• Writers: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
• Producers: The Glimmer Twins
• Recorded: 1978 at EMI Studios, Paris, and with the Rolling Stones Mobile Unit
• Released: May 19th, 1978
• Players:
  Mick Jagger — vocals, guitar
  Keith Richards — guitar, vocals
  Ron Wood — guitar, vocals
  Charlie Watts — drums
  Bill Wyman — bass
  Sugar Blue — harp
  Mel Collins — saxophone
  Ian McLagan — piano
• Album: Some Girls (Rolling Stones, 1978)
• Also On:
  Rewind (1971-1984) (Rolling Stones, 1984)
  Flashpoint (Rolling Stones/Sony, 1991)
  Jump Back: The Best Of The Rolling Stones 1971-1993 (Virgin, 1993)
  Forty Licks (Virgin, 2002)
• The Rolling Stones, “The World’s Greatest Rock-And-Roll Band,” recorded “Miss You” as a disco song in the midst of the British punk revolution. The song was, of course, reviled by the punk movement, as well as by old school fans who wondered where the guitar was. The dance crowd loved it, however, and it was a Number One crossover hit.
• “Miss You” was inspired by lead singer Mick Jagger‘s nights hanging around the club Studio 54 in New York City, mostly with his then-latest squeeze, model Jerry Hall.
• Ironically, Jagger’s soon-to-be ex-wife Bianca was touched by the song’s romantic sentiments, and reportedly asked attorneys to slow down their divorce proceedings.
• Some Girls hit Number One on the Billboard 200, knocking off the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
• The title track of the album, however, stirred up controversy in Jagger’s explicit assessments of the sexual tastes of women of various ethnic persuasions. The Reverend Jesse Jackson was among those calling for the song to be censored.
• The Stones also got in trouble over the album’s cover, a spoof of old-time wig and lingerie ads that featured not only the Stones but celebrities such as Lucille Ball, Lauren Bacall, and Raquel Welch. After some of them threatened to sue, the cover was changed, and the original is now a collector’s item.

FAST FORWARD:

• The Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.
• Bassist Bill Wyman left the Stones in 1993. His replacement Darryl Jones has worked with the Stones ever since, but hasn’t been named an official member of the band.
• The most recent album from the Stones is A Bigger Bang, which was released over a year ago to coincide with the start of their world tour.
• The Stones headlined the halftime show for Super Bowl XL (40) at Ford Field in Detroit in February 2006.
• 2006 was a rough year for the Stones — Richards fell on his head while on vacation in Fiji and had to have cranial surgery, which led to European dates being rescheduled; guitarist Ronnie Wood did another stint in rehab to deal with his alcoholism; and frontman Mick Jagger had throat issues over the summer which forced the cancellation of two dates in Spain, followed by more throat problems that led the band to rework part of their fall North American tour.

The group played two shows at the Beacon Theater in New York City last fall, which were filmed by director Martin Scorsese for a documentary, called Shine A Light, which will be released in the spring. There’s also a four-DVD set in the works with material from some of the bigger shows the Stones played on their A Bigger Bang tour, including Austin, Texas, and Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.