You Don't Miss Your Water

Infobox Single
Name = You Don't Miss Your Water


Caption =
Artist = William Bell
from Album = The Soul of a Bell
B-side = "Formula of Love"
Released = 1961
Format = 7" Vinyl Single
Recorded = 1961
Stax Recording Studios
Memphis, Tennessee
Genre = R&B/Soul
Length = 3:02 (7")
Label = Stax/Volt
S-116
Writer = William Bell
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single =
This single = You Don't Miss Your Water (1961)
Next single = Any Other Way (1962)Infobox Song
Name = You Don't Miss Your Water


Artist = Otis Redding
Album = Otis Blue
Released = 1965
Format =
Recorded = Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee: 1965
Genre = Soul
Length = 2:53
Label = Volt/Atco
V-149
Writer =
Producer = Steve Cropper
Tracks =#"Ole Man Trouble"
#"Respect"
#"A Change Is Gonna Come"
#"Down in the Valley"
#"I've Been Loving You Too Long"
#"Shake"
#"My Girl"
#"Wonderful World"
#"Rock Me Baby"
#"Satisfaction"
#"You Don't Miss Your Water"
Misc =
Audio sample? =Infobox Single
Name = You Don't Miss Your Water (Till Your Well Runs Dry)


Caption =
Artist = The Triffids
from Album =
A-side = "You Don't Miss Your Water"
B-side = "Convent Walls"
Released = August, 1985
Format = 7" Vinyl Single, 12" Vinyl Single
Recorded = February 21 & 23, 1985 - Albert Studios Sydney
June 6 & 7, 1985 - Berwick Street Studios Soho London
Genre = Folk rock
Length = 6:10 (7")
12:14 (12")
Label = White Hot Records / Mushroom Records
Writer = David McComb
Producer = The Triffids
Certification =
Chart position =
Professional Reviews = All Music Guide rating-5|3 [http://wm11.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gifqxqrhld0e link]
Last single = "Beautiful Waste" (1984)
This single = "You Don't Miss Your Water (Till Your Well Runs Dry)" (1985)
Next single = "Wide Open Road" (1986)

"You Don't Miss Your Water" is a soul song and the debut single written and recorded by singer William Bell. It was released by Stax in 1961. It is Bell's signature and most well-known song. The song was wrote while Bell was in New York playing with the Phineas Newborn's Orchestra. The personal motive behind the lyrics of the song are not actually about a lost love, but rather about Bell's feeling of being homesick. When Bell returned to Memphis he believed that he was recording a demo, however it was decided to release the song as the B-side of the now lesser known 'Formula of Love'. It was only after dj's flipped the record that sales started to pick up. The song did not chart in the Billboard R&B charts (southern records were often either not given enough attention by the chart compilers or they lacked the slick production of the more popular detroit and uptown soul outlets) although it did reach 95 on the pop charts. Since then the track has gone on to become a Southern soul classic.

The song was also released on Bell's 1967 album "The Soul of a Bell", along with the original version of 'Do Right Woman, Do Right Man, which was more famously covered by Aretha Franklin.

Lyrical theme

The theme of the song revolves around the singer's confession of his unfaithfulness and, now that she's gone, he realizes how wrong he was.

Covers

Otis Redding

The song was covered by Otis Redding and released on his critically-acclaimed album "Otis Blue".

The Triffids

The songs was also released as a single by Australian rock group, The Triffids. The Triffids released it as a 7" Vinyl Single and a 12" Vinyl Single.

The single also appeared in Limited Edition Aquablue vinyl with cover artwork to accompany (aquablue replaced the grey of the original sleeve).

Track Listing (The Triffids)

All tracks written by David McComb unless noted.cite web |url=http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch&switchDet=Y |title=Australasian Performing Right Association |publisher=APRA |accessdate=2007-12-14 ]

Original release

#"You Don't Miss Your Water (Till Your Well Runs Dry)" (William Bell) - 2:50
#"Convent Walls" - 3:20
#"Beautiful Waste" (12") - 3:20
#"You Don't Miss Your Water (Till Your Well Runs Dry)" (Instrumental) (William Bell) (12")

Personnel

Credited [cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/864142 |title=Discogs entry on "You Don't Miss Your Water Till Your Well Runs Dry" |accessdate=2007-12-14 ] to:
* David McComb - vocals, guitar
* Alsy MacDonald - drums
* Robert McComb - guitar, violin, bass
* Daubney Carshott (aka Martyn P. Casey) - bass
* Jill Birt - electric piano, organ
* Graham Lee - pedal steel, guitar, vocals
* Margaret Lami - harmony vocals

Brian Eno

Brian Eno covered the song in 1988 for the soundtrack album to the film Married to the Mob. [cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wnfrxqe5ld0e |title=Allmusic Entry for "Married to the Mob" soundtrack album |accessdate=2008-10-11 ] Eno's version is a languid piece with guitars, harmonized vocals and synthesisers: it makes slight alterations to the lyrics ("e.g.", changing "But now you've left me/Oh, how I cry" to "But when you left me/Oh, how I cried") and replaces the second chorus with a repeat of the first. [cite web | url=http://music.yahoo.com/Brian-Eno/You-Dont-Miss-Your-Water/lyrics/23812209 | title=Brian Eno You Don't Miss Your Water lyrics on Yahoo! Music ]

References

External links

* [http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/bell_william/3587987/lyrics.jhtml You Don't Miss Your Water - William Bell lyrics]
* [http://www.lyricsdownload.com/otis-redding-you-don-t-miss-your-water-lyrics.html You Don't Miss Your Water - Otis Redding lyrics]
* [http://music.yahoo.com/Brian-Eno/You-Dont-Miss-Your-Water/lyrics/23812209 You Don't Miss Your Water - Brian Eno lyrics]