I Missed Again

"I Missed Again"
"I Missed Again"
Single by Phil Collins
from the album Face Value
B-side	"I'm Not Moving"
Released	27 February 1981
Recorded	August–October 1980
Genre	R&B
Length	3:47
Label	Virgin (UK); Atlantic (international);
Songwriter(s)	Phil Collins
Producer(s)	Phil Collins; Hugh Padgham;
Phil Collins singles chronology
Music video
	"Phil Collins - I Missed Again (Official Music Video)" on YouTube

"I Missed Again" is a song from Phil Collins's debut solo album, Face Value. It was selected as the lead single from the album in the US and Canada, although in most other countries "In the Air Tonight" was released as Collins' first solo single, followed by "I Missed Again".^[2] The song features a tenor sax solo from British jazz musician Ronnie Scott.

Background

Like many of the songs on Face Value, "I Missed Again" is about Collins's anger and frustration about his first wife leaving him. The original demo was entitled "I Miss You, Babe", with sadder lyrics - this demo version was later released as a B-side of "If Leaving Me Is Easy". He re-wrote the lyrics, gave the song a different tempo, and re-titled it "I Missed Again" in an effort to make it lighthearted instead of sad.^[3]

Record World called it a "mid-tempo rocker [that] has R&B underpinnings, melodic pop keyboard currents, and Collins' easily identifiable light tenor."^[4]

Music video

The song's music video features Collins on a white background singing and miming the various instruments. It was released on VHS in 1983. It received a Grammy nomination for Best Video, Short Form.^[5]

Credits

"I Missed Again"
- Phil Collins – vocals, piano, Prophet-5, drums
- Daryl Stuermer – guitar
- John Giblin – bass
- The Phenix Horns:
  - Don Myrick – tenor saxophone
  - Louis Satterfield – trombone
  - Rahmlee Michael Davis – trumpet
  - Michael Harris – trumpet
- Ronnie Scott – tenor sax solo
- L. Shankar – violins
"I'm Not Moving"
- Phil Collins – vocals, drums, percussion, piano, Prophet 5, Roland VP-330 vocoder
- John Giblin – bass

Gavin Cochrane – photography

Covers

An Environmental Muzak cover of the song was created by Jim Devlin.

Chart performance

In the US, "I Missed Again" was the first single from Face Value. It peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1981. It reached No. 14 in the UK.

Weekly charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[6]	88
Canada RPM Top Singles^[7]	6
Germany	23
Ireland^[8]	12
New Zealand^[9]	35
UK^[10]	14
US Billboard Hot 100^[11]	19
US Cash Box Hot 100	19
US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	8

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)	Rank
Canada^[12]	54
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)^[13]	119

Popular culture

The song was featured in a late 1980s promotional commercial, which featured bloopers, by the National Basketball Association. It was also used in the early 1990s by the BBC in a montage of snooker players missing shots. Similarly, NBC Sunday Night Football played the song immediately after kicker Eddy Piñeiro missed the second of two field goals during the Chicago Bears' game against the Los Angeles Rams on 17 November 2019.^[14]

References

^ Molanphy, Chris (31 May 2019). "The Invisible Miracle Sledgehammer Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
^ Collins, Phil (2016). Not Dead Yet. Penguin. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-784-75360-3.
^ Collins, Phil (21 October 1999). "Making of Face Value". Classic Albums. Isis Productions.
^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. 14 March 1981. p. 12. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ "Grammy Awards 1985". Awards & shows. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 71. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Item Display - RPM". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^ The Irish Charts, 8 March 1981
^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". The Official New Zealand Music Chart; nztop40.co.nz. 5 July 1981. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn’s Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 184.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
^ "NBC Sports subtly trolled the Bears during 'Sunday Night Football' loss to Rams". Kansas City Star. Archived from the original on 19 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

External links

I Missed Again on YouTube

[Molanphy_2019-1] Molanphy, Chris (31 May 2019). "The Invisible Miracle Sledgehammer Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved 24 August 2023.

[2] Collins, Phil (2016). Not Dead Yet. Penguin. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-784-75360-3.

[Making-3] Collins, Phil (21 October 1999). "Making of Face Value". Classic Albums. Isis Productions.

[rw-4] "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. 14 March 1981. p. 12. Retrieved 26 February 2023.

[5] "Grammy Awards 1985". Awards & shows. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

[6] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 71. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[7] "Item Display - RPM". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[8] The Irish Charts, 8 March 1981

[9] "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". The Official New Zealand Music Chart; nztop40.co.nz. 5 July 1981. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[10] "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

[11] Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn’s Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 184.

[12] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[13] Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

[kcstar-14] "NBC Sports subtly trolled the Bears during 'Sunday Night Football' loss to Rams". Kansas City Star. Archived from the original on 19 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

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Discography
Face Value	"In the Air Tonight" "I Missed Again" "If Leaving Me Is Easy"
Hello, I Must Be Going!	"Thru These Walls" "You Can't Hurry Love" "I Don't Care Anymore" "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away" "Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning" "I Cannot Believe It's True"
No Jacket Required	"Sussudio" "One More Night" "Don't Lose My Number" "Take Me Home"
Buster	"A Groovy Kind of Love" "Two Hearts"
...But Seriously	"Another Day in Paradise" "I Wish It Would Rain Down" "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" "That's Just the Way It Is" "Do You Remember?" "Hang in Long Enough"
Serious Hits... Live!	"Do You Remember?" (live) "Who Said I Would" (live)
Both Sides	"Both Sides of the Story" "Everyday" "We Wait and We Wonder"
Dance into the Light	"Dance into the Light" "It's in Your Eyes" "No Matter Who" "Wear My Hat" "The Same Moon"
...Hits	"True Colors"
Tarzan	"You'll Be in My Heart" "Two Worlds" "Strangers Like Me" "Son of Man"
Testify	"Can't Stop Loving You" "Come with Me" "Wake Up Call"/"The Least You Can Do"
Brother Bear	"Look Through My Eyes" "No Way Out"
Going Back	"(Love Is Like A) Heatwave" "Going Back"
Featured singles	"Do They Know It's Christmas?" "Easy Lover" "Hero" "In the Air Tonite" "Home"
Other singles	"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" "Separate Lives" "Somewhere"
Other songs	"The Man with the Horn" "You Ought to Know..."
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