"Miss You" is a popular song written by Jake Schulze and

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. It was originally recorded as a ballad, by the Irish boy band

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, but was never released as a single. In 2008, it was remade as a dance track by Swedish musician

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becoming a hit single for him as "I Miss You" in 2008, notably in UK, Germany and Sweden.

Westlife song

The original song "Miss You" appeared on Irish boy band

's 1999 debut album, ''

''. Although the album produced five different singles "

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", "

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", the double A-side " I Have a Dream" / "

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" all in 1999 and "

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" and a remake of "

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" both released in 2000, the song "Miss You" was never released as a single. The Westlife version heavily uses the sound of Irish instruments such as Fiddles and Bagpipes, making up a strong Irish sound. Moreover, the version is structured starting very soft and low until raising to soaring melody, leaving an anthem-like feel. The song charted in Ireland despite not being released as a single. It peaked at 96.

Basshunter version

Nearly a decade later, the Swedish musician

made a

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of the song as a dance track retitling it as "I Miss You". Basshunter's track "I Miss You" featured lead vocals by the UK singer Lauren Dyson. It appeared on his 2008 album, ''

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''. The track was released as his fifth single from the album following " Now You're Gone" released in 2007, " All I Ever Wanted", Please Don't Go, a cover of KC and the Sunshine Band and "

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" all in 2008. The Basshunter single was released on 14 December 2008 and peaked at number 32 on the

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. The song also charted in Germany and Sweden.

Music video

The music video was added to Hard2Beat's

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channel on 5 November 2008 and features a

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theme. Picking up where Aylar and Basshunter left off in "

", "I Miss You" is set amongst the mountains of

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in a beautiful log cabin. Aylar, Basshunter, and a gang of friends have the ultimate Christmas Day with presents, a jacuzzi, snow fights, and

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Chart performance

"I Miss You" entered the

at number 86 on 14 December 2008 and peaked at number 32 week later. "I Miss You" debuted at number 46 on

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on 13 February 2009 and peaked at number 45 in its the last fourth week on chart. In Ireland it didn't enter the Irish singles chart but reached number one on the dance chart.

Track listing

* 2-track CD single # "I Miss You" (Radio Edit) # "Basshunter Megamix" * Maxi CD single # "I Miss You" (Radio Edit) # "I Miss You" ( Fonzerelli Edit) # "I Miss You" (Album Edit) # "I Miss You" (Fonzerelli Remix) # "I Miss You" (Headhunters Remix) # "I Miss You" (Video) + other bonus content

Personnel

;Credits * Rami Jacobi –

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* Jake Schulze – writer *

– producer * Scott Simons – producer * Robert Uhlmann – producer * Lauren Dyson –

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Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2008 singles I Miss You Songs written by Jake Schulze Songs written by Rami Yacoub 1999 songs Westlife songs Torch songs Songs about loneliness 1990s ballads Pop ballads I Miss You