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Destination Unknown (song)

"Destination Unknown"
Destination Unknown (Missing Persons song) coverart.jpg
Single by Missing Persons
from the album Spring Session M
Released September 1982
Format 7"
Recorded 1980
Chateau Recorders
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre New wave, post-punk
Length 3:40
Label Capitol
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Ken Scott
Missing Persons singles chronology
"Windows"
(1982)
"Destination Unknown"
(1982)
"Walking in L.A."
(1982)

Destination Unknown is a song by American band Missing Persons. It was written by Terry Bozzio, Dale Bozzio and Warren Cuccurullo with production by Ken Scott. 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).

In the United States, it was a minor hit spending 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 42 in November 1982.

The Replicants covered the song on their 1995 self-titled album.

The Smashing Pumpkins have covered this song; it appears on their 1996 box set The Aeroplane Flies High.

The Chipettes covered the song on the 1998 album The A-Files: Alien Songs.

Erectus Monotone covered the song on the 1992 compilation album "Tannis Root Presents: Freedom of Choice".

This song is used in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on Flash FM.



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