Missing You Now

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

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

"Missing You Now" entered the top 20 of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 12 in March 1992, and reached No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary Chart for three weeks, Bolton's sixth song to do so and Kenny G's first.^[1] The song also reached No. 28 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 27 on the Irish Singles Chart, and topped the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary chart. The music video for "Missing You Now" features actress Teri Hatcher, whom Bolton was reportedly dating at the time.^[2]

Personnel

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

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1992) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[3] 61 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] 8 Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[5] 1 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[6] 70 Ireland (IRMA)[7] 27 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 84 UK Singles (OCC)[9] 28 US Billboard Hot 100[10] 12 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[11] 1 US Cashbox Top 100[12] 2

Year-end charts Chart (1992) Position Canada Top Singles (RPM)[13] 74 Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[14] 9 US Billboard Hot 100[15] 77 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[16] 10

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	December 1991	7-inch vinyl cassette	Columbia
Japan	March 8, 1992	Mini-CD	Sony	[17]
United Kingdom	April 27, 1992	7-inch vinyl CD cassette	Columbia	[18]

References

1. Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
2. "They Dated Who?!? Surprising Former Couples! | Access Hollywood – Celebrity News, Photos & Videos". Access Hollywood. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
3. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
4. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2084." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
5. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 2073." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
6. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 22. May 30, 1992. p. 31. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
7. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Missing You Now". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
8. "Michael Bolton feat. Kenny G – Missing You Now" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
9. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
10. "Michael Bolton Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
11. "Michael Bolton Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
12. "USA Cashbox Charts Summaries". popmusichistory. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
13. "The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1992" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 56, no. 25. December 19, 1992. p. 8. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
14. "The RPM Top 100 Adult Contemporary tracks of 1992". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
15. "Billboard Top 100 – 1992". Archived from the original on July 8, 2009. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
16. "1992 The Year in Music" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 104, no. 52. December 26, 1992. p. YE-38. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
17. "ミッシング・ユー・ナウ | マイケル・ボルトン" [Missing You Now | Michael Bolton] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
18. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. April 25, 1992. p. 21.