"Missin U" is a song by American singer Usher. It was released by

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on August 26, 2016 on for online streaming and for digital download. The record is taken from his eighth studio album, ''

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''. The song was written by Usher, Robert Calloway,

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, Donald Fagen, Autoro Whitfield, Faheem Mardre, Andrew Wansel, and Warren Felder, while production was handled by the latter two. The song features a sample of Steely Dan's song " Third World Man" from their 1980 album ''

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''. The song impacted urban contemporary radio as the album's third single on September 13, 2016

Background and release

Following Usher's 2012 album '' Looking 4 Myself'', his next studio album was expected to be released in 2014. "

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", "

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" and " I Don't Mind" were released and he also embarked on the UR Experience Tour, yet no album was released. In October 2015, Usher released "

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", a song about

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featuring the artists Nas and

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. The singer released "

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" on June 10, 2016 available for digital download on iTunes,

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and online streaming services,

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, and

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. Travis Scott released a remix to the song.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

. *Usher — lead vocals, composer, lyricist *Manny Marroquin — mixing engineer * Warren "Oak" Felder — composer, lyricist * Andrew "Pop" Wansel — composer, lyricist

Charts

Weekly charts

References

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