The Sound of Missing You
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"The Sound of Missing You" is 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...

 by Belgian
Belgium
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-Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
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i singer Ameerah. It is considered to be her first international hit dance single. It was also her first song to be produced in the United States
United States
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. The single was released in December 2009 in Belgium and the Netherlands
Netherlands
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. The song reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart in the US. In October 2010, the song peaked at number-two in the Romanian Airplay Chart
Romanian Top 100
The Romanian Top 100 is the national airplay-based singles chart of Romania. It is weekly and it started running in 1996. It is recognized as an official chart by the European division of Billboard, Music & Media....

.

Live performance

Ameerah performed "The Sound Of Missing You" live in several tour dates through Europe and in certain music festivals, such as Bydgoszcz Hit Festival and the Hity na Czasierom contest from Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 and the LAM FM Beachbreak, in Bloemendaal.

Chart performance

The song peaked at number-three in the United States
United States
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 Billboard
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Hot Dance Airplay
Hot Dance Airplay
Dance/Mix Show Airplay is a monitored electronic dance music radio chart that is featured weekly in Billboard magazine. The chart came about as a result of the small but influential impact of electronic dance music on the radio in the United States and the stations that program it...

 chart, in early 2010, and stayed in the top 10 for over 10 week. Later, in May, "The Sound Of Missing You" entered the official Romanian Top 100
Romanian Top 100
The Romanian Top 100 is the national airplay-based singles chart of Romania. It is weekly and it started running in 1996. It is recognized as an official chart by the European division of Billboard, Music & Media....

. In mid-September, the song reached the Romanian top 10. A few weeks later, on October 17, it peaked at number-two in the Airplay Top 100, and sticked to its peak position three weeks. It was the 22nd most played song in Romania in 2010.

Music video

The music video was shot in the United States, in late 2009 and it premiered on Spinnin'Record official YouTube
YouTube
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 profile, on December 3, 2009. It features Ameerah walking down the empty streets of a big city, in a desert and nearby a crashed plane. So far, it gained over 8 million views on Youtube.

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Romania (Romanian Top 100
Romanian Top 100
The Romanian Top 100 is the national airplay-based singles chart of Romania. It is weekly and it started running in 1996. It is recognized as an official chart by the European division of Billboard, Music & Media....

)
2
US Hot Dance Airplay
Hot Dance Airplay
Dance/Mix Show Airplay is a monitored electronic dance music radio chart that is featured weekly in Billboard magazine. The chart came about as a result of the small but influential impact of electronic dance music on the radio in the United States and the stations that program it...

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