Miss You

"Miss You" is a 1978 hit song by The Rolling Stones, from their album Some Girls. "Miss You" was written by singer Mick Jagger while jamming with keyboardist Billy Preston during rehearsals for the March 1977 El Mocambo club gigs (yielding Side Three of the Love You Live album). Although guitarist Keith Richards is credited for co-writing, Jagger is generally regarded as the principal composer. Several of the songs on 1976's Black and Blue had been influenced by dance music. "Miss You" was the first Rolling Stones single with prominent disco influences, most noticeably in Charlie Watts' thumping, four-on-the-floor drum beat, and in Bill Wyman's funky, grooving bass-lines, which provide another riff in addition to the main melody. That melody, sung in playful falsetto by Jagger, or else intoned by a chorus of dreamy, borderline-campy backup singers, forms the principal hook used throughout the track, often underlined by Sugar Blue's harmonica lines and incisive solos. The funky beat and the rapping during the verses are reminiscent of hip-hop, although it would be a couple of years before hip-hop was commonly recognized as a distinct genre in its own right. Unlike most of the Stones songs on Some Girls, "Miss You" features several studio musicians. In addition to Sugar Blue, Ian McLagan supplies electric piano, which fits into the overall groove of the song to the point that it is barely audible, and Mel Collins provides the glitzy saxophone solos heard during the instrumental break.

[Produced by The Glimmer Twins] [Verse 1] I've been holding out so long I've been sleeping all alone Lord, I miss you I've been hanging on the phone I've been sleeping all alone I want to kiss you sometime [Chorus] Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh [Verse 2] Well, I've been haunted in my sleep You've been starring in my dreams Lord, I miss you, child I've been waiting in the hall Been waiting on your call When the phone rings It's just some friends of mine that say "Hey, what's the matter, man? We're goingna come around at twelve With some Puerto Rican girls thats just dying to meet you We're goinna bring a case of wine Hey, let's go mess and fool around You know, like we used to" [Chorus] Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah [Verse 3] Oh, everybody waits so long Oh, baby, why you waitin' so long? Won't you come on, come on? I've been walkin' Central Park, singing after dark People think I'm crazy Stumbling on my feet, shuffling through the street Asking people, "What's the matter with you, boy?" Sometimes, I want to say to, to myself Sometimes I say [Chorus] Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh, ooh, I won't miss you child [Verse 4] I guess I'm lying to myself It's just you and no one else Lord, I won't miss you, child You've just been blotting out my mind Fooling on my time No, I won't miss you, baby, yeah [Chorus] Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah Lord, I miss you child Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah Lord, I miss you child Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah Why, why, why, why