I'll Be Missing You

"I'll Be Missing You"
Single by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112
from the album No Way Out
B-side	"We'll Always Love Big Poppa" "Cry On"
Released	May 27, 1997 (1997-05-27)[1]
Recorded	1997
Genre	Rap rock, soft rock
Length	5:43 (LP version) 5:01 (LP edit) 4:08 (radio edit) 3:29 (short version)
Label	Bad Boy Arista
Songwriter(s)	Sting Todd Gaither Faith Evans
Producer(s)	Puff Daddy Stevie J
Puff Daddy singles chronology
"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" (1997) "I'll Be Missing You" (1997) "Mo Money Mo Problems" (1997)
Faith Evans singles chronology
"You Could Be My Boo" (1996) "I'll Be Missing You" (1997) "How's It Goin' Down" (1998)
112 singles chronology
"Cupid" (1997) "I'll Be Missing You" (1997) "All Cried Out" (1997)
Music video
"I'll Be Missing You" on YouTube

"I'll Be Missing You" is a song by American rapper Puff Daddy and American singer Faith Evans, featuring R&B group 112, in memory of fellow Bad Boy Records artist (and Evans's husband) Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace, who was murdered on March 9, 1997. Released as the second single from Puff Daddy and the Family's debut album, No Way Out (1997), "I'll Be Missing You" samples the Police's 1983 hit song "Every Breath You Take" with an interpolated chorus sung by Evans and interpolated rhythm. The song also interpolates the 1929 Albert E. Brumley hymn "I'll Fly Away" and features a spoken intro over a choral version of Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings".

At the 40th Annual Grammy Awards, the song won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. The single spent eleven weeks atop the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one in 15 other countries; it was the best-performing single of 1997 in Iceland, the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40), and Romania. With shipments of over three million copies in the United States and over one million in both Germany and the United Kingdom, the song has become one of the best-selling singles of all time.