Original video located here. Accessed 3rd November 2017
Song title: Missing
Artist: Everything but the Girl
Year: 1994
Why I like this song:
The song that launched worldwide interest in Everything but the Girl after well over a decade of trying.
This was a huge hit with the dance clubs at the time but it certainly is a strange song to have done so given the heartbreaking nature of the lyrics.
At first glance the lyrics deal with someone dealing (unsuccessfully?) with someone who has disappeared from their lives. Upon closer examination however, that relationship is brought into the question. What was it like? Was it abusive as suggested in the second verse? Why did the other person leave? Where did they go? What was it about this mystery person that brought the narrator back to their old house? Indeed, it's the ambiguous nature, along with the lack of resolution, makes this song so compelling.
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