Missing Words

{{Infobox song | name = Missing Words | cover = MissingWords.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[the Selecter]] | album = [[Too Much Pressure]] | B-side = Carry Go Bring Come | released = 1980 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Ska]] | length = 3:22 | label = [[2 Tone Records|2 Tone]] CHS TT 10 | writer = [[Neol Davies]] | producer = Roger Lomas | prev_title = [[Three Minute Hero]] | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = The Whisper | next_year = 1980 | misc = {{external music video|{{YouTube|N4b-rJPGdOY|"Missing Words"}}}} }} "'''Missing Words'''" is a song and [[single (music)|single]] written by [[Neol Davies]] and performed by the English [[Two-tone (music genre)|2 tone]] [[ska]] revival band [[the Selecter]].<ref name=do>{{cite web|title=Missing Words|url=https://www.discogs.com/Selecter-Missing-Words/release/1749499|publisher=[[Discogs]]|accessdate=24 July 2016}}</ref> Released in 1980 it reached No. 23, on the [[UK singles chart]], staying there for eight weeks.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/missing%20words/ | title=UK Official charts - Selecter Missing Words | publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] | accessdate=24 July 2016}}</ref><ref name=do/>

== Background == In contrast to the Selecter's two previous singles, "[[On My Radio (song)|On My Radio]]" and "[[Three Minute Hero]]", "Missing Words" is a downbeat song about heartbreak issued as the [[2 Tone Records]] ska revival began to fade.<ref name="Buckley2003">{{cite book|author=Peter Buckley|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PT923|year=2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84353-105-0|pages=923–}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{discogs master|73280|type=single}}

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