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"Missing You Now"
Single by Michael Bolton featuring Kenny G
from the album Time, Love & Tenderness
Released	December 1991
Length	4:33 (album version) 4:40 (music video version)
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Diane Warren Walter Afanasieff Michael Bolton
Producer(s)	Walter Afanasieff Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton singles chronology
"When a Man Loves a Woman" (1991) "Missing You Now" (1991) "Steel Bars" (1992)
Kenny G singles chronology
"Theme from Dying Young" (1991) "Missing You Now" (1991) "Forever in Love" (1993)
Music video
"Missing You Now" on YouTube

"Missing You Now" is a song by American singer-songwriter Michael Bolton. It was the fourth single released from his 1991 album, Time, Love & Tenderness, and features saxophone player Kenny G. The track was co-produced by Walter Afanasieff, who co-wrote the song with Bolton and Diane Warren.

"Missing You Now" entered the top 20 of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 12 in March 1992, and reached No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary Chart for three weeks, Bolton's sixth song to do so and Kenny G's first. The song also reached No. 28 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 27 on the Irish Singles Chart, and topped the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary chart. The music video for "Missing You Now" features actress Teri Hatcher, whom Bolton was reportedly dating at the time.

Personnel

• Michael Bolton: lead vocals, songwriter, producer, arranger
• Diane Warren: songwriter
• Walter Afanasieff: songwriter, producer, arranger, keyboards, Moog bass, synthesizer, drums, percussion
• Louis Biancaniello: additional keyboards, drum programming
• Ren Klyce: Akai AX60, Fairlight CMI, and Synclavier programming
• Kenny G: soprano saxophone
• Michael Landau: guitars
• Claytoven Richardson, Jeanie Tracy, Kitty Beethoven, Sandy Griffith, Vicki Randle: background vocals

Charts

Release history

References

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• 1990 songs
• 1991 singles
• Columbia Records singles
• Kenny G songs
• Michael Bolton songs
• Song recordings produced by Walter Afanasieff
• Songs written by Diane Warren
• Songs written by Michael Bolton
• Songs written by Walter Afanasieff