"What I Miss Most" is a song recorded by British singer-songwriter

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. It was released in May 2018 as the fourth single from Scott's debut studio album, '' Only Human''. The track was inspired by Scott's time spent away from his family and friends. Scott said "I wrote What I Miss Most"in

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and is an upbeat song with an optimistic view of my journey so far. It's about how I've gone from a normal

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to being thrown into this incredible career but missing home and missing people back home and missing the town and the streets and everything."

Background

Scott calls "What I Miss Most" his nostalgia song. In an interview with ''

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'', Scott said "It's a complete tribute to my hometown. The crest for my city is three golden crowns on top of each other, so when I say, “Under three crowns when I'm far away” I'm trying to basically say I'm proud of

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, where I'm from." On

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, Scott supported the statement saying " hat I miss Most is.a song about missing my hometown of Hull, but I wrote it in a way that it could be about missing anyone or anything!"

Music video

The music video was released on 16 May 2018 on Scott's

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channel via

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. It was directed by Ozzie Pullin. The video shows the various stages of a man's life from childhood to old age. As of October 2021, the video has gained over 30 million views.

Critical reception

Nathan Jake from Project U called the song the "highlight" from ''Only Human''.

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2018 songs 2018 singles Calum Scott songs Songs written by Oscar Görres Capitol Records singles Songs written by Calum Scott