Like the Deserts Miss the Rain - Wikipedia Like the Deserts Miss the Rain Like the Deserts Miss the Rain Greatest hits album by Everything but the Girl Released 21 October 2002 Recorded 1984 -- 1999 Length 69 : 21 Label Atlantic ( U.S. ) Virgin / Blanco y Negro ( Europe ) Everything but the Girl chronology Temperamental ( 1999 ) String Module Error : Match not found1999 Like the Deserts Miss the Rain ( 2002 ) Adapt or Die : Ten Years of Remixes ( 2005 ) Adapt or Die : Ten Years of Remixes 2005 Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic link Like the Deserts Miss the Rain is a compilation album by the British band Everything but the Girl, released in 2002. Some copies include a bonus disc featuring four additional songs. An accompanying DVD with the same title was also released the same year. The album 's title derives from a lyric from their song `` Missing, '' off 1994 's Amplified Heart. Contents 1 Track listing 2 Limited Edition Bonus Disc 3 DVD 4 References Track listing All tracks composed by Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, except where indicated. `` My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains '' ( Don Van Vliet ) Previously unreleased `` Rollercoaster '' ( Ben Watt ) from Amplified Heart `` Corcovado '' ( Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees ) from Red Hot + Rio `` Each and Every One '' from Eden `` Before Today '' ( Chicane remix ) ( Ben Watt ) from Walking Wounded `` Mine '' ( Tracey Thorn ) from Everything but the Girl `` Protection '' ( Massive Attack with Tracey Thorn ) from Protection `` Single '' ( Photek remix ) from Walking Wounded `` Tracey in My Room '' ( Lazy Dog Bootleg vocal mix ) ( Jose Burgos, Sandy Rivera, Watt, Thorn ) non-album single `` Missing '' ( Todd Terry remix ) from Amplified Heart `` Almost Blue '' ( Elvis Costello ) Previously unreleased `` No Difference '' from Temperamental `` Cross My Heart '' from Baby, the Stars Shine Bright `` Mirrorball '' Walking Wounded `` A Piece of My Mind '' ( Tracey Thorn ) Previously unreleased `` Walking Wounded '' ( John Coxon, Spring Heel Jack, Ashley Wales, Watt ) from Walking Wounded Limited edition bonus disc All tracks previously unreleased. Disc 2 : `` Gun Cupboard Love '' ( Thorn ) `` Alfie '' ( Burt Bacharach, Hal David ) `` Take Me '' ( Cecil Womack, Linda Womack ) `` Pigeons in the Attic Room '' ( Thorn, Watt ) DVD Videos `` Missing '' ( Todd Terry Remix ) `` Single '' `` The Only Living Boy in New York '' `` Temperamental '' `` Love is Here Where I Live '' `` Five Fathoms '' `` Each and Every One '' `` Driving '' `` Walking Wounded '' Live `` Before Today '' `` Temperamental '' `` Protection '' Demos `` Frozen River '' `` Mirrorball '' `` Flipside '' Extras include : Photo gallery, interactive video mix of `` Temperamental '' References Jump up ^ Release date as 2002 : `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2013 - 05 - 17. Retrieved 2011 - 12 - 01. ( chart entry ), http://www.allmusic.com/album/like-the-deserts-miss-the-rain-mw0000021400 Everything but the Girl Ben Watt Tracey Thorn Studio albums Eden Everything but the Girl Love Not Money Baby, the Stars Shine Bright Idlewild The Language of Life Worldwide Acoustic Amplified Heart Walking Wounded Temperamental Compilation albums Essence & Rare 82 - 92 Home Movies The Best of Everything but the Girl Back to Mine Like the Deserts Miss the Rain Adapt or Die : Ten Years of Remixes Singles `` Night and Day '' `` Each and Every One '' `` I Do n't Want to Talk About It '' `` Missing '' `` Wrong '' `` Tracey in My Room '' `` Corcovado '' Other songs `` I Did n't Know I Was Looking for Love '' Related articles Discography Bedsit Disco Queen Marine Girls Patient This 2000s electronic music album - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Like_the_Deserts_Miss_the_Rain&oldid=830774687 '' Categories : 2002 greatest hits albums Everything but the Girl compilation albums 2000s electronic album stubs Hidden categories : Music infoboxes with Module : String errors Articles with hAudio microformats Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with album ratings that need to be turned into prose All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia 日本 語 Edit links This page was last edited on 16 March 2018, at 21 : 27 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who sings like the deserts miss the rain
Answer: British band Everything but the Girl