I'll Be Missing You

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"I'll Be Missing You"
Single by Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans & 112
from the album No Way Out
B-side "We'll Always Love Big Poppa",
"Cry On"
Released May 27, 1997
Format CD single, maxi single
Recorded 1997
Genre East Coast hip hop, R&B
Length 5:43 (album version)
3:29 (short edit)
4:08 (video version)
Label Bad Boy
Writer(s) Sting, T. Gaither, Faith Evans
Producer Diddy, Stevie J
Certification 3x Platinum (RIAA)
Platinum (CRIA)
Diddy
(1997) chronology
"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"
(1997)		 "I'll Be Missing You"
(1997)		 "It's All About the Benjamins"
(1997)

"I'll Be Missing You" is a Grammy Award-winning song and hit single recorded by Puff Daddy, Faith Evans and 112, in memory of fellow Bad Boy Records artist Christopher "Notorious B.I.G" Wallace who was murdered on March 9, 1997. Released as the second single from Sean Combs and the Family's No Way Out album, "I'll Be Missing You" is based on a sample of the song "Every Breath You Take" by The Police from 1983.

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[edit] Background

The song, a rap ballad, had already been completed before permission was granted to use the sample from the 1983 song. As well as these artists, Sting (vocalist from The Police) joined in at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards. Sting owns 100% of the publishing royalties.[1] As well as using the melody and arrangement of "Every Breath You Take" the single also borrows the melody from the well-known American spiritual "I'll Fly Away".

There are several different versions of this song. One being an extended version (choir at beginning), another without the choir and an instrumental version. In the extended version of the song the choir is heard singing in the beginning of "Adagio for Strings" by Samuel Barber.

A slightly altered version of the song was performed by Diddy at the Concert for Diana in Wembley, United Kingdom.

The music video was shot in April 1997 in Sydney, Australia and was directed by Hype Williams.

[edit] Chart performances

"I'll Be Missing You" topped many charts across the world. It reached number one in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and New Zealand. This song is one of the few to debut at #1 in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100, and the only rap song to do so until Eminem's "Not Afraid" debuted at the top spot 13 years later in 2010. The song spent a record breaking 11 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100, making it the longest running #1 hip-hop song in history until Eminem's "Lose Yourself" spent 12 weeks at #1 in 2002.

The song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at #32 on July 8, 2007, ten years after it had its full physical release and 10 years after it was #1.

Blender magazine ranked the song at #25 on its list of the "50 Worst Songs Ever", calling it "a nauseating brew of gloopy sentimentality and strategic-marketing mawkishness."[2]

[edit] Usage in the media

[edit] Formats and track listings

Single
  1. Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112 - "I'll Be Missing You"
Maxi-single
  1. Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112 - "I'll Be Missing You"
  2. The Lox - "We'll Always Love Big Poppa"
  3. 112 - "Cry On"
  4. Puff Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112 - "I'll Be Missing You" (Instrumental)
  5. The Lox - "We'll Always Love Big Poppa" (Instrumental)

[edit] Charts

[edit] Peak positions

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[3] 1
Austrian Singles Chart[3] 1
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[3] 1
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[3] 3
Canadian Singles Chart 4
Danish Singles Chart[4] 1
Dutch Top 40[5] 1
Eurochart Hot 100 1
Finnish Singles Chart[3] 3
French SNEP Singles Chart[3] 2
German Singles Chart[6] 1
Irish IRMA Singles Chart[7] 1
Italian Singles Chart[8] 1
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[3] 1
Norwegian Singles Chart[3] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[3] 1
Swiss Singles Chart[3] 1
UK Singles Chart[9] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[10] 1
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[10] 1
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[10] 11
Chart (2009) Peak
position
UK R&B Chart 22

[edit] Year-end charts

Chart (1997) Position
Australian Singles Chart[11] 4
Austrian Singles Chart[12] 2
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[13] 4
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[14] 13
Canadian Singles Chart[15] 36
Dutch Top 40[5] 1
French Singles Chart[16] 8
Swiss Singles Chart[17] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[18] 3

[edit] End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[19] 10

[edit] Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[20] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[21] 2× Platinum 60,000x
Canada (CRIA)[22] Platinum 100,000^
France (SNEP)[23] Gold 250,000*
Germany (BVMI)[24] 3× Platinum 1,500,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[25] 2× Platinum 150,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[26] Platinum 10,000*
Sweden (GLF)[27] 2× Platinum 60,000x
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[28] Platinum 50,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[29] 2× Platinum 1,200,000^
United States (RIAA)[30] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

[edit] Chart successions

Order of precedence
Preceded by
"G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T." by Changing Faces		 Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one single
June 11, 1997 - August 2, 1997 (8 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Never Make a Promise" by Dru Hill
Preceded by
"MMMBop" by Hanson		 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
June 14, 1997 - August 23, 1997 (11 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Mo Money Mo Problems" by The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase
Preceded by
"MMMBop" by Hanson		 UK number-one single (first run)
June 28, 1997 - July 19, 1997 (3 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"D'You Know What I Mean?" by Oasis
Preceded by
"MMMBop" by Hanson		 German number-one single
June 27, 1997 - September 5, 1997 (11 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Men in Black" by Will Smith & Coko of SWV
Preceded by
"Hero" by Toen ik je zag		 Dutch number-one single
July 5, 1997 - August 30, 1997 (9 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Leven na de dood" by Freek de Jonge and Stips
Preceded by
"MMMBop" by Hanson		 Irish IRMA number-one single (first run)
July 5, 1997 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"D'You Know What I Mean?" by Oasis
Preceded by
"MMMBop" by Hanson
"Men in Black" by Will Smith		 Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
July 19, 1997 - September 13, 1997 (9 weeks)
September 27, 1997 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Men in Black" by Will Smith
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John
Preceded by
"D'You Know What I Mean?" by Oasis		 UK number-one single (second run)
July 26, 1997 - August 9, 1997 (3 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Men in Black" by Will Smith
Preceded by
"MMMBop" by Hanson		 Swiss number-one single
July 20, 1997 - September 7, 1997 (8 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Men in Black" by Will Smith
Preceded by
"MMMBop" by Hanson		 Austrian number-one single
July 20, 1997 - September 21, 1997 (10 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John
Preceded by
"D'You Know What I Mean?" by Oasis		 Irish IRMA number-one single (second run)
July 26, 1997 - August 16, 1997 (4 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Men in Black" by Will Smith
Preceded by
"MMMBop" by Hanson		 New Zealand (RIANZ) number-one single
July 6, 1997 - August 3, 1997 (5 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Men in Black" by Will Smith
Preceded by
"Bailando" by Paradisio		 Swedish number-one single
July 11, 1997 - August 29, 1997 (8 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Barbie Girl" by Aqua
Preceded by
"Bailando" by Paradisio		 Norwegian VG-Lista number-one single
29/1997 - 38/1997 (10 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John
Preceded by
"MMMBop" by Hanson		 Australian (ARIA) number-one single
August 3, 1997 - August 31, 1997 (5 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Barbie Girl" by Aqua
Preceded by
"MMMBop" by Hanson
"Alane" by Wes		 Belgian (Flanders) number-one single
August 9, 1997 - August 30, 1997 (4 weeks)
September 13, 1997 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Alane" by Wes
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John

[edit] References

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  2. ^ John Aizlewood, et al. (April 1, 2009). "The 50 Worst Songs Ever! Listen, Watch and Cringe!". http://www.blender.com/lists/61412/the50worstsongseverwatchlistenandcringe.html?p=6. Retrieved 2010-03-27. 
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  4. ^ "Hits of the World: Denmark (IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research) 08/14/97". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media) 109 (35): 59. 30 August 1997. ISSN 0006-2510. 
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  7. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
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  9. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
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  11. ^ 1997 Australian Singles Chart aria.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  12. ^ 1997 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  13. ^ 1997 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  14. ^ 1997 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  15. ^ 1997 Year-End Canadian Singles Chart RPM Canada
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  17. ^ 1997 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  18. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1997". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1997. Retrieved 2010-08-28. 
  19. ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&lr&rview=1&pg=RA1-PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved October 15, 2010. 
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  21. ^ "Austrian single certifications – Puff Daddy – I'll Be Missing You" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin. Retrieved April 20, 2008.  Enter Puff Daddy in the field Interpret. Enter I'll Be Missing You in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen
  22. ^ Canadian certifications cria.ca (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  23. ^ "French single certifications – Puff Daddy – I'll Be Missing You" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS.html?year=1997&type=7. Retrieved April 20, 2008. 
  24. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Puff Daddy; 'I'll Be Missing You')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=I%27ll+Be+Missing+You&strInterpret=Puff+Daddy&strTtArt=single&strAwards=checked. Retrieved March 11, 2010. 
  25. ^ "Dutch single certifications – Puff Daddy – I'll Be Missing You" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. http://www.ifpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60463. Retrieved December 9, 2008. 
  26. ^ "Norwegian single certifications – Puff Daddy – I'll Be Missing You" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. http://www.ifpi.no/sok/lst_trofeer_sok.asp?type=artist. Retrieved August 9, 2008. 
  27. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (in Swedish) (PDF). IFPI Sweden. http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/guld-platina-1987-1998.pdf. Retrieved September 11, 2008. 
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  29. ^ "British single certifications – Puff Daddy – I'll Be Missing You". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved August 9, 2008.  Enter I'll Be Missing You in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Click Go
  30. ^ "American single certifications – Puff Daddy – I'll Be Missing You". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22I%27ll+Be+Missing+You%22. Retrieved April 20, 2008.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
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