<P> The song peaked at number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and peaked at number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 . In the United Kingdom, the song was a national top 10 hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number eight . Although "All the Small Things" had slightly more radio airplay, "I Miss You" sold more copies, earning gold certification for selling over 500,000 copies . </P> <P> "I Miss You" was recorded throughout 2003, and began production at the Rubin's House, a rented home in the San Diego luxury community of Rancho Santa Fe . The song was written using the same method with which the band wrote "Feeling This"; namely, DeLonge and Hoppus would discuss themes and then set off to separate rooms of the home to write alone . The two would first have a discussion about the themes of the song "so that we were on the same page," and then they would go away to write, putting both parts together at the end . "Mark was always really, really good with words, so a lot of times I would ask him for help with things, to get help with how I say things better (...) But we never really explained song meanings to each other," said DeLonge . Hoppus referenced Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas at the request of Barker, with the lines "We can live like Jack and Sally if we want...and have Halloween on Christmas", toward his then - wife, Shanna Moakler . </P> <P> The trio struggled recording "I Miss You" at first, originally employing a completely different chorus reminiscent of what they considered adult contemporary music . The track was directly inspired by The Cure song, "The Love Cats". In expanding on the song's lyrical meaning, DeLonge said: "The song's more about the vulnerability and kind of heart - wrenching pain you feel when you're in love and when you're a guy and you're trying to tell a girl,' Don't waste your time coming and talking to me because, in my head at least, you probably already gave me up a long time ago ."' </P> <P> The song is composed in the key of B major and is set in time signature of common time with a tempo of 110 beats per minute . DeLonge's vocal range spans from A to A. "I Miss You" is an all - acoustic affair, featuring a piano, cello, acoustic bass guitar, and a "brushstroked hip - hop groove ." The song's production was very layered, requiring multiple tracks . "There's probably 50 tracks of instruments going on the record," DeLonge said . In an interview with The Washington Post, he re-estimated the amount: "It's got about 70 tracks of instruments, all of which are organic / acoustic, none of them plugged - in ." </P>

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