"I Miss You" is a song by Björk, the sixth and final single release from her album of 1995, Post. It is amongst her least well performing singles in the United Kingdom, but it hit number one on the United StatesBillboard Hot Dance Club Play. The B Side "Karvel", was recorded in one of Björk's first sessions with Graham Massey in 1991; on which two other tracks were also recorded: "Army of Me" and "The Modern Things".
Background
The lyrics describe Björk already knowing who her perfect lover will be, even though she hasn't yet met him. The remastered version, as it appears on the release of 2006 Surrounded, features a newly recorded vocal take.
Music video
The music video for "I Miss You" was animated and directed by John Kricfalusi of Spümcø, best known for the Ren & Stimpy cartoons, which Björk admired. It was also directed by Erik Wiese and produced by Stephen Worth. The first edition of Telegraph, a fan magazine directed by Sjón, read: "To the horror of parents everywhere two of the most disturbed minds in show businesscome together to make what they promise will be the silliest, most demoralising and, as some depraved souls will undoubtedly say, funniest music video ever!" The video has a surreal and humorous quality, with some sexual imagery. Björk has red hair in both the animated and live parts of the video. One of Kricfalusi's characters, Jimmy the Idiot Boy, joins her during various parts of the video. Another Kricfalusi character, George Liquor, makes a cameo in one scene. Also, Fred Flintstone makes a cameo in the scene of the bathroom. An edit was made of the video that covered Björk's breasts. The scene at the end of the music video showing Björk tearing an animated chicken in half was cut during showings on MTV. When Björk saw the storyboards, she said that Kricfalusi had "made very cute", and was so pleased that she reportedly exclaimed, "It's like Christmas!" The video won a 1997 Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject.
Live performances
The track was performed during the Post Tour. In support of the release of Post the song was performed on the television show The White Room in 1995, and on the Spanish television show Zona Franca in 1996, to promote the later single release. It was also notably performed on TFI Friday on 19 April 1996, with Howie Bernstein and the TFI Friday House Brass. This performance was later featured on the Post Live album. Having not been performed live in over a decade, the song would later be performed during the Volta Tour with the Icelandic "Wonderbrass" brass section, sometimes also with fellow Sugarcubes vocalist Einar Örn on trumpet.
