Missing You

[florence]

Unlike her American fans, the UK didn’t particularly warm to the Swept Away album or subsequent singles. She hadn’t had a hit single since “Muscles” in 82 so her profile was kind of low here. Like the USA, it needed a tv appearance to give it a nudge.

After 1982 EMI in the UK dropped the ball on promoting Diana.

Had Touch been a release in that year it was almost certainly at least Top 20.

Strangely, I suppose given its American success, they did pull out the stops for Missing You including re-promoting it several times to no avail.

If they had given it the same attention when it was released Touch would certainly have been a sizeable hit and perhaps the Swept Away album would have benefited

[Ollie9]

After 1982 EMI in the UK dropped the ball on promoting Diana.

Had Touch been a release in that year it was almost certainly at least Top 20.

Strangely, I suppose given its American success, they did pull out the stops for Missing You including re-promoting it several times to no avail.

If they had given it the same attention when it was released Touch would certainly have been a sizeable hit and perhaps the Swept Away album would have benefited

“Touch” did receive a fair amount of radio play at the time, but the public just weren’t interested. Personally i have always hated the song, finding it rather twee and lightweight.
They probably should have taken a chance with “Swept Away” but were probably put off by “Mirror Mirror” charting so poorly.