“There's an easy way to tell if you have a good song. You get hit in the head with a message, and you get hit in the feet with a rhythm. You're beaten up with music. It's a beautiful thing when that happens.”

English rock musician

John Waite is an English rock musician best known for his 1984 solo hit "Missing You." He was born in England and became known first as a singer in the rock bands the Babys and Bad English, before building a long solo career. As a solo artist, he has released ten studio albums. His biggest song reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the top ten in the UK, and much of his work sits in the mainstream rock and pop-rock lane that made him familiar to a wide audience.