I Miss You (Badfinger song) explained

I Miss You
Cover:I_Miss_You_Badfinger.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Badfinger
Album:Badfinger
B-Side:Shine On
Released:February 1974
Genre:Power pop
Length:2:36
Label:Warner Bros. Records
Producer:Chris Thomas
Prev Title:Love Is Easy
Prev Year:1974
Next Title:Lost Inside Your Love
Next Year:1979

"I Miss You" is a song by the British power pop band Badfinger. Written by Pete Ham for their first Warner Bros. LP, Badfinger, it served as the opening track and sole U.S. single for said album.

Release

"I Miss You" appeared on the Badfinger album in 1974 as the first track. That same year, the track was chosen to be the only single from the album in America (as well as Japan), where it was backed with the Ham/Evans track "Shine On" (also from Badfinger). It did not chart. The single was not released in Britain.

Personnel

"I Miss You"

"Shine On"

Reception

"I Miss You" generally received positive feedback from critics. In his review of The Best of Badfinger, Vol. 2, AllMusics Stephen Thomas Erlewine cited the track as a highlight from said album.[1] Also from AllMusic, Matthew Greenwald said, "A bit of an odd choice to open Badfinger's Warner Bros. debut album, 'I Miss You' is, nevertheless, one of Pete Ham's finest-crafted ballads. The overtly (and almost cloying) music and lyrical thrust is nicely balanced out by Ham's (and the group's) vocals. The fact that Badfinger was a real pop/rock band made the song and its arrangement a bit too precious, but that does not detract from the elegance and quality of the song, which would have been an excellent cover for Linda Ronstadt or Harry Nilsson."[2]

Classic Rock History critic Janey Roberts also rated it as Badfinger's 8th best song.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Erlewine. Stephen Thomas. AllMusic 'The Best of Badfinger, Vol. 2'.
  2. Web site: Greenwald. Matthew. AllMusic 'I Miss You'.
  3. Web site: Top 10 Badfinger songs. Roberts, Janey. Classic Rock History. 2023-04-06.