Miss Hit and Run

"Miss Hit and Run" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and Barry Blue. Blue released the single in 1974 as a follow up single to "School Love" on Bell Records and recorded it with a "Beach Boys" type of arrangement. The song was Blue's fourth consecutive hit, reaching number 26 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1974. It also reached number 9 on Capitol Radio's "Capitol Countdown" chart. It was also a track on the K-Tel album, Music Explosion. Notable TV performances of the song included appearances on 10 August 1974 on TopPop, the Dutch pop music program as well as on the BBC programme Top of the Pops. It was re-released by Blue as the B-side to "Do You Wanna Dance" in 1980.