"This Is Me Missing You" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist James House

James House (singer)

James Andrew House is an American country music artist. Originally a member of a group called the House Band, James began his country music career in 1990 on MCA Records, recording two albums for that label. He later penned singles for Diamond Rio and Dwight Yoakam, before finding another record...

. It was released in April 1995 as the third single from his album, Days Gone By

Days Gone By

Days Gone By is an album by American country music artist James House. Released in 1995 as his third and final studio album, it was also his only album for the Epic Records label....

. The song reached #6 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Country Singles & Tracks

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 chart in August 1995.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that House "has a knack for packing emotion into every syllable of a lyric."

Music video

The music video was directed by Steven Goldmann. The theme of the video is American troops keeping in touch with their families back home. The video was shot in Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located astraddle the Kentucky-Tennessee border between Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Clarksville, Tennessee...

 and also uses stock footage of troops returning to base from the Gulf War

Gulf War

The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...

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Chart performance

"This Is Me Missing You" debuted at number 70 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 29, 1995.

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	6
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	10