Did You Miss Me
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| "Did You Miss Me" | ||||
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| Single by Lindsey Buckingham | ||||
| from the album Gift of Screws | ||||
| Released | September 2008 | |||
| Studio | Cornerstone Studios (Chatsworth, California) | |||
| Length | 3:57 | |||
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| Producer | Lindsey Buckingham | |||
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"Did You Miss Me" is a song by Lindsey Buckingham that was released on his fifth solo album Gift of Screws in 2008. He co-wrote the song with his wife Kristen, who was responsible for some of the lyrics. The song was released as the lead single from Gift of Screws and issued to album oriented rock radio stations. Buckingham also played the song on the album's accompanying tour, which was launched the same year.
Buckingham was demoed on a Korg 16-track digital tape machine before being transferred to a Sony PCM3348.[1] When discussing his wife's role on "Did You Miss Me", Buckingham credited her with some of the lyrics and the arrangement, adding that her involvement was a "very nice accident."[2][3]
For the week dated August 8, 2008, "Did You Miss Me" received 40 new plays on adult album alternative (AAA) radio stations reporting to Radio & Records, which was the third highest increase in plays in the AAA format that week.[4] One month later, the song had received 74 plays in that format, placing it outside that listing's Top 30 Triple A songs.[5] Diarmuid Quinn, who at the time served as the chief operating officer for Warner Bros. Records, said that "we hope 'Did You Miss Me' sticks, and if the song takes hold, who knows what he's going to want to do or have time to do."[6]
Following the inclusion of "Did You Miss Me" on Gift of Screws, Buckingham included the song for his live shows promoting the album. During his performance in Portland, Oregon at the Newmark Theatre, Buckingham told the audience that his record company was "loosely" calling "Did You Miss Me" a single, adding, "I say that because I don't know what that means anymore. They didn't make a video."[7] In their review of Buckingham's performance at the Berklee Performance Center, Sarah Rodman said that the song's live rendition "offered a simpler adult contemporary crunch and lilting rhythms".[8]