Missing You Now Explained

Missing You Now
Cover:Michael Bolton - Missing You Now - CD single.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Michael Bolton featuring Kenny G
Album:Time, Love & Tenderness
Released:December 1991
Length:
  • 4:33 (album version)
  • 4:40 (music video version)
Label:Columbia
Producer:
  • Walter Afanasieff
  • Michael Bolton
Chronology:Michael Bolton
Prev Title:When a Man Loves a Woman
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:Steel Bars
Next Year:1992

"Missing You Now" is a song by American singer-songwriter Michael Bolton. It was the fourth single released from his 1991 album, Time, Love & Tenderness, and features saxophone player Kenny G. The track was co-produced by Walter Afanasieff, who co-wrote the song with Bolton and Diane Warren.

"Missing You Now" entered the top 20 of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at 12 in March 1992, and reached No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary Chart for three weeks, Bolton's sixth song to do so and Kenny G's first.[1] The song also reached No. 28 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 27 on the Irish Singles Chart, and topped the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary chart. The music video for "Missing You Now" features actress Teri Hatcher, whom Bolton was reportedly dating at the time.[2]

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 61
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[4] 70
US Cashbox Top 100[5] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 74
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[7] 9
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 77
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[9] 10

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)
United StatesDecember 1991Columbia
JapanMarch 8, 1992Mini-CDSony[10]
United KingdomApril 27, 1992Columbia[11]

Notes and References

  1. Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
  2. Web site: They Dated Who?!? Surprising Former Couples! Access Hollywood – Celebrity News, Photos & Videos. Access Hollywood. May 21, 2010.
  3. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia.
  4. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 9. 22. 31. May 30, 1992. September 26, 2020.
  5. Web site: USA Cashbox Charts Summaries. popmusichistory. December 12, 2022.
  6. The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1992. RPM. 56. 25. 8. December 19, 1992. April 14, 2019.
  7. The RPM Top 100 Adult Contemporary tracks of 1992. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. April 14, 2019.
  8. Web site: Billboard Top 100 – 1992. July 30, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090708050630/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992. July 8, 2009.
  9. 1992 The Year in Music. Billboard. 104. 52. YE-38. December 26, 1992. August 14, 2021.
  10. Web site: ミッシング・ユー・ナウ マイケル・ボルトン. Missing You Now Michael Bolton. Oricon. ja. September 6, 2023.
  11. New Releases: Singles. Music Week. 21. April 25, 1992.