| "Destination Unknown" | ||||
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| Single by Missing Persons | ||||
| from the album Spring Session M | ||||
| Released | September 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Studio | UMRK (Los Angeles) | |||
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| Length | 3:40 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Ken Scott | |||
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"Destination Unknown" is a song by American band Missing Persons. It was written by Dale Bozzio, Terry Bozzio, and Warren Cuccurullo with production by Ken Scott at Frank Zappa's Utility Muffin Research Kitchen studio.[2] Originally released on the band's self-titled EP (1980), the song was released as a single in September 1982 and appeared on their debut studio album Spring Session M (1982).[citation needed]
In the United States, it was a minor hit spending 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, narrowly missing the Top 40 by peaking at #42 in November 1982.[3][4]
- ^ a b Gerard, Chris (15 April 2024). "The 100 Best Alternative Songs of the 1980s". PopMatters. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
It's no accident that ["Destination Unknown"]'s electrifying new wave/rock blend of synthesizers, guitar, bass, and drums blasts emphatically out of speakers...
- ^ Scott, Ken; Owsinski, Bobby (2013). Off the Record with the Beatles, Bowie, Elton & So Much More. United States: Alfred Music. pp. 305–6. ISBN 978-0-7390-7858-7.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
- ^ "Missing Persons - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-03-25.