Missing you ( Diana Ross song ) - Wikipedia Missing you ( Diana Ross song ) `` Missing You '' Single by Diana Ross from the album Swept Away B - side `` We Are the Children of the World '' Released November 13, 1984 ( US ) Format Vinyl, 7 ``, Single, 45 RPM Length 4 : 16 4 : 01 ( 7 `` ) Label RCA Records Songwriter ( s ) Lionel Richie Producer ( s ) Lionel Richie & James Anthony Carmichael Diana Ross singles chronology `` Touch by Touch '' ( 1984 ) `` Missing You '' ( 1984 ) `` Telephone '' ( 1985 ) `` Touch by Touch '' ( 1984 ) `` Missing You '' ( 1984 ) `` Telephone '' ( 1985 ) `` Missing You '' is a song performed by Diana Ross. The third single released ( in 45 - rpm format ) from her 1984 album Swept Away, the song had been written, composed, and produced by Lionel Richie as a tribute to Marvin Gaye, who was murdered by his father earlier that year. Contents 1 Background 2 Music video 3 Content and reception 4 Chart history 4.1 Weekly charts 4.2 Year - end charts 5 Samples and covers 5.1 Samples 5.2 Covers 6 References 7 External links Background Ross and Gaye were lifelong friends and label mates, having both joined Motown in 1961, and recorded a duet album together, Diana & Marvin, in 1973, later recording two more duets in 1978. Gaye appeared at Ross 's 1982 Brussels concert while Gaye was living in Belgium, recording the Midnight Love album. Music video The music video, directed by Dominic Orlando, was filmed on location at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. The video includes, in addition to still photographs and tribute clips of Gaye himself, tribute clips of former Supremes singer Florence Ballard and also of Paul Williams of The Temptations, both Motown artists who had died in the 1970s. Content and reception The song was built during conversations about Gaye shared by Ross and Richie, who came up with a song shortly after the conversations. Released in late 1984, the song became Diana 's last major hit on the U.S. pop singles chart, hitting the Top 10 in the spring of 1985. It was also her last song to reach number one on the R&B singles chart. Chart history Weekly charts Chart ( 1984 - 85 ) Peak position Australia KMR 95 Canada RPM Top Singles 29 Canada RPM Adult Contemporary UK Singles Chart 76 US Billboard Hot 100 10 US Billboard Hot Black Singles US Billboard Adult Contemporary US Cash Box Top 100 13 Year - end charts Chart ( 1985 ) Rank US Billboard Hot 100 49 Samples and covers Samples Six hip hop acts have sampled `` Missing You : '' Master P on 1997 's `` Gangstas Need Love ; '' The Notorious B.I.G. on 1997 's `` Miss U ; '' Mullage on 2009 's `` Trick'n ' ; '' Webbie on `` Missing You '' featuring LeToya Luckett ; Infinite 's `` Gotta Get Mine ; '' and Ball Greezy on `` Since U Been Away '' Covers Whitney Houston covered the song, alongside other Diana Ross songs, in her 1997 Classic Whitney Live from Washington, D.C. concert. This song, specifically, was dedicated to Tupac Shakur, Princess Diana, The Notorious B.I.G., Betty Shabazz and Gianni Versace, each of whom had died that year or the year prior. In 2010, Houston performed the song on select dates of her Nothing but Love World Tour as a tribute to Michael Jackson. References Jump up ^ http://www.discogs.com/Diana-Ross-Missing-You/release/1728793 Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 502. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1985 - 04 - 06. Retrieved 2017 - 11 - 30. Jump up ^ Musicoutfitters.com Jump up ^ http://www.whosampled.com/artist/Diana%20Ross/ External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Mr. Telephone Man '' by New Edition Billboard Hot Black Singles number one single February 23, 1985 - March 9, 1985 Succeeded by `` Nightshift '' by The Commodores Diana Ross Discography Awards and nominations Studio albums Diana Ross ( 1970 ) Everything Is Everything Surrender Touch Me in the Morning Diana & Marvin Last Time I Saw Him Diana Ross ( 1976 ) Baby It 's Me Ross ( 1978 ) The Boss Diana Why Do Fools Fall in Love Silk Electric Ross ( 1983 ) Swept Away Eaten Alive Red Hot Rhythm & Blues Workin ' Overtime The Force Behind the Power A Very Special Season Take Me Higher Every Day Is a New Day Blue I Love You Diana Ross Sings Songs From The Wiz Compilations Greatest Hits Diana Ross ' Greatest Hits 20 Golden Greats To Love Again All the Great Hits Forever Diana : Musical Memoirs One Woman : The Ultimate Collection Diana Extended : The Remixes Voice of Love Love & Life : The Very Best of Diana Ross The Definitive Collection The Greatest Upside Down : The Collection Live releases Live at Caesars Palace An Evening with Diana Ross Greatest Hits Live Stolen Moments : The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues Christmas in Vienna Soundtrack albums Diana ! Lady Sings the Blues Mahogany The Wiz Tours Return to Love Tour I Love You Tour More Today Than Yesterday : The Greatest Hits Tour In the Name of Love Tour The Essential Diana Ross : Some Memories Never Fade Related topics The Supremes Rhonda Ross Kendrick ( daughter ) Tracee Ellis Ross ( daughter ) Evan Ross ( son ) Arne Næss, Jr. ( second husband ) Arthur `` T - Boy '' Ross ( brother ) Berry Gordy Diana Ross Playground Book Category Template Diana Ross singles Discography 1970s songs `` Reach Out and Touch ( Somebody 's Hand ) '' `` Ai n't No Mountain High Enough '' `` Remember Me '' `` Reach Out ( I 'll Be There ) '' `` Surrender '' `` I 'm Still Waiting '' `` Good Morning Heartache '' `` Touch Me in the Morning '' `` You 're a Special Part of Me '' `` Last Time I Saw Him '' `` My Mistake ( Was to Love You ) '' `` You Are Everything '' `` Do n't Knock My Love '' `` Stop, Look, Listen ( To Your Heart ) '' `` Theme from Mahogany ( Do You Know Where You 're Going To ) '' `` Love Hangover '' `` Gettin ' Ready for Love '' `` Ease on Down the Road '' `` Pops, We Love You ( A Tribute to Father ) '' `` What You Gave Me '' `` The Boss '' `` It 's My House '' 1980s songs `` Upside Down '' `` I 'm Coming Out '' `` My Old Piano '' `` It 's My Turn '' `` Endless Love '' `` Why Do Fools Fall in Love '' `` Mirror, Mirror '' `` Muscles '' `` Pieces of Ice '' `` All of You '' `` Swept Away '' `` Missing You '' `` Eaten Alive '' `` Chain Reaction '' 1990 -- 2000s songs `` When You Tell Me That You Love Me '' `` Someday We 'll Be Together '' ( Remix ) `` Take Me Higher '' `` I Will Survive '' `` Not Over You Yet '' `` Goin ' Back '' `` I 've Got a Crush on You '' Featured songs `` A Brand New Day '' `` We Are the World '' Book Category Template This 1980s pop song - related article is a stub. 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Question: who is the song missing you by diana ross about
Answer: Marvin Gaye