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Destination Unknown (song)

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"Destination Unknown"
Single by Missing Persons
from the album Spring Session M
ReleasedSeptember 1982
Recorded1980
StudioUMRK (Los Angeles)
GenreNew wave
Length3:40
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Ken Scott
Missing Persons singles chronology
"Windows"
(1982)
"Destination Unknown"
(1982)
"Walking in L.A."
(1983)

"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.[1] 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.[2][3]

Release history

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Country Date Format Label Ref.
United States September 1982 7" Capitol

Charts

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Chart performance for
"Destination Unknown"
Chart (1982–1983)
  • Peak
  • position
Australia[4] 89
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 42
US Cash Box Top 100[6] 40

Cover versions and media appearances

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  • The Smashing Pumpkins have covered this song; it appears on their 1996 box set The Aeroplane Flies High.
  • Replicants recorded a cover of this song for their 1995 self-titled album.
  • Erectus Monotone covered the song on the 1992 compilation album "Tannis Root Presents: Freedom of Choice".[7]
  • Joan Jett and the Blackhearts covered the song for the soundtrack of the 2009 movie Endless Bummer.
  • The song is featured in the 2006 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on the in-game radio station Flash FM.
  • The song is played at the end of Season 2, episode 7, titled "Nothing Shattered", of the Netflix series GLOW.
  • The song is played during The Goldbergs Season 8 Episode 20 episode Poker Night.
  • The song is played in Episode 6, Season 2 of the Netflix series, Sex Education during Otis’ party.

References

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  1. ^ Scott, Ken; Owsinski, Bobby (2013). : Off the Record with the Beatles, Bowie, Elton & So Much More. United States: Alfred Music. pp. 305–6. ISBN 0-7390-7858-5.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  3. ^ "Missing Persons - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ "Missing Persons Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  6. ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending December 11, 1982". Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 2018-08-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)Cash Box magazine.
  7. ^ "Tannis Root Presents: Freedom of Choice - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
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