Miss Hit and Run

"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] and the Polydor LP "20 Super Power Hits".^[15]

Notable TV performances of the song included appearances on 10 August 1974 on TopPop, the Dutch pop music program^[16] as well as Lift Off with Ayshea (Episode 124) on 22 July 1974^[17][18] and the BBC programme Top of the Pops.^[19] "Miss Hit and Run" was re-released by Blue as the B-side to "Do You Wanna Dance" in 1980.^[20] The song has been released on a number of Barry Blue compilation CDs such as The Singles Collection,^[21] Dancin' (On A Saturday Night)... Best Of.^[22] and most recently Out of the Blue - 50 Years of Discovery (2021).^[23]

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Miss Hit and Run"

Chart (1974)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)[24]	26