"I Miss You" is a song by the British power pop band,

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. Written by Pete Ham for their first Warner Bros. LP (''

''), it served as the opening track and sole U.S. single for said album.

Release

"I Miss You" appeared on the ''

'' 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/

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track "Shine On" (also from ''

''.) It did not chart. The single was not released in Britain.

Personnel

"I Miss You"

*Pete Ham – lead vocals, piano,

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, harmonium *Tom Evans – harmony vocals

"Shine On"

*Pete Ham – lead vocals, acoustic guitar *Tom Evans – bass, backing vocals *Joey Molland – electric guitar, backing vocals *Mike Gibbins – drums, percussion

Reception

"I Miss You" generally received positive feedback from critics. In his review of ''The Best of Badfinger, Vol. 2'', ''

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cited the track as a highlight from said album. Also from ''

'', 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." ''Classic Rock History'' critic Janey Roberts also rated it as Badfinger's 8th best song.

References

{{Badfinger Badfinger songs Songs written by Pete Ham Song recordings produced by Chris Thomas (record producer)