Missing My Baby

"Missing My Baby" is a song released by American singer Selena on her third studio album Entre a Mi Mundo (1992).

[3] She believed that such a song would convince EMI Records' chairman Charles Koppelman that she was ready to release a crossover album.

[1] Selena also re-recorded her lead vocals on the final verse and choruses for a new key change on the remix version, which EMI approved for the album.

[6] Contemporary music critics praised Selena's emotive enunciation,[8][9][10] which emphasized the song's title and central theme.

[11] J.R. Reynolds, formerly of Billboard, called "Missing My Baby" a "dreamy ballad" with an "R&B-styled melody under Selena's pop vocals".

[13] The Virginian-Pilot said that the song was built on hooks that recall Diana Ross's "Missing You", which is a tribute to Marvin Gaye, and the Beach Boys' "Good to My Baby".

[8] Chris Riemenschneider and John T. Davis of the Austin American-Statesman wrote that "Missing My Baby can sound as fluffy as the Big M's "Crazy for You".

[17] Cary Clack of the San Antonio Express-News wrote that "Missing My Baby" was played on non-Tejano radio stations and that he thought it might become a posthumous hit, while commenting that the recording "displays [Selena's] wonderful vocal and emotional range".

[10] However, Mario Tarradell of The Dallas Morning News believed that "Missing My Baby" and other tracks were added to Entre a Mi Mundo "for good measure".