Miss You (Jérémie Makiese song)

"Miss You" is a song by Belgian singer Jérémie Makiese. It was released as a single on 10 March 2022, with the official music video being released on the Eurovision Song Contest's YouTube channel.^[1] The song represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy after being internally selected by the Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF), Belgium's broadcaster for the Eurovision Song Contest.^[2]

"Miss You"
Single by Jérémie Makiese
Language	English
Released	10 March 2022
Genre	Contemporary R&B
Length	2:54
Label	Universal Music Belgium
Songwriter(s)	Jérémie Makiese Mike BGRZ Manon Romiti Paul Ivory Silvio Lisbonne
Music video
"Miss You" on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2022 entry
Country	Belgium
Artist(s)	Jérémie Makiese
Composer(s)	Jérémie Makiese Mike BGRZ Manon Romiti Paul Ivory Silvio Lisbonne
Lyricist(s)	Jérémie Makiese Mike BGRZ Manon Romiti Paul Ivory Silvio Lisbonne
Finals performance
Semi-final result	8th
Semi-final points	151
Final result	19th
Final points	64
Entry chronology
◄ "The Wrong Place" (2021)
"Because of You" (2023) ►

Release

The song was first released on 10 March 2 bc on Belgian radio show Le 8/9, with the song eventually being played on Belgian TV channel La Une, and shortly after the Eurovision Song Contest's YouTube channel.^[3]

Eurovision Song Contest

Main article: Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022

Selection

RTBF announced on 15 September 2021 that they had internally selected Jérémie Makiese to represent Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022; the first broadcaster to do so for the 2022 edition.^[4]

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 25 January 2022, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Belgium was placed into the second semi-final, held on 12 May 2022, and performed 16th of the 18 countries in that show.^[5][6]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Miss You"

Chart (2022)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7]	1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[8]	3
Iceland (Tónlistinn)[9]	30
Lithuania (AGATA)[10]	17
Netherlands (Single Tip)[11]	11
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[12]	12

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Miss You"

Chart (2022)	Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[13]	29
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[14]	49

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Miss You"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)[15]	Platinum	40,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Luukela, Sami (2022-03-10). "Jérémie Makiese releases the Eurovision 2022 entry "Miss You"". ESCXTRA.com. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
2. "Belgium: Jérémie Makiese reveals Miss You as song for Turin 🇧🇪". Eurovision.tv. 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
3. "Belgium: Jérémie Makiese releases his Eurovision 2022 song "Miss You"". wiwibloggs. 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
4. "Belgium reveals the first artist for Eurovision 2022". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
5. "Eurovision 2022: Which Semi-Final is your country performing in? 🇮🇹". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
6. "Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Second Semi-Final". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 25 January 2022. Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
7. "Jérémie Makiese – Miss You" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
8. "Jérémie Makiese – Miss You" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
9. "Tónlistinn – Lög" [The Music – Songs] (in Icelandic). Plötutíðindi. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
10. "2022 20-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
11. "Dutch Single Tip 21/05/2022". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 May 2022.
12. "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 20". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
13. "Jaaroverzichten 2022" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
14. "Rapports annuels 2022" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
15. "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – singles 2023". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 July 2023.