Everything But The Girl - Missing (Official Music Video)

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[@No-cv2rb]

There was once a time, before the internet, when people could vanish from your life forever and you relied on music like this to fill the void they left..

[@pjr500]

Yes, Just think that we all went out to play with our friends for the last time and non of us knew it.

[@LeaperChad7]

That's good

[@kingspunkbubble]

Whoa

[@scabbarae]

The first time I fell in love (and as I often think, the only time) was with the neighbors' friend when I was about nine or ten. One day, she suddenly vanished, and I pined for her for years upon years. Ages later, I found her on Facebook...engaged. That's one lucky dude in those pictures...

[@aalokmehta4261]

I don't know why but your comment gave me goosebumps

[@jhaber.2024..]

It’s scary how fast time flies. You just blink a few times and the song you love is three decades old.

[@nostalgiahitsdifferent.]

Time goes by so fast we don’t even realize it

[@streetsmart.69]

So true. Memories, sometimes nostalgia hits so hard.

[@GNC1920]

Very true

[@falloutboiii]

I miss this era, back when life was easier simpler times

[@NikkiNik-1999]

So true

[@likeurlife]

This isn’t just a song it’s a feeling. The saddest part about nostalgia is knowing your never going back

[@GNC1920]

This hits hard..😳😭😭

[@falloutboiii]

I felt this, so true.

[@kisstherain-24]

Very true

[@Ilovebutterflies.]

Music is the closest thing to a time machine

[@chrisblack..1998]

Sad truth

[@summerqueen2156]

We don’t search for old songs.. we search for old memories.

[@streetsmart.69]

❤️😭no words. This comment is so true. Nostalgia is hitting hard rn..

[@chrisblack..1998]

This hits hard fr. Nostalgia just hits different

[@winterdreams4635]

This. Such a short statement that immediately hits home 🤘🏽

[@TheShmekler]

To tears randomly. I'm 8 y.o. and my parents are listening to this on the patio. Love my life...

[@mason96575]

Why is this comment on every single music video over 2 years old?

[@Aja-Christian]

I could write an essay about how ridiculously underrated this track is. Simple yet haunting.

[@AragonEquity]

I absolutely agree on this. Absolutely.

[@SOLE_II_SOUL]

Facts, and you should! It’s much needed, especially for this era.

[@peterhoevermann6673]

I agree. But some people were falling in love with it - tout de suite

[@zimzimzalabim]

maybe you could write an essay on the meaning of "underrated", which this song certainly isn't. It was a huge hit back then, and is still playing on the radio.

[@davidburney4752]

zimzimzalabim thank you; so many people are throwing this word around these days and I don’t think they know what it actually means!!! I’d say the words they’re looking for are undervalued or underappreciated.

[@ironwooddesigns870]

This song came out very shortly after my wife died. Every time I go home and walk down Delmar in St Louis oh, I hear this song in the back of my head..... It's a Bittersweet memory that I'm not real sure if anyone would ever truly understand.

[@robertvallecillo1348]

I didn't have a wife die but I lost my soulmate, I loved her...she found a better place, which I could never hate her for that

[@CreativeCreatorCreates]

This stopped me in my tracks. Bless you. Bless her.

[@matiasnaulin9889]

Your comment gives me chills. The pain I approach at the foot of the thoughts of losing my loved one is worthy of total breakdown. My hats off to you dude, much love!

[@nyvatrinigurl4743]

Condolences. I understand.

[@evilpeti]

My sincerest condolences :(

[@fairdose]

Before the internet, cell phones and social media, when you broke up with someone and you lost all contact with them, sometimes walking by their old address or places you both used to hang out at or having old photographs was the only way to remember and relive those memories. Sometimes people change their names or move to other countries and stay hidden or are lost forever. This is such a melancholic masterpiece of a song and a missive to lost love.

[@williamreynolds1163]

I have just read this and had to comment .What you have said is so true and actually very moving .As you suggest perhaps the " ships passing in the night" has disappeared .Anyway ,your comment was very thoughtful ,many thanks .

[@johnbowman1076]

Once had a gf/lover that would just up and disappear... then pop up 5 months later in another state. Drove me bonkers and I begged her to not do that again. But she did. Although the last time, two years went by without a word. Found an obscure address on the internet and sent a note. Two says later a nice lawyer called and told me she had passed away due to early onset Alzheimers. That one will always hurt, but at least I know.

[@markgreen5153]

When I was 17 I dated a girl called Nicola. I loved her so much. I'd love to see her again just to see if life worked out well for her. I hope she's happy.

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

So very true! I definitely did it!🙏😢

[@sarahyuille]

❤

[@beaubiden9293]

Who’s listening to this masterpiece in 2024?

[@A.Gallo360]

Good memories

[@gustanski]

Never stopped. Love them!

[@TMANN-jo1ps]

Me too. February 5, 2024.

[@eugenebuckley7657]

Great song

[@Mostly_bad]

I wore the “Walking Wounded” CD out back in the day.

[@nuotonelblu]

I remember listening to this song shortly after my dad died. I was laying on the bed, it was Summer and I felt a sense of emptiness and longing. This song was like a caress in that moment.

[@robertkenney4855]

Sleeping without yoæu.!!

[@hwren9845]

I'm glad this song helped to comfort you in such a difficult time.

[@nuotonelblu]

@@hwren9845 thanks

[@KayKay-lf9nq]

Nice song

[@jeffmiller1310]

Thank you for sharing such a deep moment in your life. I'm in my 50's and trust me growing up in the 70's into the 90's music was at its best. Hearing this brought me back in time. I remember the first time I heard this. I did not lose a family member. I just broke up with my girl and this song really expressed how I felt. The only song that can touch this is by Lazarus Q song good by horses. Again thank you and I pray that you are in a stronger place in the universe. Peace

[@javiermartinez1787]

One of the best songs of 90s

[@miguelmarquez4192]

@Flying Turtle probably when somebody posted the video but this was a song from the 1990s then a classic dance mix reallllly made it well known round that same time and its just been an unforgettable song.

[@aldyrudiono5899]

Javier Martinez indeed

[@miguelmarquez4192]

@Flying Turtle no prob. Its great nonetheless. Just enjoy it lol

[@chozenknight260]

Actually the Todd Terry Club Mix Version of this song was one of the best songs of the 90's, that's the one we really remember kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2eYoqJmipppaZI

[@AlexDeChristian6323]

It was the #1 song AC of the whole decade of the 90's, according to Billboard Magazine.

[@darkdave1985]

I MISS THE 90'S, LIKE THE DESERTS MISS THE RAIN! :(

[@seanwhitty3218]

@pagansforbreakfast the avatar says it all!

[@patty109109]

@@seanwhitty3218 Sean, true :)

[@Ithorian]

Life was simple and easy

[@jdandrew1980]

So you don't miss the '90s? Because deserts don't miss the rain. They wouldn't exist if it did rain more.

[@marcb1425]

Like the deserts Miss Lorraine!!😉

[@ditherdather]

I'm 44 now, and I like this era of music more and more as I get older.

[@danielhruska54]

me too, the same :)

[@osvaldorivera1134]

Agreed.

[@chantaloblander9039]

This is a great album.

[@Frobbl]

I miss when I didn't think of time passing by as "getting older".

[@haydenwilsonx]

Any other on par you love?

[@akiraprime]

Tracy Thorn, underrated and one of the best female vocals of the 80's and 90's

[@jasonhenderson3678]

Loved her in Massive Attack - Protection. Beautiful voice!!

[@anitavolpato3926]

Facts! 💯

[@Aiphiae]

Tracy Thorn, Elizabeth Fraser, Lisa Gerrard.

[@alexandreduarte5419]

Maravilha de voz e mulher

[@catapimbaz]

@@Aiphiae wow I totally agree

[@alexnutcasio936]

Hard to believe this is almost 30 years old. My, where has time gone ?

[@JessiTheBestiGaming]

In the 90's if someone moved and you didn't have their info.. they were just gone forever

[@GlobalWave1]

Nikki Nova It’s almost better that way. Sometimes you reach out to them and hoping they might respond they never respond. In a way sometimes it’s best to just let people that don’t matter to you go.

[@johnbruno7614]

Yes that's so true. Also sad. Depending on how much you missed that person especially if was someone you were with and in love with for years. And still are and always will be. 😥

[@craigstewart1911]

That happened to me in Co Durham in 1994 !! Ironic you wrote that years after, who are u ?? X

[@superdeedeex]

So sad and so real at the same time, it happened to me...

[@tylermcafee]

Nikki Nova lol facts

[@mtwhatley3253]

That line “could you be dead” gets me every time. Makes me wonder if those who were once close to me are still here.

[@caramelspice7244]

Been a favorite for 2 decades, but just now understanding the depth if this gem.

[@madwithhats]

Same. Damn...

[@alejandroquintana1011]

Same over here

[@earthculture214]

It will never be like it was in the 90s. What a time...

[@juancarlosbritolopez1296]

La mejor época q vivimos está en nuestra mente. Nuestros corazones

[@travistheentertainertv6870]

💯.........The good days!!!

[@MayumiC-chan9377]

i was born in the mid 80s i love this song

[@CheckOutThatGrooveYo]

As someone who hasn't even existed in that era I find that so facinating. I discovered this song in 2019, so it reminds me of being 15, so I sorta have nostalgia for that "era", but that was 5 years ago and feels like it's been a lifetime, let alone to remembering this song coming out 30 years ago in 1994!

[@DAquingil]

God this brings back memories. I haven’t heard this song in twenty five years. I miss that time.

[@raulcastellanosjr.4754]

I worked at Sears when I was younger, and they would play this song over the store speakers sometimes. The rest of their playlist was terrible, as was the job, but discovering this song almost made working there worth it. I quit after a few months and moved on with my life-traveled, experienced the world, went through a heartbreak or two. A decade later, as I approach thirty, this song has started popping back into my head. I think back to my eighteen-year-old self folding clothes at the store, this song playing from the scratchy speakers in the ceiling, and I realize there's no way I could have really understood what this song was about at the time. I'm only just now beginning to understand. It resonates more and more as time goes on, and lately has begun to give me goosebumps each time I hear it. Thank you for the wonderful music, EBTG.

[@chriscarbaugh3936]

Same for me!

[@setme4ree]

Raul Castellanos Jr. thats beautiful

[@setme4ree]

Cant believe im 25, music really brings u back to moments hey. Time is beautiful.

[@markguerrero230]

What’s a sears?

[@1977vici]

Raul Castellanos Jr. I used to work at sears too! And I remember they would always play that Avril Lavigne song complicated.

[@analineellis3396]

This is a song who will always be part of the soundtrack of my life! 2023 and it makes me feel like when I was in my early teenage years ❤

[@tlogank]

They just came out with new music this week

[@MARIOSantos-el5th]

@@tlogank FUSE ❤️👏⭐️

[@ArghMatey]

same!!!

[@DyslexicSolMusic]

This song literally makes me feel like im back in the 90s

[@sumorgh85]

Me too especially the video

[@Pablinteve]

how i miss the 90 , i was a teenager too, 14 years old in 98, all the 2000 partys, so many nights dancing this song , good old day, ifeel ya

[@azizjad6315]

Me too

[@speedX1980]

Welcome back!

[@EmperorMegas]

Part of me never left.

[@josephcomiskey3429]

There is something so haunting , sad and painful about this song.... When I listen to it the memories of loved ones and lovers gone forever fill my mind.... Life is so beautiful and Tragic at the same time....

[@p4u7y]

👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@allgood6760]

Absolutely...music is the language of the soul 👍

[@jenl3162]

Well said, Joseph. This is not a happy song for me, but I still love it.

[@azizjad6315]

I agree with u

[@thepawchoe2749]

Amen

[@rog809]

90s gold , even the video show the simplicity of the decade people were more real and less flashy

[@siobhandeguerin9221]

So so so true!!

[@niellalien]

No smartphones and FB...

[@etherealcatholic5711]

Life was better back then.

[@hydrainarms3135]

I conquer!

[@severancedenied]

shut up boomers

[@theIneffableTale]

Early morning. 2 am. Vh1 and MTV used play videos. Like this one. This was a perfect song and video for a melancholy teenager growing up in the 90's.

[@timothykozlowski2945]

Those channels are garbage today

[@GuilesArt]

Before, everything was so natural, simple and better than today. I really miss it

[@anonmous4468]

James Lima me too , this is real beauty.

[@aliciamesa5382]

So agree!!!! Everything is so complicated now....

[@aliciamesa5382]

Well, I send you a Simple hi!!!! From Uruguay. 🙋‍♀️🇺🇾

[@NAIVADA]

It really wasn't tho, but we went along, that's why nowadays we ultimately all feel it's a world of shit

[@DannyGodhouse]

@@NAIVADA I doubt it.

[@camerongordon5914]

Blue Oyster Cult: Here's the best usage of cowbell in any song, ever. Everything But the Girl: Hold my beer.

[@Unicron187]

was totally thinking the same thing...

[@bottomofastairwell]

just have to say, epic comment

[@samc8154]

Gotta have more cowbell

[@bastianrichter4284]

Little Sister from the Queens, or Evil Ways from Santana ain't bad either :)

[@cshahgholi]

@@bastianrichter4284 As well as the part in "More More More" by Andrea True Connection that Len sampled for "Steal My Sunshine"

[@jessllorens7497]

This is my dads favorite song to this day, and he doesn’t even know English. He always swears you can hear the emotion in her voice and that’s what makes the song powerful. 💕

[@richlee509]

He is right she has a lot of emotion in her voice

[@kidsleaguejai]

John

[@HakunaMatata225]

your father has very clean ears, I also loved this song before and after I learned English, Tracy is a very underrated singer/performer

[@EmperorOfChaos]

I notice that with specific Japanese singers such as Jun Togawa. There is a lot of talented ones who fall through the gaps. Even those who were once big seem to not appear on the radio or get spoken about until they die which is sad.

[@Limerick502]

He's right. First time hearing this one.

[@RoseMaioli]

This song is a peace of moment when we can journey for fellings, it's so good and in the same time indescribable. I am happy to escapes like that exist.

[@chrisretired5379]

👍🌹🌹

[@strawbearie_bunnies]

"I've got a fever and the only prescription is more COW bells!!!"

[@MrChadsimoneaux]

Damn beat me to it 😂

[@beastunleashed8839]

Hahaha

[@chiantikight9630]

Strawbearie Bunnies omg I was going to say to mention the cow bells!!!

[@vaninacarabajal4043]

Baby!

[@clarerainbird165]

Ding-a-ling

[@melbalenciaga]

Back when there’s no social media to know where this person might be.

[@robertkenney4855]

Yes?.!

[@piRATA-bt8vx]

break ups are painfull jajajja

[@renegadeMst]

Sometimes i miss that

[@thomasbeaver4896]

Or to ruin something you created with them

[@michael_g3726]

@@renegadeMst because it was better that way

[@tracymartin2200]

90s...almost 50 and it's by far the best. If we could rewind, that's where I'd visit. Many mistakes but so many memories💕

[@lewismclinton]

90's was a fun time

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Everyone wants their youth back. I want nothing to do with the 90s. They were miserable for me personally. But I get it...

[@davidtaylor524]

Hi Tracy,hope you’re okay ?

[@grahamthompson3073]

It sums up every emotion I have about getting older and how life changes 😢

[@leanneblake4248]

2020 , This song brings back so many Memories. Lost , sadness , a past you cannot change. But now , acceptance . Great Song.

[@craigstewart1911]

How right you are 😥

[@billmurray7473]

It strikes a Deeper Chord in 2020 than in the '90s.

[@p4u7y]

👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@davidtaylor524]

Hi Leanne,hope you’re okay ?

[@AisuICY]

The lyrics hit me like a train. Too many memories flooding my head now.

[@angelademartino8265]

I just heard this the other day in Home Depot from all places. It put me right back into the 90ies, when I lived another life and on another continent. It filled me with this old desperation I have no reason to feel.....One of the best songs back then.

[@panagiotischaralampopoulos7152]

35 YEARS NOW AND I MISS YOU FROM THE FIRST DAY I SAW YOU!!!!

[@jerold12]

I have hit 'replay' waaay too many times tonight. I must be going through something in my sub-conscience.

[@geralddistefano7459]

u and me both since 2004

[@andyookpik7557]

Me too dude, me too 😢

[@tonyguevara4883]

This was my brother's favorite song. He passed away in a car accident .Hurts every time I play it.

[@janaegal9746]

🥀❤️

[@vicm26]

sorry to hear about that, by the looks of this being his favourite track. He was a good man, 90s were the good times man. he’s in a better place. he’s walking amongst you. the spirit lingers around and lives with you. remember that. he’s sitting with you, you just can’t see him but he can see you.

[@onerebelgun]

Sending you strength and love from Africa ❤

[@darlapeelman1610]

I'm so sorry honey.🥹❤️

[@TMANN-jo1ps]

Sorry about your brother's lost. May God, the 90's, and this song be with him. R.I.P.

[@wesleywatch]

I was so attached to the person who showed me this song, and now is all memories... ironic and sad, but still love the song :(

[@Lee-kv2xb]

. Memory is the best remember that

[@luisavina4831]

Man……this song brings me so many memories from 1997 when I was 17 years old, now I’m almost 43 and still can’t grasp how time has flown by so fast 😭

[@mason96575]

All the love we've lost along the way

[@abigailsilva3079]

😏

[@arunchandramathi9572]

​@@mason96575 true bro

[@jfdno]

same age, same memories :\

[@fathairyarab]

tell me about it i sit here and think wtf did i do for 25 years cant remember it im 42

[@Steve50663]

This song is timeless and still relevant in 2020 🙂🙏

[@abigaelgo]

Thumbs up if you're still listening in 2019..

[@sepp752]

2054

[@vchip57]

Thumbs up. This is a beautiful song.

[@DavidSmith-pg1ob]

Yep, it's the prettiest song about a stalker that I've ever heard!

[@KateSc722]

Thumbs up! Last day of winter in 2019.

[@moinmoin4366]

First day of spring, and raining all day. Perfect, to set the mood!

[@coltthestarsheriff3544]

Only Annie Lennox, Tracey Thorn and Sade Adu can sing like this.

[@ryansaybe3036]

So true!!!

[@vixen9921]

LET'S NOT 4GET LISA STANSFIELD

[@coltthestarsheriff3544]

@@vixen9921 is Lisa a contralto singer? She's ok but not as big as these 3 girls and their specific contralto voices.

[@DiegoHasYT]

Dido would like to enter the chat

[@TheAmarok87]

Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins): "Am I a joke to you?"

[@JustDave2]

This song’s memory brings a panicked sense of weight to my heart of a time now so long ago that slipped through my hands. Realizing as I listen this shadowy memory is dancing further out of focus.

[@fernandosilvera3669]

This song get you sooner or later... regardless of your timing! It never gets old!

[@MaxivanJoy]

so close to 2020 and still in❤with this song...

[@ilkerercin6817]

:)

[@salyangozzyildiz1502]

Turkey !

[@ilkerercin6817]

@@salyangozzyildiz1502 selam

[@salyangozzyildiz1502]

@@ilkerercin6817 a.s...

[@sgclaudiomarzo]

BRASIL - the best music!

[@davidpfol]

this song is timeless, you can come back in 2050 and feel the same

[@heliaalves9062]

Totally agree

[@edenwithin8382]

Its the year 2020. Still no rain. Those who do the rain dance like Muslim LGBTQA appear to get beaten out of their costume and seems to go missing afterwards without warning. None of us around as far as the eye can see, even on TV. I feel well and truly missed. Its disgusting....

[@zaakart4556]

Today is my late son's birthday. He would have been 36 born in the year of the Dragon. It would have been a big party. He passed in 2012 in the year of the Dragon. Nothing left to say! I miss him like the deserts miss the rain!

[@dusanlzc]

😢sorry to hear that

[@AlanHaley-rc1hw]

Sending love to you. The pain will subside, and become something beautiful and unimagineable to you now.

[@nancyangelastro177]

My heart breaks for you. 💔 I’m so sorry for what you’re going through. I lost my son in 2019. He just turned 39. As you know, the pain is indescribable. I miss him so much. There are just no words… I’m sending love and deep prayers to you. May God bless you and may you always feel his presence. 💙🙏💙🙏

[@risajean7777]

Xo!!! My son is lost😢❤

[@nancyangelastro177]

@@risajean7777 🙏💜

[@michelehaynes1112]

This song was severely underrated.

[@Leopold5100]

is

[@danbrockettDOP]

"Missing" charted high in several countries and reached number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1995 and spent over seven months on the UK Singles Chart thanks to an extremely popular remix by Todd Terry which later led to a Brit Award nomination for Best British Single. Everyone I know who knows this song adored it, it's a work of genius.

[@PHJoy]

Sade

[@compilados99]

But was a huge hit in 90s

[@benjaminvlz]

​@@danbrockettDOP It was actually the Todd Terry Club Remix of "Missing" that was a major hit in several countries. The lesser-known original version, as heard in this video, did poorly on the charts for whatever reason. The original version only charted in the UK and it peaked at a measly 69. It's a shame more people aren't familiar with the original version, as it's a great track, in my opinion. I love the beat, acoustic guitar and keyboard sounds. I'll even go as far as to say I prefer the original version over the Todd Terry remix, but that's not to say that the remix is bad by any means. I love 1990s house/club music.

[@jrdn48]

Back when singers, music videos and people in general were simple, and i miss those times so much :(

[@rbarajas86]

Fuck that. Simple on the surface with a TON of deep seeded issues.

[@afb8370]

Its not about being simple, but being exceptionally talented to get noticed. Then came autotune in the 90s and gradually social media platform is all about explicit content to get likes and shares.

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

@@afb8370 autotune didn't really become a thing until the 2000s. What happened was the pop explosion in 1999, which blended in to the explosion of the internet and the ease of someone becoming "famous". That just add water element. I hated New Kids On The Block, but even they had been around for like 4-5 years before Maurice Starr made them huge.

[@markusmenchen9948]

me.too

[@ramoncastro4737]

Same

[@KevinMeeds]

Thoughtful lyrics, great musicianship and a beautifully understated delivery, simply wonderful.

[@willritter4076]

I'd be honored if some EBTG fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of PRAYING FOR TIME and MOTHERS PRIDE on my YT channel in tribute to the great George Michael. George stated that Tracey Thorn was an important influence on him starting in the early 90s, and you can hear that influence on his masterpiece 1996 album Older and his later works. George and Tracey are 2 of the greatest vocalists ever, it's a shame they never collaborated on a song... thanks and peace.

[@frewox]

Very, very well said!

[@dragoonseye76]

This song will always bring me back to a very difficult time. Good lessons learned then.

[@NeilRoy]

Heard this song today while out shopping and broke down crying on my way back home. Really missing my wife who died from cancer two years ago. :(

[@Blackcomb1-h9e]

So sad. Sorry for your loss

[@matta8569]

I'm so sorry friend. F cancer!

[@charles1203]

I lost my dad to cancer in 2008 I feel your pain and I was deployed in the Marines. I did get to say goodbye on the phone.

[@NeilRoy]

@@charles1203 I'm so sorry to hear that. My dad is still alive and 82 now, almost 83, but my mother died at 49 of cancer, sadly. Losing my wife whom I knew since I was 15 and married to for almost 37 years was the absolute worst though. I cried daily for over a year. It's been almost two years now and it has settled down a little, but still cry every few days and I doubt that will ever go away... we had an excellent marriage. Not perfect, but we rarely argued (I don't recall arguments honestly), said "I love you" to each other at least three times a day... I wasn't a womanizer so I didn't really date women before her, so I am totally lost now and I HATE being single. When you're supposed to grow old together and suddenly she's taken away so fast... I don't know what to do to be honest. Feeling totally lost and alone. Only prayer has helped me.

[@tuesdaydelaney4480]

So sorry 🎉m😢

[@quenekabutler4614]

Im 26 i was 16 when i first heard this on the radio ten yrs passed so quickly

[@cookiedoughlautner]

You're so pretty :)

[@inkoinfinity2]

@@cookiedoughlautner u too

[@cookiedoughlautner]

@@inkoinfinity2 thanks

[@algolightly115]

A-men!!! So you to!

[@craigstewart1911]

Im 40 now & 25yrs have just disappeared but certain somgs especially this one brings it all bk in a instant 😁🌹

[@allenkramer2143]

63 years old. I remember when this song came out. For me, it put into words how I felt about the people in my life that had passed away. I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain. Gone, but not forgotten. Love U Miss U, Soooo much See you on the other side someday Can't wait to see you again.

[@heidiward1770]

So true

[@Peloponnesia666]

Was born in the 90s, this song brings me back to being a kid, listening to it in the car with my parents, back when the shopping mall was still poppin. Lol

[@HD-il4rz]

I remember this being on the radio all the time back in the 90's. Boy do I miss those days of good music!

[@leonardd.hilleyii7554]

Totally agree!

[@wayttilsun1129]

It's funny. When I heard this song on the radio as a kid I made up lyrics because I didn't understand what Tracey was saying. I remember life being a lot brighter back then, everything so fresh. I finally understand what this song means. A few years ago I ruined a sincere friendship with one of those people who would pay any price to save someone. All she wanted was an ear to do the same. I tried to go to the house she grew up in so long ago. A place in my mind I never thought she would leave. She's gone now, no way to contact her and she doesn't speak to her family. How ugly was I to treat someone I love in a manner such as that. I'm sorry, I deserve what you left.

[@theresamistretta6871]

This. Song. Is amazing 💗💗💗💗

[@guytansbariva2295]

The 90's were a great time in general.

[@quixot1c]

Listening to this song after 20 years or so.. evokes so many memories and theres no closure.. guys I need closure 😭

[@amandabottell7074]

Gosh 30 years where has the time gone. This tune is so powerful to me and the time in my life. Wasted thinking that you have all the time ahead. Gone now like the song says

[@etherealcatholic5711]

Tracey Thorn has a sweet powerful amazing voice that will sound good 50 yrs from now. Wish she and Ben would cover 50's country songs.

[@LanzaSara]

As a teenager I had a bitter sweet relationship with this song, I only imagined a lovers perspective and was utterly against being "hooked" for someone who refused to love you back. Now I an older and this song is about grieving it can be about anyone you love and it's gone, a parent, a grandparent, heck even a beloved pet!

[@b.abouttowwn]

Beautifully said!

[@sumorgh85]

Well said

[@TMANN-jo1ps]

@@CandyAndromeda hugs🫂 🤗 for you. Take care.

[@TMANN-jo1ps]

@@CandyAndromeda you look so beautiful and very sexy.

[@TMANN-jo1ps]

@@CandyAndromeda did you graduate from high school back in 2006?

[@thebigpicture2455]

As a songwriter myself...I can say this is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. Perfection.

[@robertkenney4855]

slavery to never submit to evil.!!

[@richardkronberg4925]

How about Y.M.C.A.?

[@gigimcfal6171]

That is what I have always said. This song is the perfect combo or music, lyrics and voice. Nothing better.

[@ReubenWalton]

@@robertkenney4855 what are you talking about?

[@stevengosling5073]

Wow I remember singing this over and over when I split up with my first partner . Now we are still friends after 40 years

[@markhaslam8170]

Makes me think of my beautiful sister who passed away she was so pretty, my hero, my Baby girl, still Fucking hurts after 11 years, still can't breathe without her, life's but a short lived story, love your people, appreciate, and let them know♥️

[@monikaazariah9237]

Very sad to hear Mark....she lives in you and you can remember her and all the wonderful moments which will always be there with you

[@rrockhard1]

🙏

[@e.j.keeley1899]

My wife passed away three months ago and I keep thinking of this song and how much I miss her, as the song says so well, like the deserts miss the rain.

[@deeday09]

Much love mate. Sorry for your loss. Better to have loved once than never loved at all.

[@NicoleLeg-i1d]

Sorry for your loss. My mom as well ..bless

[@williamberryberry9929]

Sorry for your loss my R I P love ❤❤

[@LondonRegal5]

I remember hearing this song at age 6 and it comes back into my subconscious every few years. 20 years later Im just now learning about this group and can see why this song was imbedded in my subconscious.

[@JRey-re9rl]

I used to listen to this song over and over again, back when it first came out.

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

It's like visiting the house you grew up in after years and years away.......still expecting to see Mum!.

[@su4691]

😢

[@beatles23]

For a quick second, i was transferred to 1995

[@nonnobissolum]

Listened to this track for about 6 hours straight driving overnight through a blizzard in Michigan once. Got "there" safely, and the time had slipped past in what seemed to have been only the blink of an eye thanks to EBTG that night. Good god but I'd get into a time machine and go back to those simpler, sweeter days without a moment's hesitation. Cheers, all.

[@doriszelaya1230]

She is awesome 🎤love everything about this song 🎵 so very true & real

[@FlipStar26]

I’m so grateful that I was a teenager when this song came out .. the high school memories attached to this …. Mannnnn

[@NorryJones-kg1se]

Me too ( still am lol)

[@Lloyd1885]

The agonising pain of missing someone you still hope will walk back into your life and the acceptance they wont..missing you Lilac, rest sweetly.

[@sweetpolly8471]

😢❤

[@Lloyd1885]

Thank you...👍🏽 @@sweetpolly8471

[@millennium8824]

Some songs just can't never be forgotten!

[@willritter4076]

I'd be honored if some Everything But The Girl fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of PRAYING FOR TIME and MOTHERS PRIDE on my YT channel in tribute to George Michael. George stated that EBTG vocalist Tracey Thorn was an important influence on him starting in the early 90s, and you can hear that influence on his masterpiece 1996 album Older and his later works. George and Tracey are 2 of the greatest vocalists ever, it's a shame they never collaborated on a song... thanks and peace.

[@Steve20127]

"just CAN never...."

[@Waxadisc]

When it ended in the old days, and it was over, you usually never saw them again. Then Facebook arrived and reunited us all.

[@mipps5370]

I remember the first time I heard this song, you played it for me Mark, on a Saturday in 1996 while we were packaging up computer disks to donate. It captured my soul instantly as did you. Thank you for the brief love that we shared, my most treasured memories. You’ve been in heaven for over 20 years but my soul still aches for your love. This song brings me back, I still miss you like the deserts miss the rain. RIP Georgie ❤️ I’ll love you always, until we meet again. ~N 🦋

[@felroberto]

I heard it for the first time in September 1995, coincidentially a Saturday as well

[@Offensive_Username]

Nice fake sob story.

[@questionmark3666]

Holy shit I heard for first time on sat at mall that's closing down soon its mall I enjoyed most of my child hood at

[@rhainbowrhailien]

Offensive Username I ain’t their fault that your parents never paid attention to you

[@jasonpalacios1363]

I fell in love with this version of this song when I heard this song and watched the video on The Box.

[@dv3783]

Jason Palacios omggggg The Box

[@miguelmarquez4192]

the box. Was that instead of cable channels and u could pay to request songs? I vaguely remember something like that existing.

[@anthonybonilla2181]

So did I 😀

[@waulondawilliams2266]

Jason Palacios Yes. OMG

[@derekmnbr77]

Back when I was younger and this song was one of my favorite songs. ( it still is )

[@SammyF25]

This Song has such an impact on me , becoming flashbacks.... Masterpiece

[@hollyinhell]

This is the song that reminds me of my sister. She was my best friend and she died in the 2004.

[@lovemykiss9]

I'm sorry for your loss. :hugs:

[@freddiemeyer4563]

im sorry. ..im sure shes with u when u listen to this song xx🕊

[@minervasmith2854]

I have never forgotten about this song back in the day, when MTV was alive and kicking. The best of MTV music.

[@RaufZero]

their music was ahead of time, even now in 2019 we have to wait for it

[@alexander2685]

Rauf Zero 😉😚👍😁

[@williamberryberry9929]

Beautiful song I love it at 64 years old I love music I have already added that to my collection

[@Irwin7488]

The song just pure 90's vibe.

[@studydoc]

For me this has always been a song about longing…for things or beloved person lost that you can never get back no matter how much you look. Sometimes we know better to just let go but in the back of your mind you can’t help searching. That’s what this song always felt like to me.

[@PassiveAgressive319]

I just love that Ben and Tracey are still married with 3 children.😊😊😊😊

[@waltermartinez5372]

I am 53 now and the first time that I heard this jam was back in late 1995 or early 1996 good times 👍 🙂

[@fordburkett9444]

A very haunting, bittersweet, sticks in my mind song, even after all these years.

[@eastsidesmitty]

I worked at Tj Maxx when I was younger, this came on everyday... man life was good then!!

[@mec1107]

Believe it or not they still play it!!!

[@davidrobert1229]

I saw them live once in Chicago . One of the best concerts i ever seen. They did like 15 minute version of this song as a finally . people were actaully crying, grown men and women

[@catholicdad]

I like that. Not finale, but finally. May I use it.

[@Luxor9580]

No me canso de escuchar, y sin duda marco un hito en la historia musical de mi generación; que hasta ahora la escuchamos. 👌🏻 Desde mi hermosa ciudad Quito, Ecuador 🇪🇨 disfruten!!

[@Skelldr]

You found some better place... RIP my best friend.

[@mercssosa1734]

Skelld Blessings

[@Offensive_Username]

@@mercssosa1734 You don't even know who (s)he's writing about. Just another fake sob story to gain sympathy and likes.

[@mercssosa1734]

Offensive Username and????????????

[@Skelldr]

Offensive Username We understand death only after it has placed its hands on someone we love.

[@darrellwinns2391]

Stay strong, I've been there also, wondered how I'll go on.

[@minervasmith2854]

I still wonder how the hell did mtv die with song's and videos like this, who would of thought it could happen.

[@homyce]

The fact you are watching this video here is what killed the MTV. I miss it so much though

[@raistlinmcfly7535]

@@homyce I beg to differ. We're watching this video here BECAUSE MTV isn't the same anymore.

[@vibeslide]

MTV was killed by ringtone ads. At least for me.

[@08prema]

after the early 90's everything died.

[@johnzeszutko5661]

I wonder what happened also.

[@ComfortAmbience]

I love how this is a sad song but it's still got a full on banging cowbell from start to finish. Sad cowbell.

[@cliffherren9811]

One of the softest, silky smooth songs done in the 90's by a very beautiful woman.

[@cliffherren9811]

@Geni Medina Yes I listen to "Smooth Operator" often. Not that I am one. Especially when I hammer stuff and smash my fingers 😀.

[@coltthestarsheriff3544]

Sade, Tracey and Annie Lennox are that smooth, emotional contra alto tipe of singers. They don't have to sing high notes at all to convey their feelings and to ilustrate depth of their songs.

[@eachampandmabel]

Yes, and great legs.

[@deepblueinthedark9856]

Sleek Stitch, that most certainly is just a rumour! She just isn't what is considered conventionally as "beautiful" whatever the hell that is!🤷‍♀️

[@deepblueinthedark9856]

I didn't say she wasn't beautiful, I was saying she ain't transgender, and rumours like that often start because someone isn't "conventionally" pretty. I remember when this came out, society had a lot to say about how she wasn't conventionally pretty, people had a LOT to say on the subject. It was stupid. That's why I said " whatever the hell that is!" Anyway, it's a great song, love coming back for a listen.

[@ayushgaurincredible]

One of the most influential songs of 90's you never forget.

[@oguzhanalak5441]

Who is here 2020? If you remember this song, you are not old you like a quality nostalgia 🙏❤

[@alexander2685]

Oğuzhan Alak 😊👍😊😉😚

[@oguzhanalak5441]

@@alexander2685 ❤❤😁

[@marionbrown8559]

When my father died my sister and I were encouraged to go out with friends. This was played and I remember my sister and I just looking at each other with the lights dancing across our crying faces. Two weeks ago we lost our mother and this song has just come up on my feed.

[@kimbowser2350]

Life is pure shit sometimes …🙏🏻

[@leirivcan]

Sorry about that! 😢

[@jestestymcoczytasz2405]

This should be definitely as one of top songs in human art