“Miss You” – Single by the Rolling Stones from the album Some Girls
B-side:”Far Away Eyes”
Released: 10 May 1978 (US) and 19 May 1978 (UK)
Recorded: 10 October – 21 December 1977
No.1 in US, No.3 in UK, No.12 in West Germany, No.1 in Canada
It hit the top on 5 August 1978, ending the seven-week reign of “Shadow Dancing” by Andy Gibb.
“Miss You” is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on Rolling Stones Records in May 1978. It was released as the first single one month in advance of their album Some Girls. “Miss You” was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
Session musicians included Sugar Blue (James Whiting) on harmonica, Mel Collins on sax and Ian MacLagan on electric piano. Collins had played with King Crimson, MacLagan had been in the band Faces with Stones guitarist Ron Wood. Sugar Blue was from Harlem, but was playing in the Paris metro (their subway) when someone from The Stones record company heard him and brought him to the sessions.
