Miss You Nights
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| "Miss You Nights" | ||||
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| Single by Cliff Richard | ||||
| from the album I'm Nearly Famous | ||||
| Released | 14 November 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Writer(s) | Dave Townsend | |||
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| "All I Have to Do Is Dream/Miss You Nights" | ||||
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| Single by Cliff Richard with Phil Everly | ||||
| A-side | All I Have to Do Is Dream | |||
| B-side | Miss You Nights | |||
| Released | November 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
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"Miss You Nights" is a song written by Dave Townsend and made worldwide famous by Cliff Richard. Townsend wrote the song in 1974 while his girlfriend was away on holiday.
But the label shelved the album and decided to recoup part of the cost of the unreleased album through cover deals and handed some of the demo tapes to Bruce Welch of The Shadows who also worked as producer to Cliff Richard to revitalize his career. They both immediately recognized it as a hit. Andrew Powell's string arrangement helped to make it a great love song through its imagery and potent feelings of longing and loneliness. Welch and Cliff recorded it in September 1975. Of the song and its writer Cliff said: "I think it's one of the nicest songs I’ve ever made... when I heard his version it was terrific. He [Townsend] was pleased to have that happen. I mean it could have been anybody and it would have been a hit."[1]
The single was released on 14 November 1975 as the lead single from Cliff Richard's album I'm Nearly Famous. It entered the British Top 20 and in early 1976, reached #15 in the UK Singles Chart[2][3]
- Tracklist
- Miss You Nights (A side)
- Love Enough (B side)
- Chart performance
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Australian Singles Chart | 100 |
| UK Singles Chart | 15 |
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1994 live version
In 1994, Cliff Richard released a new version of the song as a double A side single as "All I Have To Do Is Dream/Miss You Nights".
"All I Have to Do Is Dream" originally by The Everly Brothers was recorded as a live duet with Phil Everly, and "Miss You Nights" as a live solo version. The Double A side single reached #14 in the UK Singles Chart.
- Tracklist
- All I Have To Do Is Dream
- Miss You Nights
- When Will I Be Loved
- Tribute to the Legends - Medley
- Chart performance
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Australian Singles Chart | 93 |
| UK Singles Chart | 14 |
Other versions
Cliff Richard also recorded three more versions of the song accapela version released on a single sided 7" vinyl issued with one of his albums
- 2004: duet with Elaine Page
- 2005: With G4 on their album G4 & Friends
Other covers include:
- 1976: Diane Solomon on her album Mixed Feelings
- 1977: Marie Osmond on her album This Is the Way That I Feel
- 1979: Art Garfunkel on his album Fate for Breakfast
- 1979: The Nolans on their album Nolan Sisters
- 1981: Brotherhood of Man on their album 20 Disco Greats / 20 Love Songs
- 1982: Carl Wayne with Choral Union
- 1990: Johnny Logan & The Jordanaires on Logan's album Love Songs
- 2001: Smokie on their album Uncovered Too
- 2005: Rick Springfield
Westlife version
The most commercially successful cover version is that of Westlife that was released in 2003 as a double A side in the United Kingdom as Tonight/Miss You Nights. The double A single reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart and topped the Irish charts.
In some other countries, Westlife released the songs separately.
- Chart performance
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Australian Singles Chart | 65[4] |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 58 |
| Danish Singles Chart | 10 |
| German Singles Chart | 47 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 1 |
| Netherlands Singles Chart | 55 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 33 |
| UK Singles Chart | 3 |
| UK Radio Airplay Chart | 13 |
Song in other Cliff Richard albums
The song appeared originally on 1975 I'm Nearly Famous album. It also appears in the following Cliff Richard albums:
- 1981: Love Songs
- 2004: Miss You Nights - The Ballads Collection
- 2006: Two's Company The Duets (version with G4
- 2008: The 50th Anniversary Album
