Miss You Like Crazy

"Miss You Like Crazy"

Single by Natalie Cole
from the album Good to Be Back
B-side	"Good to Be Back"
Released	March 15, 1989
Format	7"
Genre	R&B adult contemporary
Length	3:56
Label	EMI-USA
Songwriter(s)	Gerry Goffin Michael Masser Preston Glass
Producer(s)	Michael Masser

Music video
"Miss You Like Crazy" on YouTube

"Miss You Like Crazy" is a song recorded by American singer Natalie Cole, released March 15, 1989 from her album Good to Be Back. The song is a moving ballad in which the singer describes how she is feeling lonely and is longing for the one she misses "like crazy" (or, in other words, very much).

Background

"Miss You Like Crazy" was a huge hit for Cole, becoming her fifth Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where the song peaked at number 7. The song also topped both the R&B and adult contemporary charts in 1989, as well as reaching number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. In Canada, the song peaked at number 19 for two weeks at the end of June.^[1]

"Miss You Like Crazy" is ranked as the 67th biggest US hit of 1989.^[2]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[3]	22
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[4]	11
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[5]	19
Germany (Official German Charts)^[6]	22
Ireland	4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[7]	13
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[8]	40
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[9]	2
US Billboard Hot 100^[10]	7
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[11]	1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[12]	1
US Cash Box Top 100	8

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)	Rank
Australia^[13]	97
UK ^[14]	20
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	67

Sales and certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[15]	Silver	200,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References

↑ "Top Singles - Volume 50, No. 9, June 26 1989". Library and Archives Canada.
1 2 "Top 100 Hits of 1989/Top 100 Songs of 1989", Music Outfitters.
↑ "Australian-charts.com – Natalie Cole – Miss You Like Crazy". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Natalie Cole – Miss You Like Crazy" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6367." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Natalie Cole – Miss You Like Crazy". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Natalie Cole – Miss You Like Crazy" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
↑ "Charts.org.nz – Natalie Cole – Miss You Like Crazy". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
↑ "Natalie Cole: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
↑ "Natalie Cole – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Natalie Cole. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
↑ "Natalie Cole – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Natalie Cole. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
↑ "Natalie Cole – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Natalie Cole. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
↑ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1988.htm
↑ "Year-End Charts '89 – Top 100 Singles". Music Week. London, England: Spotlight Publications. 3 March 1990. p. 16.
↑ "British single certifications – Natalie Cole – Miss You Like Crazy". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Miss You Like Crazy in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search

External links

Preceded by "My First Love" by Atlantic Starr	Billboard Hot Black Singles number-one single June 3, 1989	Succeeded by "Me, Myself and I" by De La Soul
Preceded by "Second Chance" by 38 Special	Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single June 3, 1989	Succeeded by "Everlasting Love" by Howard Jones

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