I Miss You (Badfinger song)

"I Miss You" is a song by the British power pop band Badfinger. Written by Pete Ham for their first Warner Bros. LP, Badfinger, it served as the opening track and sole U.S. single for said album.

Release

"I Miss You" appeared on the Badfinger 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/Evans track "Shine On" (also from Badfinger). It did not chart. The single was not released in Britain.

Personnel

"I Miss You"

Pete Ham – lead vocals, piano, ARP 2600, 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, AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine cited the track as a highlight from said album. Also from AllMusic, 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

Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "AllMusic 'The Best of Badfinger, Vol. 2'". AllMusic.
Greenwald, Matthew. "AllMusic 'I Miss You'". AllMusic.
Roberts, Janey (6 September 2019). "Top 10 Badfinger songs". Classic Rock History. Retrieved 2023-04-06.

v t e Badfinger
Pete Ham Tom Evans Joey Molland Mike Gibbins Bob Jackson Tony Kaye
Studio albums	Maybe Tomorrow (as The Iveys) Magic Christian Music No Dice Straight Up Ass Badfinger Wish You Were Here Airwaves Say No More Head First
Live albums	The Concert for Bangladesh (backing band) Day After Day: Live BBC in Concert 1972–1973
Singles	"Maybe Tomorrow" (as The Iveys) "Dear Angie" (as The Iveys) "Come and Get It" "No Matter What" "Day After Day" "Baby Blue" "Apple of My Eye" "Love Is Easy" "I Miss You" "Lost Inside Your Love" "Love Is Gonna Come at Last" "Hold On" "I Got You" "Because I Love You"
Other songs	"Rock of All Ages" "Carry on Till Tomorrow" "Without You" "We're for the Dark" "Name of the Game" "Meanwhile Back at the Ranch"/"Should I Smoke"

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