# I Miss You Daddy I Miss You Daddy, also known as It's Been A Year Daddy, is a 2004 Newgrounds Flash animation where a cartoon girl mourns her father who died in the September 11th attacks, scored to DJ Sammy's candlelight remix of Bryan Adams' 'Heaven.' The sincere tearjerker spent nearly two decades as a 'try not to cry' staple before TikTok users rediscovered the audio in 2022 and flipped it into one of the year's defining ironic sound trends. ## Origin On September 11th, 2004, Newgrounds user Philljc, who also went by Phill Collins, uploaded 'I miss you Daddy' to the site to mark the third anniversary of the attacks[3]. The animation accumulated more than 843,000 views and a 4.6 out of 5 average rating on Newgrounds over the following 18 years[3]. A YouTube reupload of the original cartoon preserved it for audiences who found it after the host site's Flash era ended[4]. On May 20th, 2015, Dailymotion user Simona Creamer posted a version pairing only the girl's monologue with a slideshow of 9/11 imagery, claiming it was the real original, though no supporting evidence was provided[3]. - **Platform:** Newgrounds (origin) / TikTok (2022 viral spread) - **Creator:** Philljc (Phill Collins) - **Date:** 2004 ## Overview I Miss You Daddy, also known as It's Been A Year Daddy, is a four-minute Flash animation starring a cartoon girl who narrates a tearful monologue about her father a year after his death in the September 11th attacks[3]. The visuals cycle through her sobbing at his grave, in her bedroom, and in other quiet locations while she lists specific memories, all set over DJ Sammy's 2002 candlelight remix of Bryan Adams' 'Heaven'[1]. For most of its life the clip was played straight. YouTube reuploads and 'try not to cry' compilations treated it as a legitimately devastating piece of early-2000s web animation, and the audio was recut into longer 9/11 tribute remixes[2]. The 2022 TikTok revival inverted that tone completely, with users treating the melodramatic opening line as a punchline on top of mundane or absurd footage[3]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is I Miss You Daddy? It's a 2004 Newgrounds Flash animation by Philljc in which a cartoon girl delivers a monologue to her dad, who died in the 9/11 attacks, over DJ Sammy's candlelight 'Heaven' remix[3]. ### Where did I Miss You Daddy come from? User Philljc uploaded 'I miss you Daddy' to Newgrounds on September 11th, 2004, where it eventually drew more than 843,000 views and a 4.6 star rating[3]. ### What does I Miss You Daddy mean? The original cartoon is a sincere 9/11 tribute, but on TikTok in 2022 the audio was repurposed as an ironic punchline where users played the melodramatic opening over mundane or absurd clips[3]. ### How do you use I Miss You Daddy? Common TikTok uses include lip dubs, 21st-century humor edits, and skits where the 'I miss you daddy' line is dropped onto unrelated footage, as @krulcrepes did with a video about jamming an ice cube into a jar in February 2022[3]. ### Is I Miss You Daddy still popular? The clip is still treated as a classic Newgrounds artifact and 'try not to cry' staple, with reaction uploads like Shemar Walters' version collecting over 33 million views[7] and the KLUC 'Heaven 9/11' remix near 9.7 million[2]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pePOBbWEqy4]() 2. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160915134349/kluc.cbslocal.com/2016/09/09/heaven-911-15-years-later/]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-miss-you-daddy-its-been-a-year-daddy]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCP6bko_4nI]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbw3sw7HKSQ]() 6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYnSsvFaeF0]() 7. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcMpxqt9qd8]() 8. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhY8mEjP0bY]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/i-miss-you-daddy-its-been-a-year-daddy Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library