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] 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.[6] The song was Blue's fourth consecutive hit, reaching number 26 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1974.[7] It also reached number 9 on Capitol Radio's "Capitol Countdown" chart,[8] and spent three weeks on the Dutch Tipparade.[9] It was also a track on the K-Tel album, Music Explosion[10] and the Polydor LP "20 Super Power Hits".[11]

Notable TV performances of the song included appearances on 10 August 1974 on TopPop, the Dutch pop music program[12] as well as on the BBC programme Top of the Pops.[13] It was re-released by Blue as the B-side to "Do You Wanna Dance" in 1980.[14] The song has been released on a number of Barry Blue compilation CDs such as The Singles Collection,[15] Dancin' (On A Saturday Night)... Best Of.[16] and most recently Out of the Blue - 50 Years of Discovery (2021).[17]