Missing You (Diana Ross song)

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"Missing You" is a 1984 song recorded by pop singer Diana Ross. Derived from her album Swept Away, the song was written and produced by Lionel Richie as a tribute to Marvin Gaye, who died earlier that year. Ross and Gaye had both been artists at Motown from the early 1960s to the early 1980s, and had also recorded a duets album together (Diana & Marvin, 1973).

The music video directed by Dominic Orlando, was filmed on location at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip near Las Vegas, Nevada. The video also included clips of former Supremes lead singer Florence Ballard and Paul Williams of The Temptations, both also former Motown artists Ross was close to that had passed away.

The song was built during conversations about Gaye shared by Ross and Richie, who came up with a song shortly after the conversations. Released in late 1984, the song became one of Ross' last major hits on the US pop singles chart, peaking at number ten in March of 1985 and becoming her last song to reach number one on the R&B singles chart. The song would later be covered in 1997 by R&B group 112 (as "I'll Be Missing You") as a tribute to rapper and Bad Boy Records labelmate The Notorious B.I.G., who was murdered earlier that year. "Missing You" was also sampled by Webbie for his single "I Miss U" featuring Letoya Lucket. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Miss_You_%28Webbie_song%29)