<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Touch by Touch" (1984) </Td> <Td> "Missing You" (1984) </Td> <Td> "Telephone" (1985) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Touch by Touch" (1984) </Td> <Td> "Missing You" (1984) </Td> <Td> "Telephone" (1985) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Missing You" is a song performed by Diana Ross . The third single released (in 45 - rpm format) from her 1984 album Swept Away, the song had been written, composed, and produced by Lionel Richie as a tribute to Marvin Gaye, who was murdered by his father earlier that year . </P> <P> Ross and Gaye were lifelong friends and label mates, having both joined Motown in 1961, and recorded a duet album together, Diana & Marvin, in 1973, later recording two more duets in 1978 . Gaye appeared at Ross's 1982 Brussels concert while Gaye was living in Belgium, recording the Midnight Love album . </P>

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