I Miss You (Klymaxx song)
| "I Miss You" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Klymaxx | ||||
| from the album Meeting in the Ladies Room | ||||
| Released | November 4, 1985 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length |
5:32 (album version) 4:08 (single version) | |||
| Label | Constellation Records/MCA Records (in the United States and Canada); Top Tape (in Brazil); RCA Victor (in the South America, Guianas, Caribbean, Central America and Mexico). | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lynn Malsby | |||
| Producer(s) |
Klymaxx Lynn Malsby (co-producer) | |||
| Klymaxx singles chronology | ||||
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"I Miss You" is a hit single recorded by Klymaxx for the MCA label. Written and co-produced by Klymaxx keyboardist Lynn Malsby, this song was recorded and released as the third single from their fourth album, Meeting in the Ladies Room. This song eventually reached number 11 on the Billboard R&B chart, number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 3 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart.[1]
Despite peaking at #5 on the Hot 100, the song had staying power on the charts, and it ended up being the third biggest song on the year-end Billboard chart for 1986. The success of this song helped the group's Meeting in the Ladies Room album reach Platinum status.
Credits
- Joyce "Fenderella" Irby: Lead vocals, bass guitar
- Lorena Porter Shelby: Additional vocals
- Lynn Malsby: Keyboards
- Robin Grider: Keyboards
- Cheryl Cooley: Guitar
- Bernadette Cooper: Drums, percussion
- Background vocals by Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, and Oren Waters
Cover versions
- In 1985, Dionne Warwick performed the song live on Solid Gold.
- In 1990, Seiko Matsuda performed the song live on Music Fair.
- In 2004, Boyz II Men covered the song on their Throwback, Vol. 1 album.
- In 2007, Freya Lim covered the song on her Freya's Love Songs album.
- In 2008, Filipino R&B singer Kyla covered the song on her album Heart 2 Heart.
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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References
- ↑ Klymaxx chart info Allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
- ↑ "Top 100 1986". top-source.info. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ↑ [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002]
- ↑ http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19860118.html
- ↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0760&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0760.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0760
- ↑ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3875
- ↑ Billboard Top 100 - 1986. "Billboard Top 100 - 1986 - Longbored Surfer - Charts". Longbored Surfer. Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ↑ Musicoutfitters.com
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