Miss Hit and Run

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"Miss Hit and Run" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and Barry Blue.[1][2] Blue released the single in 1974 as a follow-up single to "School Love" on Bell Records in the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain and on the Barclay label in France[3] and recorded it with a "Beach Boys" type of arrangement.[4][5] Indeed, the Liverpool Echo wrote "Barry Blue could easily have a case of mistaken identity on his hands this week - for on his new release "Miss Hit And Run" he sounds more like the "Beach Boys" than they do themselves".[6] The single sided acetate label of the single reveals that the original title was "Little Miss Hit and Run", confirming what was reported in the music press at the time.[7] The song was Blue's fourth consecutive hit, reaching number 26 on the official UK Singles Chart in August 1974.[8] It also reached number 9 on Capitol Radio's "Capitol Countdown" chart,[9] number 24 on the Melody Maker singles chart[10] and it spent three weeks on the Dutch Tipparade.[11] In some UK regional charts based on sales (such as the HMV store in Birmingham), it reached the Top 20[12] The original single version of the song performed by Blue was also a track on the K-Tel album, Music Explosion,[13] Music Power[14] (which reached No. 1 on the Austrian and German albums charts)[15] and the Polydor album, 20 Super Power Hits.[16]

Notable TV performances of the song included appearances on 10 August 1974 on TopPop, the Dutch pop music program[17] as well as Lift Off with Ayshea (Episode 124) on 22 July 1974[18][19] and the BBC programme Top of the Pops.[20] "Miss Hit and Run" was re-released by Blue as the B-side to "Do You Wanna Dance" in 1980.[21] The song has been released on a number of Barry Blue compilation CDs such as The Singles Collection,[22] Dancin' (On A Saturday Night)... Best Of.[23] and most recently Out of the Blue - 50 Years of Discovery (2021).[24]

Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for "Miss Hit and Run"
Chart (1974) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[25] 26

References

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  6. ^ Liverpool Echo, Saturday 20 July 1974, p. 4
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  25. ^ "Barry Blue: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 25, 2024.

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