"Miss You Love" is a song by the Australian rock band

Silverchair Silverchair were an Australian Rock music, rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Newcastle, New South Wales, with Ben Gillies on drums, Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars, and Chris Joannou on bass guitar. The group got thei ...

. It was released as the third single from their 1999 album ''

Neon Ballroom ''Neon Ballroom'' is the third studio album by Australian alternative rock band Silverchair, released in 1999 by record labels Murmur and Epic. The songs " Anthem for the Year 2000", "Ana's Song (Open Fire)" and "Miss You Love" were released ...

''.

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critic Jason Anderson called the song a weepy ballad reminiscent of

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Background

The song was written when

Daniel Johns Daniel Paul Johns (born 22 April 1979) is an Australian musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the former frontman, guitarist, and main songwriter of the rock band Silverchair. Johns is also one half of The Dissociatives with Paul Mac a ...

was suffering from severe depression, among other things. In an interview with ''

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'' magazine, Johns said that the song was "about not being able to establish a relationship with anyone, not being able to experience love outside of family". He also mentioned that he "wanted a song that people could perceive as a love song, while the lyrics are actually very angry". Additionally, the song appeared in the 2000 Australian film '' Looking for Alibrandi'', although it was not included on the official soundtrack.

Track listing

Australian CD single (MATTCD091) # "Miss You Love" # "Wasted" # "Fix Me" # "Minor Threat" # "

Ana's Song (Open Fire) "Ana's Song (Open Fire)" is a song by the Australian alternative rock band Silverchair. It was released in May 1999 as the second single from their third album, ''Neon Ballroom''. The song is about lead vocalist Daniel Johns' struggle with anor ...

" (live video) European CD single (6677682); Australian cassette (MATTC091) # "Miss You Love" # "Wasted" # "Fix Me" # "Minor Threat" "Wasted" and "Fix Me" are 2 covers of the

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band Black Flag and "Minor Threat" is a cover song by the band

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. *A vinyl version of the single seems to have been pressed in Italy but never issued.

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{{authority control 1999 singles Silverchair songs Songs written by Daniel Johns Song recordings produced by Nick Launay 1999 songs Murmur (record label) singles