chronology
"World Filled with Love"
(2003)
"You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til the Well Runs Dry)"
(2003)
"All the Way"
(2005)

"You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til the Well Runs Dry)" is the sixth and final single from Craig David's second album Slicker Than Your Average . The song became one of his lowest charting singles to date, likely because it was the sixth single from the album and at the time of single release Slicker Than Your Average was already certified double platinum in the UK alone.

Contents

"You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til the Well Runs Dry)" charted at number 43 in the UK.

This was the first Craig David song and one of the first CD singles to incorporate the two-track CD format in the UK.

Formats and track listings

UK CD:

  1. "You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til the Well Runs Dry)" (radio edit)
  2. "Static"

Music video

The video for "You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til the Well Runs Dry)" was a live performance video.

Chart performance

The single charted and peaked at forty-three on the UK Singles Chart, spending two weeks in the top 75.

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC) [2] 51
UK Singles (OCC) [3] 43

Covers

The song was covered by Rising Appalachia on their 2010 album, The Sails of Self.

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  2. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
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