[ ]   [ ]   [ ]                        [ ]      [ ]   [ ]
Everything but the Girl — Missing
Album: Amplified Heart
Avg rating:
7.6

Your rating:
Total ratings: 3467









Released: 1994
Length: 3:55
Plays (last 30 days): 3
share tweet wikiwebsitesearchamg
cd
mp3
search
I step off the train
I'm walking down your street again
And past your door, but you don't live there anymore
It's years since you've been there
Now you've disappeared somewhere, like outer space
You've found some better place

And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain

Could you be dead?
You always were two steps ahead, of everyone
We'd walk behind while you would run
I look up at your house
And I can almost hear you shout down to me
Where I always used to be

And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain

Back on the train, I ask why did I come again?
Can I confess, I've been hanging round your old address?
And the years have proved
To offer, nothing since you've moved
You're long gone, but I can't move on

And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you

I step off the train
I'm walking down your street again
And past your door, I guess you don't live there anymore
It's years since you've been there
Now you've disappeared somewhere, like outer space
You've found some better place

And I miss you,
And I miss you,
You found some better place

And I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, yeah, like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, and I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, yeah, like the deserts miss the rain
The deserts miss the rain
Like the deserts miss the rain
Like the deserts miss the rain,
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, yeah, like the deserts miss the rain
Comments (279)add comment
 CoYoT51 wrote:

This repetitive sound is not the cowbell but my finger upon my mouse clicking on the PSD button while it's waking-up.



I like this version of the song, BUT this comment made me laugh out loud.  If you're going to 'dis' a song, this is the best way to do it, in my humble opinion.  
Posted 2 days ago by dandueck07    [ Reply ]
I see that RP doesn't have any of Tracey's solo stuff listed, but it's worth looking into...
Posted 4 months ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
You could not escape this song on radio stations and in bars/shops nationwide here in the UK upon release - especially the Todd Terry remix - it's now very welcome for me to hear again after all this time - thanks for playing! 👍

Oh, and this album as a whole is magnificent 👌
Posted 4 months ago by CCSandman    [ Reply ]

They are so flipping cool.
New album sooooo good too.
Posted 11 months ago by Lemonhead    [ Reply ]
7 -> 8
Posted 1 year ago by jlind    [ Reply ]
 Pedro1874 wrote:
"However, on 2 November 2022, Thorn announced on Twitter that a new Everything but the Girl album had been recorded and would be released in spring 2023."  

What great news!🙂👍  

 
 


Your comment here prompted me to go check out and buy the new album, FUSE. Very cool & contemporary and more soulful than most other crap being blasted out trying to get a similar vibe. Never would have discovered this without RP -- thanks for posting and once again, thanks RP!
Posted 1 year ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
 Snipey wrote:

I like this.  OTOH, I think this is one of the snarkiest threads I've ever seen on RP.  :(



I'm shocked at the comments too. Appalling.
Posted 1 year ago by captbradders    [ Reply ]
 stunix wrote:

Love it or hate it...........   nope, sorry, hate it, the cowbell and the ugly singer.

repetition is the cancer in popular music.



Comments like these are the cancer in this community.
Posted 1 year ago by captbradders    [ Reply ]
 Stetsonman wrote:

does she have tits?



Well technically, everyone has them.
Posted 1 year ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
 William wrote:

That's the 12" (club) mix. This version -- with cowbell galore -- is the original mix.

Sounds to me like the club mix...

...NEEDS MORE COWBELL!!
Posted 1 year ago by jruhnke    [ Reply ]
love this after elton's come down in time.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Which of the 100 mixes is this please? The cowbell redub?
Posted 1 year ago by sunbeamgls    [ Reply ]
I like this.  OTOH, I think this is one of the snarkiest threads I've ever seen on RP.  :(
Posted 1 year ago by Snipey    [ Reply ]
 Pedro1874 wrote:
"However, on 2 November 2022, Thorn announced on Twitter that a new Everything but the Girl album had been recorded and would be released in spring 2023."  

What great news!🙂👍  

 
 


love this news!
those who know me, know i'm not a huge fan of female vocalists - though that is changing as i age, i find - but i've always loved this outfit's music. so, so good.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 Pedro1874 wrote:
"However, on 2 November 2022, Thorn announced on Twitter that a new Everything but the Girl album had been recorded and would be released in spring 2023."  

What great news!🙂👍  

 
 


The best!! Have always loved their mellow vibe,  so easy to listen to.  Love Them.
Posted 1 year ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
I first heard her voice in 1982 and I  fell in love immediately. It was easy for her since my school was all male with one female teacher, and I had 2 younger brothers! It was like living in a desert and then  out came her album...A Distant Shore...The title was just perfect.  We had a record player in the sixth form house near the school and would hide there between classes listening to her voice while dreaming of adventures to come!

The cover strangely instructed us not to pay more than 99p for it. Amazingly my friend and I  with one copy each  had covered nearly 3% of the total  production costs of 138 pounds sterling! It was and still is my greatest investment.
Posted 1 year ago by moss    [ Reply ]
"However, on 2 November 2022, Thorn announced on Twitter that a new Everything but the Girl album had been recorded and would be released in spring 2023."  

What great news!🙂👍  

 
 
Posted 1 year ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
Love 'both' versions but this original version edges it for me as it showcases the brilliant vocal and heartbreaking lyrics
Posted 1 year ago by garydgould    [ Reply ]
new album in 2023: https://twitter.com/tracey_tho...
Posted 1 year ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
Heard that too often. Skip.
Posted 2 years ago by joko63808    [ Reply ]
 huib wrote:

Could use a little more cowbell.



lol, it totally ruined it for me, i was oblivious to it before it but since i discovered the cowbell meme i hear it every time :((
Posted 2 years ago by gigikent    [ Reply ]
 cc_rider wrote:
In perfect time, too!
c.




this cowbell joke is getting a bit old imo.
Posted 2 years ago by SuperWeh    [ Reply ]
 nightdrive wrote:
In perfect time, too!
c.

Posted 2 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Best version!
Posted 2 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
 the_jake wrote:

I disagree.   The perfect amount of cowbell, for this song anyway.



I sense that the subtle joke here wasn't recognized.
Posted 2 years ago by romangaslan    [ Reply ]
 Stratocaster wrote:

More cowbell!


I disagree.   The perfect amount of cowbell, for this song anyway.
Posted 2 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
Why do some people think that it's so damn clever to comment on the logic of song lyrics?  Language in this form, music that is, is meant to be evocative; not a text book.  I suspect that if you think otherwise, your bedroom walls had posters of trucks rather than bikinis.  One is fantasy, the other is transport.  And you likely never could figure one from the other...
Posted 2 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
Tracy Thorne is fantastic as is EBTG… deserts definitely miss rain - idiot
Posted 2 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
The deserts are just fine without the rain, thank you very much
Posted 2 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Another great hit from the legendary producer Bruce Dickinson.  He makes gold records, baby!
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 Stetsonman wrote:

does she have tits?


Do you have a brain?
Posted 2 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
I remember listening to this song on the radio when it came out in 1994. I was only 11 years old but it always stuck with me as a nostalgic reminder of my childhood in the 90s. Every time I hear it, the lyrics take me back.
Posted 2 years ago by TrevorWGoodchild    [ Reply ]
 AndyJ wrote:

 

Some music is so associated with people who are no longer in our life that the song resurrects them with every replay...

Music, smells, tastes leave memories stronger than any words...

 



so true (.....lapses into happy reverie....)
Posted 2 years ago by jkforde    [ Reply ]
Could use a little more cowbell.
Posted 2 years ago by huib    [ Reply ]
 jacopo777 wrote:


Ladys and Gentlemen, what does this mean?


Beautiful, how beautiful is her voice?
Posted 2 years ago by hellsgardener    [ Reply ]
 Zeit wrote:

Bella, come bella è la sua voce



Ladys and Gentlemen, what does this mean?
Posted 2 years ago by jacopo777    [ Reply ]
Bella, come bella è la sua voce
Posted 2 years ago by Zeit    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:

but but the deserts don''t miss the rain. thats why they're deserts. 


I take it you've never seen what happens in a desert when it *does* rain.
Posted 2 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
More cowbell!
Posted 2 years ago by Stratocaster    [ Reply ]
I saw them many years ago at the Sunshine Theater in Albuquerque. This nicely dressed guy gently placed a bouquet of flowers on the stage.  Tracey rudely kicked them aside. I lost a lot of respect for her but still love that voice.
Posted 3 years ago by jmgarcia    [ Reply ]
such a great tune and group - Tracy is something special
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 atascaderoal wrote:

A little less tambourine would be nice.  Love the feeling this song invokes.
Why cant the desert miss the rain

... but just enough cowbell

Posted 3 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
 Stetsonman wrote:

does she have tits?



Such an inappropriate comment. I did laugh out loud, though.
Posted 3 years ago by skuzzfud    [ Reply ]
As a singer myself, it sometimes astonishes me how some people can just open their mouth and out comes this sound. I know it takes work and practice to get there, but still... What a great voice.
Posted 3 years ago by birdman42    [ Reply ]
I have a soft spot for this in my past so it gets a 7 for memory invocation.
Posted 3 years ago by bdwhitepm    [ Reply ]
This might be (?have been?) "pop", but her voice against the lead guitar and bassline.....ahhh, that just works.
Solid 8 here.
Posted 3 years ago by IvanTheMediocre    [ Reply ]
does she have tits?
Posted 3 years ago by Stetsonman    [ Reply ]
I don’t miss the rain - it’s been raining for days here and I’m sick of it. Then again I live in a cultural desert rather than a literal one.
Posted 3 years ago by Jakethemuss    [ Reply ]
Excellent song from an excellent album.
Posted 3 years ago by TreyCowhig    [ Reply ]
Not a bad song on this entire album.
Posted 3 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
Gave it only a nine - the remix is a 10'er.

But it is lovely to hear the original aswell...
Posted 3 years ago by cagerskov    [ Reply ]
"Mango!...."
Posted 3 years ago by firefly6    [ Reply ]
Hot dang that was a smooth transition from Sof Tukker's Deja Vu Affair. Well Done BillG!
Posted 3 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
He told me that he had gotten a promotion and was moving to Kansas City to run the district regional office for sales and maintenance, plus his sister and her kids live in Topeka so he would be closer. He must not have told her?
Posted 3 years ago by ddbz    [ Reply ]
Just a response to all the comments about deserts missing rain. Most deserts have a very brief rainy season. Without any rainfall, there really wouldn't be any life at all in them. So the lyric makes sense to me. There may be some exceptions like the Atacama in Chile. I believe the moisture received may just be in the form of mist.  

Edit: Wow, I sound so pedantic. Poetry doesn't need to be logical. 
Posted 3 years ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
a Euro Trash Anthem! Especially the electronic re-re-remixes
Posted 3 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Loved and still love everything about it.
The lyrics, the production with those synths, the nostalgic-melancholic album cover, the guy-producer-and-girl-singing electronic music era.
A great love song. A 10 from this kid.
Posted 3 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
{#Bananasplit}Gawd ... this is still so good.{#Bananasplit}
Posted 4 years ago by Toads    [ Reply ]
A little less tambourine would be nice.  Love the feeling this song invokes.
Why cant the desert miss the rain
Posted 4 years ago by atascaderoal    [ Reply ]
Oh, I always thought this was Dido. Huh.
Posted 4 years ago by newbolddrive    [ Reply ]
Absolutely love this!
Posted 4 years ago by nelamvr6    [ Reply ]
Missing the Todd Terry Remix, much emotion to me than this original (but feeling flat) version
Posted 4 years ago by sarou    [ Reply ]
Ditto. Scrollers beware!



 sqqqrly wrote:


@bill, @billG

MIdub is correct.  Here lies malware.
 

Posted 4 years ago by brookap    [ Reply ]
And I'm pretty sure the wind doesn't literally "cry Mary", but I get what Jimi was talking about. Yes, poetry is wasted on some.

justin4kick wrote:

Poetry is wasted on you
 

Posted 4 years ago by brookap    [ Reply ]
 MJdub wrote:
@BillG - There is something bad embedded in the comments for this song that triggers a browser warning when I scroll to it.  Something about being redirected to moviespad dot com or something like that
 

@bill, @billG

MIdub is correct.  Here lies malware.
Posted 4 years ago by sqqqrly    [ Reply ]
Ain't no Sade.  Nice try.
Posted 4 years ago by ozzie1313    [ Reply ]
More cowbell

Grew up on this and the Perfecto mix as well...

Young kid in the raves, blinded by the lights, dizzy new heights, kisses in the dark
Posted 4 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
@BillG - There is something bad embedded in the comments for this song that triggers a browser warning when I scroll to it.  Something about being redirected to moviespad dot com or something like that
Posted 4 years ago by MJdub    [ Reply ]
What a great singer! What a great voice!
Posted 4 years ago by mzuther    [ Reply ]
LMAO...🤣 Far wrote:
"Tiramisu" like the deserts miss the rain...
 

LMAO😂
Posted 4 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
Sometimes pop just really gets it right.
Posted 4 years ago by optinout.ii    [ Reply ]
"Tiramisu" like the deserts miss the rain...
Posted 5 years ago by Far    [ Reply ]
Ho hum.  This song needs to be shorter.  Much shorter.  3
Posted 5 years ago by stretcher    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
but but the deserts don''t miss the rain. thats why they're deserts. 
 
I've seen a desert, and I can tell just from looking: they miss the rain. Big time.
Posted 5 years ago by xray38    [ Reply ]
yeah, get a brain morans!!



 thewiseking wrote:
but but the deserts don''t miss the rain. thats why they're deserts. 
 

Posted 5 years ago by clwguy    [ Reply ]
but but the deserts don''t miss the rain. thats why they're deserts. 
Posted 5 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 Azrica wrote:
There is something specaial about this song, not only that takes me to memory of walking down the street with my friends and loudly singing this song while raining but revoks the memories of that scent of the rain in the Balkans... Missing...
 

Bravo Azrice!
Posted 5 years ago by Pjesnik    [ Reply ]
 user4176 wrote:

So then, does the ocean miss the heat?
 
The oceans get plenty of heat.
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
20 years of hearing "like a desert desperation"
everything i put my faith in has been shook
Posted 5 years ago by dischuckin    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:

Poetry is wasted on you
  This is in my top 10 comments on RP

Posted 5 years ago by markybx    [ Reply ]
Excelente!
Posted 5 years ago by quiqma    [ Reply ]
Needs more cowbell.
Posted 5 years ago by emion    [ Reply ]
Love Tracy Thorn's voice
Posted 5 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:
Xeric wrote:
Stupidest lyric ever. The desert does NOT "miss the rain." Morons. 1.


Poetry is wasted on you
 
I see it as a metaphor for a longing for something you've never experienced, an aching in your heart & soul. It is like how I very occasionally get a very strong craving for alcohol (more precisely, to get drunk), yet the only thing I've ever had was a sip of PBR when I was six ("Hey, what's that?" "Have a little bit." "YUCK!").
Posted 5 years ago by Solanus    [ Reply ]
 Xeric wrote:
Stupidest lyric ever. The desert does NOT "miss the rain." Morons. 1.
 
Poetry is wasted on you
Posted 5 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
A 6 with a 2 for all that cowbell.
Posted 5 years ago by romduck    [ Reply ]
 rgabriel wrote:
A great song, but this is some strange version. The single version released in 1994 does not contain the cowbells... ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4sPkS8b62Q
 
That's the 12" (club) mix. This version -- with cowbell galore -- is the original mix.
Posted 5 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
This ain't no disco (and I like it).
Posted 5 years ago by Pjesnik    [ Reply ]
Enchanting
Posted 6 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
So many other good songs on this album. I really like this particular tune, but I'd rather hear the lesser known stuff, especially on RP.
Posted 6 years ago by Solanus    [ Reply ]
such a great song from back in the day
Posted 6 years ago by clwguy    [ Reply ]
A great song, but this is some strange version. The single version released in 1994 does not contain the cowbells... ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4sPkS8b62Q
Posted 6 years ago by rgabriel    [ Reply ]
There is something specaial about this song, not only that takes me to memory of walking down the street with my friends and loudly singing this song while raining but revoks the memories of that scent of the rain in the Balkans... Missing...
Posted 6 years ago by Azrica    [ Reply ]
One of the most captivating voices of all time. Classic EBTG. Miss this band, but love binging on their 80's, 90's stuff. Great romantic stuff. Plenty of fond memories.
Posted 7 years ago by joemama    [ Reply ]
 VH1 wrote:

Deserts miss the rain, but they learned to live with it. Every time after a rainfall, the desert bursts into bloom, so yes, even deserts miss the rain.

Deserts are not deserts of their choosing"Oh I think I become a desert" but by weather conditions.

The Sahara used to be an ocean, then a rain forest and is now a desert.  

So the lyrics make sense after all.

 
So then, does the ocean miss the heat?
Posted 7 years ago by user4176    [ Reply ]
 joempie wrote:
Deserts don't miss the rain. How else would they be deserts?

 
They are (anthropomorphized) deserts. But, with rain they become something else, something better. They would like for that to happen.
Posted 7 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
Luv this song
Posted 7 years ago by Narocircus    [ Reply ]
 joempie wrote:
Deserts don't miss the rain. How else would they be deserts?

 
Deserts miss the rain, but they learned to live with it. Every time after a rainfall, the desert bursts into bloom, so yes, even deserts miss the rain.

Deserts are not deserts of their choosing"Oh I think I become a desert" but by weather conditions.

The Sahara used to be an ocean, then a rain forest and is now a desert.  

So the lyrics make sense after all.
Posted 7 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
I had forgotten how much I love her voice. thanks Bill.
Posted 8 years ago by sid1950    [ Reply ]
 joempie wrote:
Deserts don't miss the rain. How else would they be deserts?

 
Funny, looks like I was thinking the same thing as Bobert_ParkCity. Only saw his comment afterwards. But that's what has always annoyed me about this song since the first time I heard it.
Posted 8 years ago by joempie    [ Reply ]
Deserts don't miss the rain. How else would they be deserts?
Posted 8 years ago by joempie    [ Reply ]
 Bobert_ParkCity wrote:
This chick don't know jack about the desert.

Desert don't miss the rain. Desert wouldn't What The ——  to do with the rain.   

Just sayin'

 
Some deserts might remember: during the Neolithic Subpluvial Era (from the 7th to the 3rd millennium BC), the area which is now the Sahara Desert was apparently green and fertile and experienced wet and rainy conditions.  At least that's what the note in my fortune cookie said the other day.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Im just sayin', I find this too repetative.   yes I admit you need some sort of repatition in music, but I feel that some of todays music is just a repeated hook.   no other thought than a phrase then cut'n paste.    repeating something once, twice a few times is normal, but lets take Eltons "Are you ready for love" as an example.   it is a single verse then repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat.   I find that when it gets too much, it is nothing but rubarb and the song loses its integrity.   thats all.   It is more common in electronically recorded music, a prerecorded sound from a sequencer is far more tiring to the ear than say, the repeated sound of waves on the shore as each one is impercevably different.
Posted 9 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
More cowbell.
Posted 9 years ago by Egrey    [ Reply ]
Lovely song.  8
Posted 9 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 Bobert_ParkCity wrote:
This chick don't know jack about the desert.

Desert don't miss the rain. Desert wouldn't What The ——  to do with the rain.   

Just sayin'

 

  As a metaphor, I  think it works well enough.  Probably don't want to over-think it though.


Posted 9 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
This chick don't know jack about the desert.

Desert don't miss the rain. Desert wouldn't What The ——  to do with the rain.   

Just sayin'

 
Posted 9 years ago by Bobert_ParkCity    [ Reply ]
.... and i misuse . . . .
Posted 9 years ago by springof63    [ Reply ]
I am not sure why, the song is so melodramatic, and kind of kitchy-clubby, but I have always liked it, even after hearing it 1000's of times.
Posted 10 years ago by unclelonghair    [ Reply ]
This repetitive sound is not the cowbell but my finger upon my mouse clicking on the PSD button while it's waking-up.
Posted 10 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
  {#No}    no no no......and the lyrics..ares are just ...stupid!    {#No}
Posted 10 years ago by Jannne    [ Reply ]
Next.
Posted 10 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
 LPCity wrote:
This song always resonates with me.

 
Ditto!
Posted 10 years ago by FrankRizzo    [ Reply ]
We require more cowbell! {#Cool}
Posted 10 years ago by jellese    [ Reply ]
 stunix wrote:
Love it or hate it...........   nope, sorry, hate it, the cowbell and the ugly singer.

repetition is the cancer in popular music.

 
So, you prefer attractive singers.  How expansive.
Posted 10 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
This song always resonates with me.
Posted 10 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
More cowbells!{#Bananasplit}
Posted 10 years ago by SteadyRollingMan    [ Reply ]

 

Some music is so associated with people who are no longer in our life that the song resurrects them with every replay...

Music, smells, tastes leave memories stronger than any words...

 


Posted 10 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
Boring...
Posted 10 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Repetition is an essential component of all music.  Name one song without some repetition of a phrase, beat, or progression - discounting John Cage's 4' 33".

 
Technically, it could be argued that 4'33" is the ultimate in repetition on the musician's part. At least the repetition of silence, which in turn makes the audience and the ambience in the performance arena vital portions of the performance. Would be even more interesting in today's world of personal electronics and microwave levels of ADHD. 
Posted 10 years ago by eeastridge    [ Reply ]