Musically, it is a disco-pop hybrid that incorporates electric guitars and lush string arrangements while expressing both a classic and modern interpretation of the disco genre.

Some music critics praised "Miss a Thing" for its lush production, and experimentation with various sounds and genres, while others thought it was overproduced and unoriginal.

Minogue promoted the song with a music video shot by British filmmaker Sophie Muller, which she uploaded to YouTube.

[1] During her tour, she was inspired by a segment influenced by the disco aesthetic and Studio 54, and she realised that her creative path would be "heading straight back to the dance floor" with a disco-themed album.

During the lockdown, Minogue worked remotely from her London home, experimenting with different software and engineering tools such as Logic Pro and GarageBand.

It appears as the second track on Disco; Matthew Barton of Beats Per Minute felt the song's inclusion after album track "Magic" "takes a turn for the dreamier" and wrote, "its Chic-inspired bassline and beat, and a more sophisticated arrangement with disco strings cloaking it like a glossy curtain, exemplifying the 'lost on the dancefloor' mode that most of us have been missing in 2020.

"[7] Clash editor Lisa Wright compared the sound to that of French music duo Daft Punk, noting that it "moves the tempo up a notch" and includes "retro-fetishism for good measure".

[9] David Smyth of The Evening Standard compared it to Minogue's single "Can't Get You Out of My Head", noting that "she's nostalgic for her own material too".

[19][9] Huffington Post editor Matt Bagwell described it as a "cooler, slinkier, grown-up cousin" to "Magic" and "one of the more straight-up disco songs on the album".

"[22] Medium described it as a "more intimate banger that still sounds hot, heavy, and poised for the dance-floor", while Grindr staff described it as "the song's carpe diem message is elegantly executed with a classic Kylie couplet: "Get that body up on the catwalk / Can't sleep through your life like a lapdog.

"[14][23] Marc Andrews of DNA called it Minogue's "slinkiest and sexiest" song, while Mike Wass of Idolator thought it was "single-worthy".

[35] British filmmaker and longtime collaborator Sophie Muller directed the video, and was shot by Robbie Ryan using vintage Ikegami 79D TV cameras.