Trying to be cool, Waite leans on a lighting stand but misses and stumbles. There, an older woman slides onto the stool next to him and tries to flirt with him, but for sheer sorrow shows he is not interested and then goes home again still pining for the woman. He tries again to call her but his anger and frustration gets the better of him and he smashes the phone into pieces.
He wanted it to look neutral and not be identifiable as any particular city. Waite is gone. When she finally comes to his door and knocks, he doesn't answer, as he doesn't hear her knock over the music playing on his earphones he had put on just before her first knock. And you're miles away. Lyrics to 'Missing You' by John Waite: Every time I think of you I always catch my breath And I'm still standing here And you're miles away John Waite - Missing You Lyrics | MetroLyrics Please click here if you are not redirected within a few seconds.
"Missing You" was the only record from 1984 to spend only one week at the top of the Hot 100.
Seeing this, she lovingly laughs at his fumbling.
Although some people understandably have mistaken the street scene for New York City or London, the director intentionally looked for a location in downtown Los Angeles where there was "no Stucco" on the walls which would have been a dead giveaway that it was shot in the southwest U.S. He goes into a bar. Later, Waite watches through a crack in the door as the woman angrily throws her clothes into her suitcase. She leans against the door gently touching it and, with a deep breath, she turns and leaves as tears flow down her face.There are some slight variations between the album version that appears on The single "Missing You" included an edited single version of the track, an alternative mix and certain formats also the European non-album track "The Difference Between Us", later featured on the U.S. edition of the A video was issued which would later be released to iTunes in 2011 (a video with the Christmas version dubbed over it was also released).This song was also recorded by American country music group This article is about the song made popular by John Waite. The opening line "Every time I think of you"The music video was written/directed/produced by Kort Falkenberg III and was actually filmed in Los Angeles during the summer of 1984.
It reached #1 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks and on the Hot 100 as well as #9 on the UK Singles Chart. He laments about "I ain't missin' you at all" as he walks down the city street only to see a picture of the woman on a newspaper.
I always catch my breath.
"Missing You" is a song co-written and recorded by English musician John Waite. For the unrelated song by Puff Daddy, 112, and Faith Evans, see To start the clip, John Waite is sitting in a chair, and after seeing a picture of a woman with whom he is still in love, he, frustrated, slaps the lamp above him causing it to swing back and forth and begins to sing the song. She pushes through the door to leave him and it hits him in the face full force as she storms past him, away.
Back to the present, Waite tries to call her from a phone booth, but when the woman finally picks up the phone, her only connection is to a dangling phone in an empty phone booth. It was released in June 1984 as the lead single from his second album, No Brakes.
When he opens his bedroom door, a woman playfully jumps into his arms and they embrace falling back onto the bed. Pained at her emotional and physical assault, he sadly remembers being at one of her photo shoots.
And I'm wondering why you left.
And I'm still standing here. The song was nominated for the 1985 Best Pop Vocal Performance Male Grammy Award. [Verse 1] Every time I think of you. Missing you, missing you.
Waite re-recorded the song with country/bluegrass artist The song is mentioned by Sheila Weller as describing In the verses/bridge, the singer describes how much he misses his ex-lover, while in the chorus, he lies to himself and vehemently denies missing them.