Hang on a minute, how many posts? The most RR has ever had, I think - more than I expected anyway.
Choosing 10 was helped by the fact that so many songs have exactly the same message - "You dumped me, I can't get over you, I want you back" - and I wanted to keep things thematically interesting; but it was still a tough one to decide.
There were two lyrics I particularly liked: one from Nick Cave's Far From Me ("It's good to hear you're doing so well/But really can't you find somebody else that you can ring and tell?"), and the other from Dot Allison's Tomorrow Never Comes ("I dreamt that you were telling me you dreamt of me"). Countless tunes I loved. Very surprised not to see more support for the Rolling Stones' Miss You and Björk's I Miss You, but good to know you're not a predictable bunch.
The B-list: The Jackson 5 (I Want You Back), Angie Stone (I Wish I Didn't Miss You), Johnny Cash (I Still Miss Someone), Rainbow (Since You've Been Gone), Beck (Missing), Diana Ross & the Supremes (My World Is Empty Without You), Randy Newman (I Miss You), Joni Mitchell (Little Green), The Postal Service (Such Great Heights), the Magnetic Fields (Come Back From San Francisco), William Bell (You Don't Miss Your Water) and Tom Waits (The Day After Tomorrow).
This week's theme will, I hope, not trigger quite such an avalanche of responses. I could do with a quiet week. I want songs about, or at least referring to, musical instruments. That means your rock basics (guitar, bass, drums, microphone), but also orchestral ingredients (violin, cello, piano, flute), unusual instruments (gong, theremin), and relevant technology (turntables, drum machines, synthesizers). I want to avoid quibbling over what qualifies as an instrument, not that I've ever successfully avoided quibbling before. We've already featured Wilco's Heavy Metal Drummer and Tom Waits' The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me).
Arm yourself with the A-Z and the Readers Recommend archive. Deadline is midday on Monday.
