There was once a time, before the internet, when people could vanish from your life forever and you relied on music like this to fill the void they left..
The first time I fell in love (and as I often think, the only time) was with the neighbors' friend when I was about nine or ten. One day, she suddenly vanished, and I pined for her for years upon years. Ages later, I found her on Facebook...engaged. That's one lucky dude in those pictures...
@Flying Turtle probably when somebody posted the video but this was a song from the 1990s then a classic dance mix reallllly made it well known round that same time and its just been an unforgettable song.
Actually the Todd Terry Club Mix Version of this song was one of the best songs of the 90's, that's the one we really remember th-cam.com/video/A65qo0U5630/w-d-xo.html
Before the internet, cell phones and social media, when you broke up with someone and you lost all contact with them, sometimes walking by their old address or places you both used to hang out at or having old photographs was the only way to remember and relive those memories. Sometimes people change their names or move to other countries and stay hidden or are lost forever. This is such a melancholic masterpiece of a song and a missive to lost love.
I have just read this and had to comment .What you have said is so true and actually very moving .As you suggest perhaps the " ships passing in the night" has disappeared .Anyway ,your comment was very thoughtful ,many thanks .
Once had a gf/lover that would just up and disappear... then pop up 5 months later in another state. Drove me bonkers and I begged her to not do that again. But she did. Although the last time, two years went by without a word. Found an obscure address on the internet and sent a note. Two says later a nice lawyer called and told me she had passed away due to early onset Alzheimers. That one will always hurt, but at least I know.
When I was 17 I dated a girl called Nicola. I loved her so much. I'd love to see her again just to see if life worked out well for her. I hope she's happy.
63 years old. I remember when this song came out. For me, it put into words how I felt about the people in my life that had passed away. I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain. Gone, but not forgotten. Love U Miss U, Soooo much See you on the other side someday Can't wait to see you again.
maybe you could write an essay on the meaning of "underrated", which this song certainly isn't. It was a huge hit back then, and is still playing on the radio.
zimzimzalabim thank you; so many people are throwing this word around these days and I don’t think they know what it actually means!!! I’d say the words they’re looking for are undervalued or underappreciated.
Lyrics 🎶 🎶 🎶 I step off the train I'm walking down your street again And past your door, but you don't live there anymore It's years since you've been there And now you've disappeared somewhere, like outer space You've found some better place And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain Could you be dead? You always were two steps ahead, of everyone We'd walk behind while you would run I look up at your house And I can almost hear you shout down to me Where I always used to be And I miss you (like the deserts miss the rain) And I miss you (like the deserts miss the rain) Back on the train, I ask why did I come again? Can I confess, I've been hanging round your old address? And the years have proved To offer, nothing since you've moved You're long gone, but I can't move on And I miss you (like the deserts miss the rain) And I miss you, yeah (like the deserts miss the rain) And I miss you I step off the train I'm walking down your street again And past your door, I guess you don't live there anymore It's years since you've been there And now you've disappeared somewhere, like outer space You've found some better place And I miss you, yeah And I miss you You found some better place And I miss you (like the deserts miss the rain) And I miss you, yeah (like the deserts miss the rain) And I miss you, and I miss you (Like the deserts miss the rain) And I miss you, yeah (like the deserts miss the rain) The deserts miss the rain (Like the deserts miss the rain) Like the deserts miss the rain (Like the deserts miss the rain) And I miss you, yeah (like the deserts miss the rain) Your Welcome ❤
There is something so haunting , sad and painful about this song.... When I listen to it the memories of loved ones and lovers gone forever fill my mind.... Life is so beautiful and Tragic at the same time....
I worked at Sears when I was younger, and they would play this song over the store speakers sometimes. The rest of their playlist was terrible, as was the job, but discovering this song almost made working there worth it. I quit after a few months and moved on with my life-traveled, experienced the world, went through a heartbreak or two. A decade later, as I approach thirty, this song has started popping back into my head. I think back to my eighteen-year-old self folding clothes at the store, this song playing from the scratchy speakers in the ceiling, and I realize there's no way I could have really understood what this song was about at the time. I'm only just now beginning to understand. It resonates more and more as time goes on, and lately has begun to give me goosebumps each time I hear it. Thank you for the wonderful music, EBTG.
Am I crying? Oh, yes. I had to take care of my brother’s apartment after he ended his life on 2/25/1999. He had over 300 CD’s and many from this group, that’s how I learned about the music. Every now and then I listen and my heart fills up with grief again, but it reminds me of him. I try to cope every day so music soothes my ravaged heart and hurting soul.
What a beautiful sentence to express grief “my ravaged heart and hurting soul” - you really express the feeling of grief and I can relate to it so much..❤
This song came out very shortly after my wife died. Every time I go home and walk down Delmar in St Louis oh, I hear this song in the back of my head..... It's a Bittersweet memory that I'm not real sure if anyone would ever truly understand.
Your comment gives me chills. The pain I approach at the foot of the thoughts of losing my loved one is worthy of total breakdown. My hats off to you dude, much love!
Remember hanging round the home of a girl I loved but broke up with 50 years ago , still listen to this masterpiece and all the old memories come flooding back !
I remember listening to this song shortly after my dad died. I was laying on the bed, it was Summer and I felt a sense of emptiness and longing. This song was like a caress in that moment.
Thank you for sharing such a deep moment in your life. I'm in my 50's and trust me growing up in the 70's into the 90's music was at its best. Hearing this brought me back in time. I remember the first time I heard this. I did not lose a family member. I just broke up with my girl and this song really expressed how I felt. The only song that can touch this is by Lazarus Q song good by horses. Again thank you and I pray that you are in a stronger place in the universe. Peace
Lyrics: I step off the train I'm walking down your street again And past your door, but you don't live there anymore It's years since you've been there Now you've disappeared somewhere, like outer space You've found some better place And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain Could you be dead? You always were two steps ahead, of everyone We'd walk behind while you would run I look up at your house And I can almost hear you shout down to me Where I always used to be And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain Back on the train, I ask why did I come again? Can I confess, I've been hanging round your old address? And the years have proved To offer, nothing since you've moved You're long gone, but I can't move on And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain And I miss you I step off the train I'm walking down your street again And past your door, I guess you don't live there anymore It's years since you've been there And now you've disappeared somewhere, like outer space You've found some better place And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain And I miss you, yeah Like the deserts miss the rain And I miss you, and I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain And I miss you, yeah Like the deserts miss the rain The deserts miss the rain Like the deserts miss the rain Like the deserts miss the rain Like the deserts miss the rain
This is my dads favorite song to this day, and he doesn’t even know English. He always swears you can hear the emotion in her voice and that’s what makes the song powerful. 💕
I notice that with specific Japanese singers such as Jun Togawa. There is a lot of talented ones who fall through the gaps. Even those who were once big seem to not appear on the radio or get spoken about until they die which is sad.
I'd be honored if some Everything But The Girl fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of PRAYING FOR TIME and MOTHERS PRIDE on my YT channel in tribute to George Michael. George stated that EBTG vocalist Tracey Thorn was an important influence on him starting in the early 90s, and you can hear that influence on his masterpiece 1996 album Older and his later works. George and Tracey are 2 of the greatest vocalists ever, it's a shame they never collaborated on a song... thanks and peace.
This song’s memory brings a panicked sense of weight to my heart of a time now so long ago that slipped through my hands. Realizing as I listen this shadowy memory is dancing further out of focus.
As someone who hasn't even existed in that era I find that so facinating. I discovered this song in 2019, so it reminds me of being 15, so I sorta have nostalgia for that "era", but that was 5 years ago and feels like it's been a lifetime, let alone to remembering this song coming out 30 years ago in 1994!
Missing / Lyrics I step off the train I'm walking down your street again Past your door But you don't live there anymore It's years since you've been there Now you've disappeared somewhere Like outer space You've found some better place And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain Could you be dead? You always were two steps ahead of everyone We'd walk behind while you would run I look up at your house And I can almost hear you shout down to me Where I always used to be And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain Back on the train, I ask why did I come again? Can I confess, I've been hanging round your old address? The years have proved To offer nothing since you've moved You're long gone, but I can't move on And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain (yeah I miss you) I step off the train I'm walking down your street again Past your door I guess you don't live there anymore It's years since you've been there And now you've disappeared somewhere Like outer space You've found some better place And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain And I miss you, yeah Like the deserts miss the rain (I miss you) And I miss you Like the deserts miss the rain And I miss you, yeah Like the deserts miss the rain (like the deserts miss the rain) like the desets miss the rain (Like the deserts miss the rain) and I miss you, yeah (Like the deserts miss the rain) oh, how I miss you (Like the deserts miss the rain)
Songs as emotionally moving as this one can only exist as a result of extreme pain longing and suffering .....it's a beautifully arranged and recorded pop song that is enduring to those that have an appreciation for moving songs that only the past could produce . .
The most quintessential 90's song to me. Tracey Thorne's voice invokes such emotion that someone who has never had lost someone could feel the sadness of it through this song. Maybe the most special song to me out of all of them this one right here.
Tracey Thorn has a voice of gold. She and Ben Watts were/are the quintessential couple. They love their craft and seemingly each other. I “Miss” them. Great song, yet they reflect what many want. True love and respect for each other. Wish they would recreate that video.
I remember the first time I heard this song, you played it for me Mark, on a Saturday in 1996 while we were packaging up computer disks to donate. It captured my soul instantly as did you. Thank you for the brief love that we shared, my most treasured memories. You’ve been in heaven for over 20 years but my soul still aches for your love. This song brings me back, I still miss you like the deserts miss the rain. RIP Georgie ❤️ I’ll love you always, until we meet again. ~N 🦋
I'd be honored if some EBTG fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of PRAYING FOR TIME and MOTHERS PRIDE on my YT channel in tribute to the great George Michael. George stated that Tracey Thorn was an important influence on him starting in the early 90s, and you can hear that influence on his masterpiece 1996 album Older and his later works. George and Tracey are 2 of the greatest vocalists ever, it's a shame they never collaborated on a song... thanks and peace.
"Missing" charted high in several countries and reached number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1995 and spent over seven months on the UK Singles Chart thanks to an extremely popular remix by Todd Terry which later led to a Brit Award nomination for Best British Single. Everyone I know who knows this song adored it, it's a work of genius.
@@danbrockettDOP It was actually the Todd Terry Club Remix of "Missing" that was a major hit in several countries. The lesser-known original version, as heard in this video, did poorly on the charts for whatever reason. The original version only charted in the UK and it peaked at a measly 69. It's a shame more people aren't familiar with the original version, as it's a great track, in my opinion. I love the beat, acoustic guitar and keyboard sounds. I'll even go as far as to say I prefer the original version over the Todd Terry remix, but that's not to say that the remix is bad by any means. I love 1990s house/club music.
I couldn't tell you how much this song resonates with me. Everyday. Every. Single day. So many heartbreaking moments in my life. This sums up the loss that has been so tremendous and unfathomable. This song put that into words.
Sade, Tracey and Annie Lennox are that smooth, emotional contra alto tipe of singers. They don't have to sing high notes at all to convey their feelings and to ilustrate depth of their songs.
I didn't say she wasn't beautiful, I was saying she ain't transgender, and rumours like that often start because someone isn't "conventionally" pretty. I remember when this came out, society had a lot to say about how she wasn't conventionally pretty, people had a LOT to say on the subject. It was stupid. That's why I said " whatever the hell that is!" Anyway, it's a great song, love coming back for a listen.
My wife passed away three months ago and I keep thinking of this song and how much I miss her, as the song says so well, like the deserts miss the rain.
I just heard this the other day in Home Depot from all places. It put me right back into the 90ies, when I lived another life and on another continent. It filled me with this old desperation I have no reason to feel.....One of the best songs back then.
yes.... or they're alive, have moved on - and their apartment is a place to go, to stand outside.. to hope that they might just come back..... but they're gone. This song could have been written by me.... word for word.... My so called friend, my idol, my mentor.... gone away = but their name is still there, faded on the apartment door buzzer. I go ever so often.... To perk up my wilted and aging soul. The thought of my friend -or what I thought was my friend.... brought me joy. They are gone... and I can't move on.
Tracy Thorne has one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard. I simply don't understand how she never became a household name akin to Amy Winehouse. Amazing. I highly recommend their greatest hits collection. Many, many more gems to be found. Pax.
Unfortunately in our society talent doesn’t trump ugly. Tracey and Ben are not conventionally beautiful and thus couldn’t produce attractive videos or album covers. Just ask Christopher Cross.
Amy also sang a completely different genre. Often it's simply nothing more than that. After all, no one ever remembers Olivia Newton-John as a country singer; but everyone remembers her for pop, thanks to Grease.
This is one of the few songs I I've been listening to this song for years, since it was released, and I've never gotten tired of it. Back in the 1990s, we didn't have a TV music channel, so I used to visualize the music video in my head. When I first saw it, I realized that my visualization was not that far off. It's a great song!
2:24 A bold creative choice that has made this music so exceptional. Almost no melody, only meaningful words. What an experience to listen to this, even years and years after hearing It for the first time. I used to listen to this as a child, now I'm literally feeling this music.
I saw them live once in Chicago . One of the best concerts i ever seen. They did like 15 minute version of this song as a finally . people were actaully crying, grown men and women
Young love felt like this. More romantic and pure love. Old love is all wrapped up in material shit n money and where to go and what to do and how to go, who is your friend vs theirs. Lol real shit like Im crushed but feelings arent the half, kind of thing.
Gosh 30 years where has the time gone. This tune is so powerful to me and the time in my life. Wasted thinking that you have all the time ahead. Gone now like the song says
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There was once a time, before the internet, when people could vanish from your life forever and you relied on music like this to fill the void they left..
Yes, Just think that we all went out to play with our friends for the last time and non of us knew it.
That's good
Whoa
The first time I fell in love (and as I often think, the only time) was with the neighbors' friend when I was about nine or ten. One day, she suddenly vanished, and I pined for her for years upon years. Ages later, I found her on Facebook...engaged. That's one lucky dude in those pictures...
I don't know why but your comment gave me goosebumps
This isn’t just a song it’s a feeling. The saddest part about nostalgia is knowing your never going back
This hits hard..😳😭😭
I felt this, so true.
Very true
Music is the closest thing to a time machine
Sad truth
It’s scary how fast time flies. You just blink a few times and the song you love is three decades old.
Time goes by so fast we don’t even realize it
So true. Memories, sometimes nostalgia hits so hard.
Very true
I miss this era, back when life was easier simpler times
So true
We don’t search for old songs..
we search for old memories.
❤️😭no words. This comment is so true. Nostalgia is hitting hard rn..
This hits hard fr. Nostalgia just hits different
This. Such a short statement that immediately hits home 🤘🏽
To tears randomly. I'm 8 y.o. and my parents are listening to this on the patio. Love my life...
Why is this comment on every single music video over 2 years old?
One of the best songs of 90s
@Flying Turtle probably when somebody posted the video but this was a song from the 1990s then a classic dance mix reallllly made it well known round that same time and its just been an unforgettable song.
Javier Martinez indeed
@Flying Turtle no prob. Its great nonetheless. Just enjoy it lol
Actually the Todd Terry Club Mix Version of this song was one of the best songs of the 90's, that's the one we really remember th-cam.com/video/A65qo0U5630/w-d-xo.html
It was the #1 song AC of the whole decade of the 90's, according to Billboard Magazine.
Before the internet, cell phones and social media, when you broke up with someone and you lost all contact with them, sometimes walking by their old address or places you both used to hang out at or having old photographs was the only way to remember and relive those memories. Sometimes people change their names or move to other countries and stay hidden or are lost forever. This is such a melancholic masterpiece of a song and a missive to lost love.
I have just read this and had to comment .What you have said is so true and actually very moving .As you suggest perhaps the " ships passing in the night" has disappeared .Anyway ,your comment was very thoughtful ,many thanks .
Once had a gf/lover that would just up and disappear... then pop up 5 months later in another state. Drove me bonkers and I begged her to not do that again. But she did. Although the last time, two years went by without a word. Found an obscure address on the internet and sent a note. Two says later a nice lawyer called and told me she had passed away due to early onset Alzheimers. That one will always hurt, but at least I know.
When I was 17 I dated a girl called Nicola. I loved her so much. I'd love to see her again just to see if life worked out well for her. I hope she's happy.
So very true! I definitely did it!🙏😢
❤
Tracy Thorn, underrated and one of the best female vocals of the 80's and 90's
Loved her in Massive Attack - Protection. Beautiful voice!!
Facts! 💯
Tracy Thorn, Elizabeth Fraser, Lisa Gerrard.
Maravilha de voz e mulher
@@Aiphiae wow I totally agree
63 years old.
I remember when this song came out.
For me, it put into words how I felt about the people in my life that had passed away.
I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain.
Gone, but not forgotten.
Love U
Miss U, Soooo much
See you on the other side someday
Can't wait to see you again.
So true
My grandma passed away 3 months ago... I miss her like the desert miss the rain.
I could write an essay about how ridiculously underrated this track is. Simple yet haunting.
I absolutely agree on this. Absolutely.
Facts, and you should! It’s much needed, especially for this era.
I agree. But some people were falling in love with it - tout de suite
maybe you could write an essay on the meaning of "underrated", which this song certainly isn't. It was a huge hit back then, and is still playing on the radio.
zimzimzalabim thank you; so many people are throwing this word around these days and I don’t think they know what it actually means!!! I’d say the words they’re looking for are undervalued or underappreciated.
Lyrics 🎶 🎶 🎶
I step off the train
I'm walking down your street again
And past your door, but you don't live there anymore
It's years since you've been there
And now you've disappeared somewhere, like outer space
You've found some better place
And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain
Could you be dead?
You always were two steps ahead, of everyone
We'd walk behind while you would run
I look up at your house
And I can almost hear you shout down to me
Where I always used to be
And I miss you (like the deserts miss the rain)
And I miss you (like the deserts miss the rain)
Back on the train, I ask why did I come again?
Can I confess, I've been hanging round your old address?
And the years have proved
To offer, nothing since you've moved
You're long gone, but I can't move on
And I miss you (like the deserts miss the rain)
And I miss you, yeah (like the deserts miss the rain)
And I miss you
I step off the train
I'm walking down your street again
And past your door, I guess you don't live there anymore
It's years since you've been there
And now you've disappeared somewhere, like outer space
You've found some better place
And I miss you, yeah
And I miss you
You found some better place
And I miss you (like the deserts miss the rain)
And I miss you, yeah (like the deserts miss the rain)
And I miss you, and I miss you
(Like the deserts miss the rain)
And I miss you, yeah (like the deserts miss the rain)
The deserts miss the rain
(Like the deserts miss the rain)
Like the deserts miss the rain
(Like the deserts miss the rain)
And I miss you, yeah (like the deserts miss the rain)
Your Welcome ❤
That's what I thought it said.😅
Thank you 🥲
❤
Such a masterpiece of melody intrumentation, lyrics and singing...and so relatable to anyone one who has lost
I MISS THE 90'S, LIKE THE DESERTS MISS THE RAIN! :(
@pagansforbreakfast the avatar says it all!
@@seanwhitty3218 Sean, true :)
Life was simple and easy
So you don't miss the '90s? Because deserts don't miss the rain. They wouldn't exist if it did rain more.
Like the deserts Miss Lorraine!!😉
There is something so haunting , sad and painful about this song.... When I listen to it the memories of loved ones and lovers gone forever fill my mind.... Life is so beautiful and Tragic at the same time....
👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Absolutely...music is the language of the soul 👍
Well said, Joseph. This is not a happy song for me, but I still love it.
I agree with u
Amen
It sums up every emotion I have about getting older and how life changes 😢
One of the best songs ever made. God bless you
I worked at Sears when I was younger, and they would play this song over the store speakers sometimes. The rest of their playlist was terrible, as was the job, but discovering this song almost made working there worth it. I quit after a few months and moved on with my life-traveled, experienced the world, went through a heartbreak or two.
A decade later, as I approach thirty, this song has started popping back into my head. I think back to my eighteen-year-old self folding clothes at the store, this song playing from the scratchy speakers in the ceiling, and I realize there's no way I could have really understood what this song was about at the time. I'm only just now beginning to understand. It resonates more and more as time goes on, and lately has begun to give me goosebumps each time I hear it.
Thank you for the wonderful music, EBTG.
Same for me!
Raul Castellanos Jr. thats beautiful
Cant believe im 25, music really brings u back to moments hey. Time is beautiful.
What’s a sears?
Raul Castellanos Jr. I used to work at sears too! And I remember they would always play that Avril Lavigne song complicated.
What a voice...amazing and so nostalgic for the 90's. The BEST!!
👍😘🌹💕👏🎼🎼
"Can I confess? I've been hanging around your old address."
What a heartbreaking lyric.
Am I crying? Oh, yes. I had to take care of my brother’s apartment after he ended his life on 2/25/1999. He had over 300 CD’s and many from this group, that’s how I learned about the music. Every now and then I listen and my heart fills up with grief again, but it reminds me of him. I try to cope every day so music soothes my ravaged heart and hurting soul.
It just going to take time. Day by Day. It will.
What a beautiful sentence to express grief “my ravaged heart and hurting soul” - you really express the feeling of grief and I can relate to it so much..❤
@@surfinganonymously
Thank you, and I’m sorry for your grief 💙
Sometimes we bond more in grief than in happiness.
@@RGW851
I’m sorry for your pain and grief as well 🙏🏻
I used to listen to this song over and over again, back when it first came out.
This song came out very shortly after my wife died.
Every time I go home and walk down Delmar in St Louis oh, I hear this song in the back of my head.....
It's a Bittersweet memory that I'm not real sure if anyone would ever truly understand.
I didn't have a wife die but I lost my soulmate, I loved her...she found a better place, which I could never hate her for that
This stopped me in my tracks. Bless you. Bless her.
Your comment gives me chills. The pain I approach at the foot of the thoughts of losing my loved one is worthy of total breakdown. My hats off to you dude, much love!
Condolences. I understand.
My sincerest condolences :(
I love this vibe …I can’t stop playing it
Remember hanging round the home of a girl I loved but broke up with 50 years ago , still listen to this masterpiece and all the old memories come flooding back !
I remember listening to this song shortly after my dad died. I was laying on the bed, it was Summer and I felt a sense of emptiness and longing. This song was like a caress in that moment.
Sleeping without yoæu.!!
I'm glad this song helped to comfort you in such a difficult time.
@@hwren9845 thanks
Nice song
Thank you for sharing such a deep moment in your life. I'm in my 50's and trust me growing up in the 70's into the 90's music was at its best. Hearing this brought me back in time. I remember the first time I heard this. I did not lose a family member. I just broke up with my girl and this song really expressed how I felt. The only song that can touch this is by Lazarus Q song good by horses. Again thank you and I pray that you are in a stronger place in the universe. Peace
As a songwriter myself...I can say this is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. Perfection.
slavery to never submit to evil.!!
How about Y.M.C.A.?
That is what I have always said. This song is the perfect combo or music, lyrics and voice. Nothing better.
@@robertkenney4855 what are you talking about?
This song is timeless and still relevant in 2020 🙂🙏
Miss you 2 ❤
Hard to believe this is almost 30 years old. My, where has time gone ?
Lyrics:
I step off the train
I'm walking down your street again
And past your door, but you don't live there anymore
It's years since you've been there
Now you've disappeared somewhere, like outer space
You've found some better place
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
Could you be dead?
You always were two steps ahead, of everyone
We'd walk behind while you would run
I look up at your house
And I can almost hear you shout down to me
Where I always used to be
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
Back on the train, I ask why did I come again?
Can I confess, I've been hanging round your old address?
And the years have proved
To offer, nothing since you've moved
You're long gone, but I can't move on
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you
I step off the train
I'm walking down your street again
And past your door, I guess you don't live there anymore
It's years since you've been there
And now you've disappeared somewhere, like outer space
You've found some better place
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, yeah
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, and I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, yeah
Like the deserts miss the rain
The deserts miss the rain
Like the deserts miss the rain
Like the deserts miss the rain
Like the deserts miss the rain
TY
Makes me think of my mother.
Like the deserts miss the rain
Best lyrics ever. So well written.
Love this song
One of the most beautiful songs ever ❤️❤️❤️
That line “could you be dead” gets me every time. Makes me wonder if those who were once close to me are still here.
The song just pure 90's vibe.
This is my dads favorite song to this day, and he doesn’t even know English. He always swears you can hear the emotion in her voice and that’s what makes the song powerful. 💕
He is right she has a lot of emotion in her voice
John
your father has very clean ears, I also loved this song before and after I learned English, Tracy is a very underrated singer/performer
I notice that with specific Japanese singers such as Jun Togawa. There is a lot of talented ones who fall through the gaps. Even those who were once big seem to not appear on the radio or get spoken about until they die which is sad.
He's right. First time hearing this one.
Early morning. 2 am. Vh1 and MTV used play videos. Like this one. This was a perfect song and video for a melancholy teenager growing up in the 90's.
Those channels are garbage today
A song that I will never get tired of.
The lyrics hit me like a train. Too many memories flooding my head now.
Some songs just can't never be forgotten!
I'd be honored if some Everything But The Girl fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of PRAYING FOR TIME and MOTHERS PRIDE on my YT channel in tribute to George Michael. George stated that EBTG vocalist Tracey Thorn was an important influence on him starting in the early 90s, and you can hear that influence on his masterpiece 1996 album Older and his later works. George and Tracey are 2 of the greatest vocalists ever, it's a shame they never collaborated on a song... thanks and peace.
"just CAN never...."
This song’s memory brings a panicked sense of weight to my heart of a time now so long ago that slipped through my hands. Realizing as I listen this shadowy memory is dancing further out of focus.
This song Rules
It will never be like it was in the 90s. What a time...
La mejor época q vivimos está en nuestra mente. Nuestros corazones
💯.........The good days!!!
i was born in the mid 80s i love this song
As someone who hasn't even existed in that era I find that so facinating. I discovered this song in 2019, so it reminds me of being 15, so I sorta have nostalgia for that "era", but that was 5 years ago and feels like it's been a lifetime, let alone to remembering this song coming out 30 years ago in 1994!
God this brings back memories. I haven’t heard this song in twenty five years. I miss that time.
This song is so heartbreaking beautiful I can't breath!
Missing
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Lyrics
I step off the train
I'm walking down your street again
Past your door
But you don't live there anymore
It's years since you've been there
Now you've disappeared somewhere
Like outer space
You've found some better place
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
Could you be dead?
You always were two steps ahead of everyone
We'd walk behind while you would run
I look up at your house
And I can almost hear you shout down to me
Where I always used to be
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
Back on the train, I ask why did I come again?
Can I confess, I've been hanging round your old address?
The years have proved
To offer nothing since you've moved
You're long gone, but I can't move on
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain (yeah I miss you)
I step off the train
I'm walking down your street again
Past your door
I guess you don't live there anymore
It's years since you've been there
And now you've disappeared somewhere
Like outer space
You've found some better place
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, yeah
Like the deserts miss the rain (I miss you)
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, yeah
Like the deserts miss the rain (like the deserts miss the rain)
like the desets miss the rain
(Like the deserts miss the rain) and I miss you, yeah
(Like the deserts miss the rain) oh, how I miss you
(Like the deserts miss the rain)
Incredible song. Lyrics are so deep for a 90's hit.
This is a song who will always be part of the soundtrack of my life! 2023 and it makes me feel like when I was in my early teenage years ❤
They just came out with new music this week
@@tlogank FUSE ❤️👏⭐️
same!!!
I just love that Ben and Tracey are still married with 3 children.😊😊😊😊
Only Annie Lennox, Tracey Thorn and Sade Adu can sing like this.
So true!!!
LET'S NOT 4GET LISA STANSFIELD
@@vixen9921 is Lisa a contralto singer? She's ok but not as big as these 3 girls and their specific contralto voices.
Dido would like to enter the chat
Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins): "Am I a joke to you?"
Songs as emotionally moving as this one can only exist as a result of extreme pain longing and suffering .....it's a beautifully arranged and recorded pop song that is enduring to those that have an appreciation for moving songs that only the past could produce . .
2020 , This song brings back so many Memories. Lost , sadness , a past you cannot change. But now , acceptance . Great Song.
How right you are 😥
It strikes a Deeper Chord in 2020
than in the '90s.
👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hi Leanne,hope you’re okay ?
It's like visiting the house you grew up in after years and years away.......still expecting to see Mum!.
😢
The agonising pain of missing someone you still hope will walk back into your life and the acceptance they wont..missing you Lilac, rest sweetly.
😢❤
Thank you...👍🏽 @@sweetpolly8471
この曲はもの凄くヒットしていましたね。日本からTVのBEAT UKで観てました。当時12歳だったな。なんか大人の音楽に感じました。懐かしすぎる。
Always brings tears to my eyes... Like the deserts miss the rain...
2024....1994 Amplified Heart....still rocking with Everything But The Girl.
The most quintessential 90's song to me. Tracey Thorne's voice invokes such emotion that someone who has never had lost someone could feel the sadness of it through this song. Maybe the most special song to me out of all of them this one right here.
Tracey Thorn has a voice of gold. She and Ben Watts were/are the quintessential couple. They love their craft and seemingly each other. I “Miss” them. Great song, yet they reflect what many want. True love and respect for each other. Wish they would recreate that video.
Been a favorite for 2 decades, but just now understanding the depth if this gem.
Same. Damn...
Same over here
90s gold , even the video show the simplicity of the decade people were more real and less flashy
So so so true!!
No smartphones and FB...
Life was better back then.
I conquer!
shut up boomers
I remember the first time I heard this song, you played it for me Mark, on a Saturday in 1996 while we were packaging up computer disks to donate. It captured my soul instantly as did you. Thank you for the brief love that we shared, my most treasured memories. You’ve been in heaven for over 20 years but my soul still aches for your love. This song brings me back, I still miss you like the deserts miss the rain. RIP Georgie ❤️ I’ll love you always, until we meet again. ~N 🦋
I heard it for the first time in September 1995, coincidentially a Saturday as well
Nice fake sob story.
Holy shit I heard for first time on sat at mall that's closing down soon its mall I enjoyed most of my child hood at
Offensive Username I ain’t their fault that your parents never paid attention to you
One of my all time favourite songs. ❤
mine too! both versions i love!!!
Thoughtful lyrics, great musicianship and a beautifully understated delivery, simply wonderful.
I'd be honored if some EBTG fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of PRAYING FOR TIME and MOTHERS PRIDE on my YT channel in tribute to the great George Michael. George stated that Tracey Thorn was an important influence on him starting in the early 90s, and you can hear that influence on his masterpiece 1996 album Older and his later works. George and Tracey are 2 of the greatest vocalists ever, it's a shame they never collaborated on a song... thanks and peace.
Very, very well said!
This should be definitely as one of top songs in human art
This song was severely underrated.
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"Missing" charted high in several countries and reached number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1995 and spent over seven months on the UK Singles Chart thanks to an extremely popular remix by Todd Terry which later led to a Brit Award nomination for Best British Single. Everyone I know who knows this song adored it, it's a work of genius.
Sade
But was a huge hit in 90s
@@danbrockettDOP It was actually the Todd Terry Club Remix of "Missing" that was a major hit in several countries. The lesser-known original version, as heard in this video, did poorly on the charts for whatever reason. The original version only charted in the UK and it peaked at a measly 69. It's a shame more people aren't familiar with the original version, as it's a great track, in my opinion. I love the beat, acoustic guitar and keyboard sounds. I'll even go as far as to say I prefer the original version over the Todd Terry remix, but that's not to say that the remix is bad by any means. I love 1990s house/club music.
Stupenda canzone ..adoro ❤️❤️❤️👍
I couldn't tell you how much this song resonates with me. Everyday. Every. Single day. So many heartbreaking moments in my life. This sums up the loss that has been so tremendous and unfathomable. This song put that into words.
I remember this being on the radio all the time back in the 90's. Boy do I miss those days of good music!
Totally agree!
One of the softest, silky smooth songs done in the 90's by a very beautiful woman.
@Geni Medina Yes I listen to "Smooth Operator" often. Not that I am one. Especially when I hammer stuff and smash my fingers 😀.
Sade, Tracey and Annie Lennox are that smooth, emotional contra alto tipe of singers. They don't have to sing high notes at all to convey their feelings and to ilustrate depth of their songs.
Yes, and great legs.
Sleek Stitch, that most certainly is just a rumour! She just isn't what is considered conventionally as "beautiful" whatever the hell that is!🤷♀️
I didn't say she wasn't beautiful, I was saying she ain't transgender, and rumours like that often start because someone isn't "conventionally" pretty. I remember when this came out, society had a lot to say about how she wasn't conventionally pretty, people had a LOT to say on the subject. It was stupid. That's why I said " whatever the hell that is!" Anyway, it's a great song, love coming back for a listen.
My wife passed away three months ago and I keep thinking of this song and how much I miss her, as the song says so well, like the deserts miss the rain.
Much love mate. Sorry for your loss. Better to have loved once than never loved at all.
Sorry for your loss. My mom as well ..bless
Sorry for your loss my R I P love ❤❤
Замечательная композиция.... Очень приятная и незабываемая.... Певица имеет роскошный , умеренный , спокойный голос.... Очень плавно слушается......
Музыка и голос-транс, и ритм классс!!!!
I just heard this the other day in Home Depot from all places. It put me right back into the 90ies, when I lived another life and on another continent. It filled me with this old desperation I have no reason to feel.....One of the best songs back then.
90s...almost 50 and it's by far the best. If we could rewind, that's where I'd visit. Many mistakes but so many memories💕
90's was a fun time
Everyone wants their youth back. I want nothing to do with the 90s. They were miserable for me personally. But I get it...
Hi Tracy,hope you’re okay ?
The years have proved I can't move on.
Everyone can identify with the words of this song,we all miss someone no longer here😢❤❤
yes.... or they're alive, have moved on - and their apartment is a place to go, to stand outside.. to hope that they might just come back..... but they're gone. This song could have been written by me.... word for word.... My so called friend, my idol, my mentor.... gone away = but their name is still there, faded on the apartment door buzzer. I go ever so often.... To perk up my wilted and aging soul. The thought of my friend -or what I thought was my friend.... brought me joy. They are gone... and I can't move on.
Tracy Thorne has one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard. I simply don't understand how she never became a household name akin to Amy Winehouse. Amazing. I highly recommend their greatest hits collection. Many, many more gems to be found. Pax.
Amy Winehouse had a familiar 1960’s pop sound that helped her.
Unfortunately in our society talent doesn’t trump ugly. Tracey and Ben are not conventionally beautiful and thus couldn’t produce attractive videos or album covers. Just ask Christopher Cross.
@@susandianasmith7150 The video has 7 million views. I think they're doing just fine.
@@SamStone1964 I don’t disagree. One hit wonders make plenty of money.
Amy also sang a completely different genre. Often it's simply nothing more than that.
After all, no one ever remembers Olivia Newton-John as a country singer; but everyone remembers her for pop, thanks to Grease.
This song get you sooner or later... regardless of your timing! It never gets old!
This is one of the few songs I I've been listening to this song for years, since it was released, and I've never gotten tired of it.
Back in the 1990s, we didn't have a TV music channel, so I used to visualize the music video in my head.
When I first saw it, I realized that my visualization was not that far off.
It's a great song!
A very haunting, bittersweet, sticks in my mind song, even after all these years.
The original and best version.
Most definitely.
Nah
Yes, if it ain't broken, no need to fix it.
Both are great.
uncleambient todd terry remix the best version 👌🏻
To me,this is the most powerful song I ever heard..the lyrics,the singer,everything..beautiful song.
I am 53 now and the first time that I heard this jam was back in late 1995 or early 1996 good times 👍 🙂
2:24 A bold creative choice that has made this music so exceptional. Almost no melody, only meaningful words. What an experience to listen to this, even years and years after hearing It for the first time.
I used to listen to this as a child, now I'm literally feeling this music.
I saw them live once in Chicago . One of the best concerts i ever seen. They did like 15 minute version of this song as a finally . people were actaully crying, grown men and women
I like that. Not finale, but finally.
May I use it.
This is one of the best songs I've heard in my 43 years on this planet....creates such a mood, love it.
90’s kid -were sooo lucky
so close to 2020 and still in❤with this song...
:)
Turkey !
@@salyangozzyildiz1502 selam
@@ilkerercin6817 a.s...
BRASIL - the best music!
I was so attached to the person who showed me this song, and now is all memories... ironic and sad, but still love the song :(
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Memory is the best remember that
I've never heard this version before, it's very smooth and it's the original !
Mood today, love the 90s
Yes! The original! Love it. How much can you miss someone ... Tragic.
Young love felt like this. More romantic and pure love. Old love is all wrapped up in material shit n money and where to go and what to do and how to go, who is your friend vs theirs. Lol real shit like Im crushed but feelings arent the half, kind of thing.
I have hit 'replay' waaay too many times tonight. I must be going through something in my sub-conscience.
u and me both since 2004
Me too dude, me too 😢
this song is completely timeless.
Gosh 30 years where has the time gone. This tune is so powerful to me and the time in my life. Wasted thinking that you have all the time ahead. Gone now like the song says
Before, everything was so natural, simple and better than today. I really miss it
James Lima me too , this is real beauty.
So agree!!!! Everything is so complicated now....
Well, I send you a Simple hi!!!! From Uruguay. 🙋♀️🇺🇾
It really wasn't tho, but we went along, that's why nowadays we ultimately all feel it's a world of shit
@@NAIVADA I doubt it.
i still hear this song everywhere...
This song is deeper than the oceans ...
Don’t cry for what’s gone. Smile for what you had.
It's a painful smile !
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Wow what a thought to have. I seriously am going to live that in mind. Masterpiece!!!!! X
💯
2020 in quarantine still playing this jam.
Aj Guajardo 🤚
Its a sublime, gorgeous song.
Just as well u let us know what year u like this or else we will never know
Listening with a jelly sandwich?
Man……this song brings me so many memories from 1997 when I was 17 years old, now I’m almost 43 and still can’t grasp how time has flown by so fast 😭
All the love we've lost along the way
😏
@@mason96575 true bro
same age, same memories :\
tell me about it i sit here and think wtf did i do for 25 years cant remember it im 42
Tracey Thorn has a sweet powerful amazing voice that will sound good 50 yrs from now.
Wish she and Ben would cover 50's country songs.
love this timeless song....
After all these years, this song still hits my feels!