Missing You (John Waite song) Missing You (John Waite song) "Missing You" is a song co-written and recorded by English musician John Waite. It was released in June 1984 as the lead single from his second album, "No Brakes". It reached #1 on "Billboard"s Album Rock Tracks and on the Hot 100 as well as #9 on the UK Singles Chart. "Missing You" was the only record from 1984 to spend only one week at the top of the Hot 100. The song was nominated for the 1985 Best Pop Vocal Performance Male Grammy Award. Waite re-recorded the song with country/bluegrass artist Alison Krauss which
Missing You (John Waite song) synthesizer can be heard on the left channel when John is singing the chorus on the single version along with several echo effects of John's voice. This song was also recorded by Tina Turner in 1996, and was released as the third single from the album "Wildest Dreams". When Waite's original version of "Missing You" topped Billboard's Hot 100 in late 1984, it ended the reign of Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do with It". Turner's version of Waite's "Missing You" hit No. 12 in the UK and No. 84 in the U.S in 1996. The single "Missing You"