| 词条 | Miss You Nights | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Miss You Nights | cover = Miss-you-nights-cliff-richard.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Cliff Richard | album = I'm Nearly Famous | B-side = Love Enough | released = 14 November 1975 | format = 7" single | recorded = 9 September 1975 at Abbey Road Studios, London | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = | label = EMI | writer = Dave Townsend | producer = Bruce Welch | prev_title = Honky Tonk Angel | prev_year = 1975 | next_title = Devil Woman | next_year = 1976 | misc = {{External music video|type=single|header=Music video|1={{YouTube|LvJmOCuL8vQ|"Miss You Nights}}}} }} "Miss You Nights" is a song written by Dave Townsend and made famous worldwide by Cliff Richard. The song has been recorded by numerous other artists, most notably Westlife, who released it as the second track on a double A-side single in 2003. The Westlife single reached number 3 in the UK singles chart. BackgroundTownsend wrote the song in 1974 while his girlfriend was away on holiday. He recorded it on an album for Island Records, but the label shelved the album and decided to recoup part of the cost of the unreleased album through cover deals. Some demo tapes were handed to Bruce Welch of The Shadows who also worked as producer for Cliff Richard and was looking for songs to revitalize his career. Welch 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] Original releaseCliff Richard released Miss You Nights on 14 November 1975 as the lead single from his studio album I'm Nearly Famous. It entered the British Top 20 and in early 1976, reached #15 in the UK Singles Chart. Despite not reaching a high chart position, it has become an enduring favourite of Richard's fans. For example, in 2006 UK BBC Radio 2 listeners voted it their favourite Cliff Richard song of all time.[2] Chart performance
Miss You Nights was first included on Richard's 1976 studio album I'm Nearly Famous. As one of Richard's most enduring songs, it has been included on many of his compilation albums. The most notable of these compilation albums and albums with alternative versions are:
Cliff Richard 1994 re-release{{Infobox song| name = Miss You Nights (remix) | cover = All-I-Have-To-Do-Miss-You-Nights-Cliff-Richard.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Cliff Richard | album = The Hit List | A-side = All I Have to Do Is Dream / Miss You Nights (double A-side) | released = 28 November 1994 | format = CD single | recorded = 9 September 1975 (remixed 1994) | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = | label = EMI | writer = Dave Townsend | producer = Bruce Welch | chronology = Cliff Richard | prev_title = Healing Love | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = Misunderstood Man | next_year = 1995 }} In 1994, Cliff Richard re-released the song on a double A-side single with "All I Have to Do Is Dream", which was listed first. "All I Have to Do Is Dream", originally by The Everly Brothers was recorded as a live duet with Phil Everly, while "Miss You Nights" is a remix of the 1976 original.[6] The double A-side single reached #14 in the UK singles chart. Track list:CD1:
CD2:
Other versionsCliff Richard also recorded two more versions of the song as duets:
Other covers include:
Westlife version{{Main|Tonight/Miss You Nights}}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 No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart and topped the Irish chart. In some other countries, Westlife released the songs separately. Chart performance
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rickspringfield.us/library/covers/missyounights.html|title=Rick Springfield - Miss You Nights Cover|website=Rickspringfield.us|accessdate=1 January 2019}} 2. ^As presented on Springbok Radio / Radio Orion: {{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-424575/Miss-You-Nights-voted-Sir-Cliffs-best-single-Radio-2-listeners.html|title=Miss You Nights voted fan favourite at Radio 2|newspaper=The Daily Mail|accessdate=2014-06-27}} 3. ^{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W |year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} 4. ^As presented on Springbok Radio/Radio Orion: {{cite web|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(R).html|title=South African Charts 1969 - 1989|website=Rock.co.za|accessdate=2014-06-14}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Cliff Richard with Coro Cross Corona: Miss You Nights 7|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/crtbx31|website=45cat.com|accessdate=3 July 2016}} 6. ^{{cite AV media notes | title=Sleeve notes from 'All I Have to Do Is Dream / Miss You Nights', CD1 | people=Cliff Richard and Phil Everly |type = CD Single |date=1994 |publisher=EMI | location=UK}} 7. ^ARIA Top 100 Singles - Week Commencing 12th May 2003 Pandora.nla.gov.au 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?lr=&rview=1&id=fA0EAAAAMBAJ&q=westlife#v=snippet&q=westlife&f=false|title=Billboard|first=Nielsen Business Media|last=Inc|date=12 April 2003|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|accessdate=1 January 2019|via=Google Books}} 9. ^ {{dead link|date=January 2019}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20030330/41/|title=Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 - Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|accessdate=1 January 2019}} External links
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