I'll Be Missing You

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"I'll Be Missing You"
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Single by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 from the album No Way Out
B-side	"We'll Always Love Big Poppa", "Cry On"
Released	Image:Flag of the United States.svg May 27, 1997 Image:Flag of Europe.svg May 30, 1997 Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg June 1, 1997
Format	CD Single, Maxi Single
Recorded	1997
Genre	Rap ballad
Length	5:10 Album Version 4:30 Radio Edit
Label	Bad Boy
Certification	3x Platinum (U.S.)
Puff Daddy chronology
"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" (1997) "I'll Be Missing You" (1997) "It's All About the Benjamins" (1997)

"I'll Be Missing You" is a song and hit single recorded by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112, in memory of fellow Bad Boy Records artist Notorious B.I.G., who was murdered on March 9, 1997. Released as the second single from Puff Daddy and the Family's No Way Out album, "I'll Be Missing You" sampled the melody of The Police's "Every Breath You Take" from 1983. The song, a rap ballad, had already been completed before permission was granted to use the sample from the 1983 song. As well as these artists, Sting (vocalist from The Police) joined in at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards. The single however was not written by Puff Daddy but by Sauce Money, a rapper hailing from the Marcy Projects in Brooklyn who received a Grammy for his efforts in 1997.

As well as "Every Breath You Take", the single also borrows the melody of the well-known American spiritual "I'll Fly Away".

There are several different versions of this song. One being an extended version (choir at beginning), another without the choir and an instrumental version.

In the extended version, the song the choir is heard singing in the beginning is "Adagio for Strings" by Samuel Barber.

"I'll Be Missing You" topped many charts across the world. It reached number one in Australia, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, UK, and the U.S. This song is one of the few to debut at #1 in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100.

A slightly altered version of the song was performed by Diddy at the Concert for Diana in Wembley, United Kingdom.

The song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at #32 on July 8,2007, ten years after it had its full physical release and 10 years after it was #1.

Contents 1 Formats and track listings 2 Chart Performance 3 Trivia 4 External links

[edit] Formats and track listings

Single

1. Puff Diddy and Faith Evans feat. 112 - I'll Be Missing You

Maxi-Single

1. Puff Diddy and Faith Evans feat. 112 - "I'll Be Missing You"
2. The Lox - "We'll Always Love Big Poppa"
3. 112 - "Cry On"
4. Puff Diddy and Faith Evans feat. 112 - "I'll Be Missing You" [Instrumental]
5. The Lox - "We'll Always Love Big Poppa" [Instrumental]

[edit] Chart Performance

Chart	Peak position
Australia ARIA Singles Chart	1
Canada Singles Chart	1
Dutch Singles Chart	1
German Singles Chart	1
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	1
Norwegian Singles Chart	1
Philippine Top Hits	1
Singapore Singles Chart	1
UK Singles Chart	1
US Billboard Hot 100	1

[edit] Trivia

• The song was used in the 2001 film, Rush Hour 2.
• The song was also used in the Catherine Tate Christmas Show broadcast on Christmas Day 2007. The song was played whilst friends of character Lauren Cooper stood by her grave after Lauren was killed in a kayaking accident.

Preceded by "MMMBop" by Hanson	Billboard Hot 100 number one single June 14 1997- August 23 1997	Succeeded by "Mo Money Mo Problems" by The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Ma$e
Preceded by "G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T." by Changing Faces	Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks number one single June 12 1997	Succeeded by "Never Make a Promise" by Dru Hill
Preceded by "MMMBop" by Hanson	UK Singles Chart Number 1 single June 22 1997 for 3 weeks	Succeeded by "D'You Know What I Mean?" by Oasis
Preceded by "D'You Know What I Mean?" by Oasis	UK Singles Chart Number 1 single July 20 1997 for 3 weeks	Succeeded by "Men In Black" by Will Smith
Preceded by "MMMBop" by Hanson	ARIA Singles Chart Number 1 single August 3 1997 for 5 weeks	Succeeded by "Barbie Girl" by Aqua
Preceded by "MMMBop" by Hanson	United World Chart number one single July 5 1997 - September 20 1997	Succeeded by "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John

[edit] External links

v • d • e Sean Combs
Albums	No Way Out · Forever · The Saga Continues... · We Invented the Remix Vol. 1 · Press Play · We Invented the Remix Vol. 2
Singles	"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" · "I'll Be Missing You" · "It's All About the Benjamins" · "Been Around the World" · "Victory" · "Come with Me" · "P.E. 2000"  · "Satisfy You" · "Best Friend" · "Bad Boy for Life" · "Diddy" · "I Need a Girl, Part I" · "I Need a Girl, Part II" · "Special Delivery (Remix)" · "Come to Me" · "Tell Me" · "Last Night" · "Through the Pain (She Told Me)" · "Diddy Rock"
Related articles	Discography · Grammy Awards · Bad Boy Records

v • d • e 112
Quinnes Parker (Q) · Michael Keith (Mike) · Marvin Scandrick (Slim) · Daron Jones (former)
Albums	112 · Room 112 · Part III · Hot & Wet · Pleasure & Pain
Singles	"Only You" (Bad Boy Remix) · "Come See Me"  · "Cupid" · "Love Me" · "Anywhere" · "Love You Like I Did" · "Your Letter" · "It's Over Now" · "Peaches & Cream" · "Dance With Me" · "Na Na Na Na" · "Hot & Wet" · "Right Here For U" · "U Already Know" · "What If"