"Miss Me Blind" is a song by the 1980s pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 band Culture Club

Culture Club

Culture Club are a British rock band who were part of the 1980s New Romantic movement. The original band consisted of Boy George , Mikey Craig , Roy Hay and Jon Moss...

. The song was released on the band's second album

Album

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, Colour by Numbers

Colour by Numbers

Colour by Numbers is the second album by New Wave band Culture Club, released in 1983.-Overview:The album features several international hits such as "Church of the Poison Mind" and the worldwide hit "Karma Chameleon" which had sales of over one million in the United Kingdom alone...

, and it peaked at #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 singles chart in April 1984.

The single was also released in Canada (where it also reached number 5), Brazil, Australia and Japan. However, it was not released as a single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 in the band's native United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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The song includes a reference to the title of Culture Club's previous album. Lead singer Boy George

Boy George

Boy George is a British singer-songwriter who was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the early 1980s. He helped give androgyny an international stage with the success of Culture Club during the 1980s. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, which is influenced by...

 states in the song "But you know, I'm never really sure, If you're just kissing to be clever

Kissing to Be Clever

Kissing to Be Clever is the debut album by new wave soul band Culture Club, released in 1982.-Overview:The album was anchored by the international hit "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me". The album's first two singles were "White Boy" , and "I'm Afraid of Me"...

", the name of Culture Club's debut album.

In most countries (like Japan, Canada and USA), its B-Side was the ballad "Colour by Numbers". In Mexico, the B-Side was "Victims". In Brazil, the B-Side was "Boy Boy (I'm The Boy)".

A very popular 12" was issued, gaining big success in American clubs and elsewhere. The popular extended 12" version contained extracts of the other Culture Club hit of the spring, "It's a Miracle". In the US, the "Miss Me Blind" / "It's a Miracle" 12" single reached #10 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Dance Club Play

Hot Dance Club Play

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 chart in May 1984.

The official music video

Music video

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 features Boy George and the rest of the Culture Club members, and it takes place in Japan, and ends with a girl and a man yelling and trying to blow off a fire.

Backing vocals on "Miss Me Blind" were performed by R&B singer Jermaine Stewart

Jermaine Stewart

William Jermaine Stewart was an American R&B singer best known for his Billboard hits "The Word Is Out" and "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" .-Early life and career:Born in Columbus, Ohio, to parents Ethel M...

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Dance-Pop group El Simbolo recorded a Spanish language cover of the song for their 1999 album "No Pares".

A remix

Remix

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 of "Miss Me Blind" by DJs David Guetta

David Guetta

Pierre David Guetta , known professionally as David Guetta , is a French house music producer and DJ. Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster and Pop Life...

 and Joachim Garraud

Joachim Garraud

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 was included on Guetta's 2005 compilation album Fuck Me I'm Famous, Vol. 2

Fuck Me I'm Famous

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Track listing

A. Miss Me Blind

B. Colour By Numbers (non album track)

(Released at least in USA, Canada, Australia, France, Italy, Japan)

A. Miss Me Blind

B. Victims

(Released in Mexico)

A. Miss Me Blind

B. Boy, Boy (I'm The Boy)

(Released in Brazil)

12"

A1. Miss Me Blind/It's A Miracle (multimix)

B1. Colour By Numbers

(Released in USA and Canada)

A1. Miss Me Blind/It's A Miracle (multimix)

B1. Love Twist (live)

B2. Melting Pot (live)

(Released in France)