Everything But The Girl - Missing (Official Music Video)

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  • @beaubiden9293
    @beaubiden9293 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1465

    Who’s listening to this masterpiece in 2024?

    • @user-qt4ug5of7f
      @user-qt4ug5of7f 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Good memories

    • @gustanski
      @gustanski 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Never stopped. Love them!

    • @TMANN-jo1ps
      @TMANN-jo1ps 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Me too. February 5, 2024.

    • @eugenebuckley7657
      @eugenebuckley7657 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Great song

    • @Mostly_bad
      @Mostly_bad 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I wore the “Walking Wounded” CD out back in the day.

  • @No-cv2rb
    @No-cv2rb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6545

    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..

    • @pjr500
      @pjr500 4 ปีที่แล้ว +330

      Yes, Just think that we all went out to play with our friends for the last time and non of us knew it.

    • @LeaperChad7
      @LeaperChad7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      That's good

    • @kingspunkbubble
      @kingspunkbubble 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Whoa

    • @scabbarae
      @scabbarae 4 ปีที่แล้ว +201

      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...

    • @aalokmehta4261
      @aalokmehta4261 4 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      I don't know why but your comment gave me goosebumps

  • @ditherdather
    @ditherdather 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +33

    I'm 44 now, and I like this era of music more and more as I get older.

  • @streetsmart.69
    @streetsmart.69 ปีที่แล้ว +1569

    This is not just a song it’s a feeling. The saddest part about nostalgia is knowing you’re never going back

    • @davidwilson4964
      @davidwilson4964 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      I don't know if this will help but somebody once told me this, "don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened in the first place" 😃😃

    • @robertstephens156
      @robertstephens156 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Damn!! The truth hurts.

    • @logic3730
      @logic3730 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      So true...so very true

    • @platypusdeathstomp
      @platypusdeathstomp ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Dang, that's brutal reality of it.

    • @troytette2410
      @troytette2410 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      25 years

  • @earthculture214
    @earthculture214 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    It will never be like it was in the 90s. What a time...

    • @juancarlosbritolopez1296
      @juancarlosbritolopez1296 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      La mejor época q vivimos está en nuestra mente. Nuestros corazones

    • @travistheentertainertv6870
      @travistheentertainertv6870 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      💯.........The good days!!!

    • @MayumiC-chan9377
      @MayumiC-chan9377 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      i was born in the mid 80s i love this song

    • @CheckOutThatGrooveYo
      @CheckOutThatGrooveYo 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      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!

    • @DAquingil
      @DAquingil 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      God this brings back memories. I haven’t heard this song in twenty five years. I miss that time.

  • @PoppinWheeliez
    @PoppinWheeliez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    MID 90S was actually a great time for music

    • @anonmous4468
      @anonmous4468 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And fashion

    • @badongrubiles5427
      @badongrubiles5427 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Agree

    • @wyliekat32
      @wyliekat32 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      And movies. Basically, the last time everything was still good.

    • @mcrazza
      @mcrazza 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ALL of the 90s was actually a great time for music.

    • @BennyAlvarez-gk1iw
      @BennyAlvarez-gk1iw 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@mcrazzaAnd everything else

  • @summerqueen2156
    @summerqueen2156 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +890

    We don’t search for old songs..
    we search for old memories.

    • @streetsmart.69
      @streetsmart.69 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      ❤️😭no words. This comment is so true. Nostalgia is hitting hard rn..

    • @chrisblack5585
      @chrisblack5585 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      This hits hard fr. Nostalgia just hits different

    • @winterdreams4635
      @winterdreams4635 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      This. Such a short statement that immediately hits home 🤘🏽

    • @TheShmekler
      @TheShmekler 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      To tears randomly. I'm 8 y.o. and my parents are listening to this on the patio. Love my life...

    • @mason96575
      @mason96575 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Why is this comment on every single music video over 2 years old?

  • @alexnutcasio936
    @alexnutcasio936 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Hard to believe this is almost 30 years old. My, where has time gone ?

  • @michelehaynes1112
    @michelehaynes1112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    This song was severely underrated.

    • @Leopold5100
      @Leopold5100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      is

    • @danbrockettDOP
      @danbrockettDOP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      "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.

    • @PHJoy
      @PHJoy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sade

    • @compilados99
      @compilados99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      But was a huge hit in 90s

    • @benjaminvlz
      @benjaminvlz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@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.

  • @fairdose
    @fairdose ปีที่แล้ว +321

    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.

    • @williamreynolds1163
      @williamreynolds1163 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      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 .

    • @johnbowman1076
      @johnbowman1076 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      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.

    • @markgreen5153
      @markgreen5153 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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.

    • @anibalbabilonia1867
      @anibalbabilonia1867 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So very true! I definitely did it!🙏😢

    • @sarahyuille
      @sarahyuille ปีที่แล้ว +1

  • @marionbrown8559
    @marionbrown8559 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    When my father died my sister and I were encouraged to go out with friends. This was played and I remember my sister and I just looking at each other with the lights dancing across our crying faces. Two weeks ago we lost our mother and this song has just come up on my feed.

  • @darkdave1985
    @darkdave1985 5 ปีที่แล้ว +744

    I MISS THE 90'S, LIKE THE DESERTS MISS THE RAIN! :(

    • @seanwhitty3218
      @seanwhitty3218 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @pagansforbreakfast the avatar says it all!

    • @patty109109
      @patty109109 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@seanwhitty3218 Sean, true :)

    • @Ithorian
      @Ithorian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Life was simple and easy

    • @jdandrew1980
      @jdandrew1980 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      So you don't miss the '90s? Because deserts don't miss the rain. They wouldn't exist if it did rain more.

    • @marcb1425
      @marcb1425 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Like the deserts Miss Lorraine!!😉

  • @Aja-Christian
    @Aja-Christian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2094

    I could write an essay about how ridiculously underrated this track is. Simple yet haunting.

    • @AragonEquity
      @AragonEquity 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I absolutely agree on this. Absolutely.

    • @SOLE_II_SOUL
      @SOLE_II_SOUL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Facts, and you should! It’s much needed, especially for this era.

    • @peterhoevermann6673
      @peterhoevermann6673 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I agree. But some people were falling in love with it - tout de suite

    • @zimzimzalabim
      @zimzimzalabim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      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.

    • @davidburney4752
      @davidburney4752 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      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.

  • @TarpeianRock
    @TarpeianRock 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +125

    Don’t cry for what’s gone. Smile for what you had.

    • @Gretny
      @Gretny 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      It's a painful smile !

    • @gustavoblancoortiz775
      @gustavoblancoortiz775 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@Gretnyvc foi perfeita no comentário

    • @misterclownface
      @misterclownface 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Cringe

    • @KarenFawcett-ue4ed
      @KarenFawcett-ue4ed 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wow what a thought to have. I seriously am going to live that in mind. Masterpiece!!!!! X

    • @paularob2829
      @paularob2829 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      💯

  • @ninawestlake14
    @ninawestlake14 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    This song is so sad and beautiful at the same time.

  • @javiermartinez1787
    @javiermartinez1787 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1591

    One of the best songs of 90s

    • @miguelmarquez4192
      @miguelmarquez4192 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @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.

    • @aldyrudiono5899
      @aldyrudiono5899 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Javier Martinez indeed

    • @miguelmarquez4192
      @miguelmarquez4192 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Flying Turtle no prob. Its great nonetheless. Just enjoy it lol

    • @chozenknight260
      @chozenknight260 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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

    • @AlexDeChristian6323
      @AlexDeChristian6323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It was the #1 song AC of the whole decade of the 90's, according to Billboard Magazine.

  • @GuilesArt
    @GuilesArt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    Before, everything was so natural, simple and better than today. I really miss it

    • @anonmous4468
      @anonmous4468 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      James Lima me too , this is real beauty.

    • @aliciamesa5382
      @aliciamesa5382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      So agree!!!! Everything is so complicated now....

    • @aliciamesa5382
      @aliciamesa5382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well, I send you a Simple hi!!!! From Uruguay. 🙋‍♀️🇺🇾

    • @NAIVADA
      @NAIVADA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It really wasn't tho, but we went along, that's why nowadays we ultimately all feel it's a world of shit

    • @DannyGodhouse
      @DannyGodhouse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@NAIVADA I doubt it.

  • @sobreaver
    @sobreaver 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    The one and only !!! I always loved 'I miss you like the desert miss the rain' !! Thank you !

  • @nispo89
    @nispo89 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    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.

  • @akiraprime
    @akiraprime 3 ปีที่แล้ว +753

    Tracy Thorn, underrated and one of the best female vocals of the 80's and 90's

    • @jasonhenderson3678
      @jasonhenderson3678 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Loved her in Massive Attack - Protection. Beautiful voice!!

    • @anitavolpato3926
      @anitavolpato3926 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Facts! 💯

    • @Aiphiae
      @Aiphiae 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Tracy Thorn, Elizabeth Fraser, Lisa Gerrard.

    • @alexandreduarte5419
      @alexandreduarte5419 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Maravilha de voz e mulher

    • @catapimbaz
      @catapimbaz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Aiphiae wow I totally agree

  • @ironwooddesigns870
    @ironwooddesigns870 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1107

    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.

    • @robertvallecillo1348
      @robertvallecillo1348 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      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

    • @CreativeCreatorCreates
      @CreativeCreatorCreates 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      This stopped me in my tracks. Bless you. Bless her.

    • @matiasnaulin9889
      @matiasnaulin9889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      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!

    • @nyvatrinigurl4743
      @nyvatrinigurl4743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Condolences. I understand.

    • @evilpeti
      @evilpeti 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      My sincerest condolences :(

  • @dragoonseye76
    @dragoonseye76 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    This song will always bring me back to a very difficult time. Good lessons learned then.

  • @maxwedge7593
    @maxwedge7593 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    That girl could outright sing her butt off! One of the best voices in music over the last 40 years.

  • @JessiDeerSims
    @JessiDeerSims 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1032

    In the 90's if someone moved and you didn't have their info.. they were just gone forever

    • @GlobalWave1
      @GlobalWave1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Nikki Nova It’s almost better that way. Sometimes you reach out to them and hoping they might respond they never respond.
      In a way sometimes it’s best to just let people that don’t matter to you go.

    • @johnbruno7614
      @johnbruno7614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Yes that's so true. Also sad. Depending on how much you missed that person especially if was someone you were with and in love with for years. And still are and always will be. 😥

    • @craigstewart1911
      @craigstewart1911 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That happened to me in Co Durham in 1994 !! Ironic you wrote that years after, who are u ?? X

    • @superdeedeex
      @superdeedeex 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So sad and so real at the same time, it happened to me...

    • @tylermcafee
      @tylermcafee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nikki Nova lol facts

  • @nuotonelblu
    @nuotonelblu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +635

    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.

    • @robertkenney4855
      @robertkenney4855 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sleeping without yoæu.!!

    • @hwren9845
      @hwren9845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I'm glad this song helped to comfort you in such a difficult time.

    • @nuotonelblu
      @nuotonelblu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@hwren9845 thanks

    • @KayKay-lf9nq
      @KayKay-lf9nq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nice song

    • @jeffmiller1310
      @jeffmiller1310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      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

  • @jhaber.2024..
    @jhaber.2024.. 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +91

    man this is still fire 🔥🔥🔥

    • @MtnDewforever
      @MtnDewforever 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Felt this..
      So true! 🎯

    • @lilybond6485
      @lilybond6485 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @jhaber1609: Wow. What an amazing comment. Never thought about that before - but so true.

    • @jimmymurray6116
      @jimmymurray6116 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Thought the same thing. Amazing!

    • @hunterwhitner6998
      @hunterwhitner6998 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      BEAUTIFULLY said

    • @coffeehazelnut7019
      @coffeehazelnut7019 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      That’s deep.😳Nostalgia is hitting hard rn.😭

  • @josephcomiskey3429
    @josephcomiskey3429 3 ปีที่แล้ว +524

    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....

    • @p4u7y
      @p4u7y 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @allgood6760
      @allgood6760 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Absolutely...music is the language of the soul 👍

    • @jenl3162
      @jenl3162 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well said, Joseph. This is not a happy song for me, but I still love it.

    • @azizjad6315
      @azizjad6315 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree with u

    • @thepawchoe2749
      @thepawchoe2749 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Amen

  • @jessllorens7497
    @jessllorens7497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +326

    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. 💕

    • @richlee509
      @richlee509 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      He is right she has a lot of emotion in her voice

    • @kidsleaguejai
      @kidsleaguejai ปีที่แล้ว +2

      John

    • @HakunaMatata225
      @HakunaMatata225 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      your father has very clean ears, I also loved this song before and after I learned English, Tracy is a very underrated singer/performer

    • @BitOfUltraviolence
      @BitOfUltraviolence ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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.

    • @Limerick502
      @Limerick502 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He's right. First time hearing this one.

  • @e.j.keeley1899
    @e.j.keeley1899 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    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.

    • @daighnugent4976
      @daighnugent4976 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Much love mate. Sorry for your loss. Better to have loved once than never loved at all.

    • @user-kk4ce2un4t
      @user-kk4ce2un4t 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Sorry for your loss. My mom as well ..bless

  • @AramintaRossPistol
    @AramintaRossPistol 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    2024....1994 Amplified Heart....still rocking with Everything But The Girl.

  • @thebigpicture2455
    @thebigpicture2455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    As a songwriter myself...I can say this is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. Perfection.

    • @robertkenney4855
      @robertkenney4855 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      slavery to never submit to evil.!!

    • @richardkronberg4925
      @richardkronberg4925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How about Y.M.C.A.?

    • @gigimcfal6171
      @gigimcfal6171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That is what I have always said. This song is the perfect combo or music, lyrics and voice. Nothing better.

    • @ReubenWalton
      @ReubenWalton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@robertkenney4855 what are you talking about?

  • @coltthestarsheriff3544
    @coltthestarsheriff3544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +312

    Only Annie Lennox, Tracey Thorn and Sade Adu can sing like this.

    • @ryansaybe3036
      @ryansaybe3036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      So true!!!

    • @vixen9921
      @vixen9921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      LET'S NOT 4GET LISA STANSFIELD

    • @coltthestarsheriff3544
      @coltthestarsheriff3544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@vixen9921 is Lisa a contralto singer? She's ok but not as big as these 3 girls and their specific contralto voices.

    • @DiegoHasYT
      @DiegoHasYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Dido would like to enter the chat

    • @TheAmarok87
      @TheAmarok87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins): "Am I a joke to you?"

  • @grahamthompson3073
    @grahamthompson3073 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    It sums up every emotion I have about getting older and how life changes 😢

  • @NeilRoy
    @NeilRoy ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Heard this song today while out shopping and broke down crying on my way back home. Really missing my wife who died from cancer two years ago. :(

    • @supernurseprivatedutyrn
      @supernurseprivatedutyrn 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      So sad. Sorry for your loss

    • @matta8569
      @matta8569 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I'm so sorry friend. F cancer!

    • @charles1203
      @charles1203 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I lost my dad to cancer in 2008 I feel your pain and I was deployed in the Marines. I did get to say goodbye on the phone.

    • @NeilRoy
      @NeilRoy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@charles1203 I'm so sorry to hear that. My dad is still alive and 82 now, almost 83, but my mother died at 49 of cancer, sadly. Losing my wife whom I knew since I was 15 and married to for almost 37 years was the absolute worst though. I cried daily for over a year. It's been almost two years now and it has settled down a little, but still cry every few days and I doubt that will ever go away... we had an excellent marriage. Not perfect, but we rarely argued (I don't recall arguments honestly), said "I love you" to each other at least three times a day... I wasn't a womanizer so I didn't really date women before her, so I am totally lost now and I HATE being single. When you're supposed to grow old together and suddenly she's taken away so fast... I don't know what to do to be honest. Feeling totally lost and alone. Only prayer has helped me.

    • @tuesdaydelaney4480
      @tuesdaydelaney4480 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      So sorry 🎉m😢

  • @leanneblake4248
    @leanneblake4248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    2020 , This song brings back so many Memories. Lost , sadness , a past you cannot change. But now , acceptance . Great Song.

    • @craigstewart1911
      @craigstewart1911 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How right you are 😥

    • @billmurray7473
      @billmurray7473 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It strikes a Deeper Chord in 2020
      than in the '90s.

    • @p4u7y
      @p4u7y 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @davidtaylor524
      @davidtaylor524 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Leanne,hope you’re okay ?

  • @Lloyd1885
    @Lloyd1885 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    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.

    • @sweetpolly8471
      @sweetpolly8471 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      😢❤

    • @Lloyd1885
      @Lloyd1885 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you...👍🏽 @@sweetpolly8471

  • @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg
    @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    It's like visiting the house you grew up in after years and years away.......still expecting to see Mum!.

  • @studydoc
    @studydoc ปีที่แล้ว +25

    For me this has always been a song about longing…for things or beloved person lost that you can never get back no matter how much you look. Sometimes we know better to just let go but in the back of your mind you can’t help searching. That’s what this song always felt like to me.

  • @hammerhome7879
    @hammerhome7879 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    This song is deeper than the oceans ...

  • @millennium8824
    @millennium8824 6 ปีที่แล้ว +354

    Some songs just can't never be forgotten!

    • @willritter4076
      @willritter4076 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @Steve20127
      @Steve20127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "just CAN never...."

  • @mjramirez6008
    @mjramirez6008 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    the future seemed bright...

  • @michellevalacos5648
    @michellevalacos5648 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    It is so important when rare artists like Tracy Thorn are able to articulate so clearly what we are feeling so deeply but are unable to articulate either to ourselves or to those around us. In the absence of words, we bleed in silence until she sings what is in our hearts...

  • @minervasmith2854
    @minervasmith2854 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I have never forgotten about this song back in the day, when MTV was alive and kicking. The best of MTV music.

  • @raulcastellanosjr.4754
    @raulcastellanosjr.4754 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1040

    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.

    • @chriscarbaugh3936
      @chriscarbaugh3936 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Same for me!

    • @gregorie3752
      @gregorie3752 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Raul Castellanos Jr. thats beautiful

    • @gregorie3752
      @gregorie3752 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Cant believe im 25, music really brings u back to moments hey. Time is beautiful.

    • @markguerrero230
      @markguerrero230 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      What’s a sears?

    • @1977vici
      @1977vici 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Raul Castellanos Jr. I used to work at sears too! And I remember they would always play that Avril Lavigne song complicated.

  • @georgebailey6307
    @georgebailey6307 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    ☹I first heard this in 2009 the week before my beloved Anita took her life. 2024 and I still can't move on but still love this beautiful song.. And I miss you.....

    • @khaldayaqub-stevenson2641
      @khaldayaqub-stevenson2641 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So sorry for your loss😢
      I lost my mum in July 1984... hadn't spoke to her for 2 years, thinking I could make up with her when the time was right. Sadly she died suddenly at the age of 50😢 I was distraught and desperately missed her. My sadness could not be described in words...and I was full of regret for each second that I had away from her....that is until this song hit the charts. Listening to it, initially my grief hit me hard just like it did when she passed away. Every word of the song resonated with the feelings of my loss and grief. After repeatedly listening to it and crying over the next year or so.... my tears slowly subsided and I started remembering the wonderful happy times we had together.
      So this song was the turning point in my life when I started slowly recovering I suppose. I will never stop missing my mum as long as I live, but I have learned to live comfortably with her and my beautiful memories of her in my heart ❤
      I pray that you find the same peace as I do now🙏🏽🕊🕊🕊

    • @georgebailey6307
      @georgebailey6307 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@khaldayaqub-stevenson2641 Thank you, and am happy you made Peace as well. Have a blessed day.

  • @Cray2TheZ
    @Cray2TheZ 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    One of the most beautiful songs ever ❤️❤️❤️

  • @hollyinhell
    @hollyinhell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    This is the song that reminds me of my sister. She was my best friend and she died in the 2004.

    • @lovemykiss9
      @lovemykiss9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm sorry for your loss. :hugs:

    • @freddiemeyer4563
      @freddiemeyer4563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      im sorry. ..im sure shes with u when u listen to this song xx🕊

  • @sleepydreamdealer
    @sleepydreamdealer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    ***I close my eyes while listening this song and in front of me instantly i see myself, as a 16 years old schoolgirl, yearning for fairytale lovestory, waiting for my exciting future life to happend, and with a big bag full of dreams in my hands. Isn't it amazing how JUST ONE SONG can put us on a time machine and at least for a 4 minutes and 5 seconds we can be a teenagers again..!!!!!??!

  • @RajeshNarkhed
    @RajeshNarkhed 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I miss everything (about the 90s) but the girl, but you already knew that!

  • @michaelbonade4667
    @michaelbonade4667 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Somebody FEED these two!!!

  • @cliffherren9811
    @cliffherren9811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    One of the softest, silky smooth songs done in the 90's by a very beautiful woman.

    • @cliffherren9811
      @cliffherren9811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Geni Medina Yes I listen to "Smooth Operator" often. Not that I am one. Especially when I hammer stuff and smash my fingers 😀.

    • @coltthestarsheriff3544
      @coltthestarsheriff3544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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.

    • @eachampandmabel
      @eachampandmabel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, and great legs.

    • @deepblueinthedark9856
      @deepblueinthedark9856 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sleek Stitch, that most certainly is just a rumour! She just isn't what is considered conventionally as "beautiful" whatever the hell that is!🤷‍♀️

    • @deepblueinthedark9856
      @deepblueinthedark9856 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

  • @markhaslam8170
    @markhaslam8170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Makes me think of my beautiful sister who passed away she was so pretty, my hero, my Baby girl, still Fucking hurts after 11 years, still can't breathe without her, life's but a short lived story, love your people, appreciate, and let them know♥️

    • @monikaazariah9237
      @monikaazariah9237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very sad to hear Mark....she lives in you and you can remember her and all the wonderful moments which will always be there with you

    • @rrockhard1
      @rrockhard1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🙏

  • @luisavina4831
    @luisavina4831 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    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 😭

    • @mason96575
      @mason96575 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      All the love we've lost along the way

    • @abigailsilva3079
      @abigailsilva3079 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😏

    • @arunchandramathi9572
      @arunchandramathi9572 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@mason96575 true bro

    • @jfdno
      @jfdno ปีที่แล้ว +3

      same age, same memories :\

    • @fathairyarab
      @fathairyarab ปีที่แล้ว +1

      tell me about it i sit here and think wtf did i do for 25 years cant remember it im 42

  • @allenkramer2143
    @allenkramer2143 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    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.

  • @tracymartin2200
    @tracymartin2200 5 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    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💕

    • @lewismclinton
      @lewismclinton 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      90's was a fun time

    • @manuginobilisbaldspot424
      @manuginobilisbaldspot424 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Everyone wants their youth back. I want nothing to do with the 90s. They were miserable for me personally. But I get it...

    • @davidtaylor524
      @davidtaylor524 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hi Tracy,hope you’re okay ?

  • @AisuICY
    @AisuICY 4 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    The lyrics hit me like a train. Too many memories flooding my head now.

  • @user-ii4hr2mt6o
    @user-ii4hr2mt6o 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    A bit therapeutic for me 😢
    Lost a friend a long time ago 😞
    I keep a special place for him in my heart always ❤
    And I miss him 😫 like the deserts miss the rain 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @JustDave2
    @JustDave2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    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.

  • @davidbeaine
    @davidbeaine 5 ปีที่แล้ว +318

    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

  • @Irwin7488
    @Irwin7488 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    The song just pure 90's vibe.

  • @mtwhatley3253
    @mtwhatley3253 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    That line “could you be dead” gets me every time. Makes me wonder if those who were once close to me are still here.

  • @danielhussey3631
    @danielhussey3631 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The genius of EBTG. This song means a lot to me and I can relate to it so much.

  • @ayushgaurincredible
    @ayushgaurincredible 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    One of the most influential songs of 90's you never forget.

  • @melbalenciaga
    @melbalenciaga 4 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    Back when there’s no social media to know where this person might be.

    • @robertkenney4855
      @robertkenney4855 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes?.!

    • @piRATA-bt8vx
      @piRATA-bt8vx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      break ups
      are painfull jajajja

    • @renegadeMst
      @renegadeMst 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sometimes i miss that

    • @thomasbeaver4896
      @thomasbeaver4896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or to ruin something you created with them

    • @michael_g3726
      @michael_g3726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@renegadeMst because it was better that way

  • @indigodragonfire1388
    @indigodragonfire1388 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This song always makes me cry because I listen to it to remember my sister.My mother was really abusive and when my sister was 2 she did some pretty horrid things that let to her also lying to the entire family and making me estranged.I will never see her again and it kills me to know this because I love her and she was the only family member I couldn't give at least some amount of blame for what happened.Even as a tiny toddler she was kind to me and when I cried she always was sweet and would try to cheer me up

  • @Acvsdfe3245a
    @Acvsdfe3245a 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    ive read the book of ben watt. unforgettable voice

  • @rooftopcat1785
    @rooftopcat1785 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    There is an honesty in Tracy's voice .

  • @elboyd5809
    @elboyd5809 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    For me, this song brings back living in southern Germany, in an Alfa Romeo heading down to the lakes on a sunny day with the windows down - so far from home. In those days, when you travelled, you really were far away from home and it was a real adventure. First time hearing Everything But The Girl was in that Alfa on that sunny day, 22 years old.

  • @analineellis3396
    @analineellis3396 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    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 ❤

    • @tlogank
      @tlogank ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They just came out with new music this week

    • @MARIOSantos-el5th
      @MARIOSantos-el5th ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tlogank FUSE ❤️👏⭐️

    • @ArghMatey
      @ArghMatey ปีที่แล้ว

      same!!!

  • @ojfourie2279
    @ojfourie2279 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Beautiful song

  • @MaxivanJoy
    @MaxivanJoy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    so close to 2020 and still in❤with this song...

  • @rog809
    @rog809 5 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    90s gold , even the video show the simplicity of the decade people were more real and less flashy

  • @ericloo6576
    @ericloo6576 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I listened to this song during my Undergraduate era in mid 1996.

  • @TheMacasso
    @TheMacasso ปีที่แล้ว +2

    MAGNIFICO....

  • @kakkoi80
    @kakkoi80 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Who’s watching this on 2021 ? Missing the freedom of the 90’s we took our perfect world for granted ... can’t wait to hit the dance floors again and dance the night away. Love you all ❤️

  • @DyslexicSolMusic
    @DyslexicSolMusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +593

    This song literally makes me feel like im back in the 90s

    • @sumorgh85
      @sumorgh85 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me too especially the video

    • @Pablinteve
      @Pablinteve 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      how i miss the 90 , i was a teenager too, 14 years old in 98, all the 2000 partys, so many nights dancing this song , good old day, ifeel ya

    • @azizjad6315
      @azizjad6315 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Me too

    • @speedX1980
      @speedX1980 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Welcome back!

    • @EmperorMegas
      @EmperorMegas ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Part of me never left.

  • @kjcs618
    @kjcs618 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Forever a classic in my mind. Reminds me of the one that got away.

  • @shane-irish
    @shane-irish ปีที่แล้ว +2

    90s vibe

  • @vibeslide
    @vibeslide 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Probably the best song nobody knows.

    • @MephProduction
      @MephProduction 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      everyone knows this, every radio station plays it

    • @vibeslide
      @vibeslide 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MephProduction then you're lucky to live where you live.
      I got this on CD when I was 15. I'm 40 now and I can't recall hearing this on radio even once.

    • @MephProduction
      @MephProduction 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vibeslide wow, hear in the uk most radio stations play it, several play it regularly as part of the daily playlist. (Radio 2, Heart, Heart 90s, Heart Dance, Absolute 90s, Union Jack, Union Jack Dance, Kisstoray, Magic, Greatest Hits, Virgin) We do have lots radio stations. It one of those songs you can't escape.

    • @rossboyd1158
      @rossboyd1158 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      We defo know it. Was a classic and still is

  • @stefanoperoni6059
    @stefanoperoni6059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Sometimes I wonder if somewhere in the world there are still people who feel the same emotions I feel while listening to this song.

    • @elza6072
      @elza6072 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup there are🙏

  • @anthonylong4110
    @anthonylong4110 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I absolutely love 2 things besides work God and my family and life and that is BEER and this song ❤️❤️❤️

  • @Drexxaal
    @Drexxaal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This song is so heartbreaking beautiful I can't breath!

  • @davidpfol
    @davidpfol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    this song is timeless, you can come back in 2050 and feel the same

    • @heliaalves9062
      @heliaalves9062 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Totally agree

    • @edenwithin8382
      @edenwithin8382 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its the year 2020. Still no rain. Those who do the rain dance like Muslim LGBTQA appear to get beaten out of their costume and seems to go missing afterwards without warning. None of us around as far as the eye can see, even on TV. I feel well and truly missed. Its disgusting....

  • @wapaha
    @wapaha 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    A song that I will never get tired of.

  • @tobias2042
    @tobias2042 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Like the deserts miss the sparkling water

  • @caramelspice7244
    @caramelspice7244 6 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    Been a favorite for 2 decades, but just now understanding the depth if this gem.

  • @Steve50663
    @Steve50663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    This song is timeless and still relevant in 2020 🙂🙏

  • @rosihanmx
    @rosihanmx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Underrated masterpiece

  • @DaveyJonesLockerwithJazzy
    @DaveyJonesLockerwithJazzy หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This original version is the best, this original song version is so much smoother than the remix version played on radio the last 25 years.

  • @cobywarren7445
    @cobywarren7445 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You can’t get much better than this 👋🏻👋🏻

  • @Lady_Liberty1977
    @Lady_Liberty1977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Nothing like the 90's ❤ take me back

  • @mipps5370
    @mipps5370 5 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    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 🦋

    • @felroberto
      @felroberto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I heard it for the first time in September 1995, coincidentially a Saturday as well

    • @Offensive_Username
      @Offensive_Username 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice fake sob story.

    • @questionmark3666
      @questionmark3666 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

    • @rhainbowrhailien
      @rhainbowrhailien 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Offensive Username I ain’t their fault that your parents never paid attention to you

  • @ColletteAndrew-tw4yq
    @ColletteAndrew-tw4yq 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This song makes me wish I was back there in 1995

  • @BarflingArcane
    @BarflingArcane ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have been crying all day because of this song. Can’t get it out of my head.

  • @wesleywatch
    @wesleywatch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    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 :(

  • @GradyBroyles
    @GradyBroyles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    this song is completely timeless.

  • @user-xp1fr7pn2l
    @user-xp1fr7pn2l 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Who will bring the 90s back to us? We can't go back, and the fact that some of us still come here to get that nostalgic feeling is undeniable proof that we miss the 90s like the desert misses the rain.

  • @johnbryant6610
    @johnbryant6610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Timeless...

  • @etherealcatholic5711
    @etherealcatholic5711 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    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.

  • @quixot1c
    @quixot1c 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Listening to this song after 20 years or so.. evokes so many memories and theres no closure.. guys I need closure 😭