"Miss Hit and Run" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and Barry Blue.
[4][5] Indeed, the Liverpool Echo wrote "Barry Blue could easily have a case of mistaken identity on his hands this week - for on his new release "Miss Hit And Run" he sounds more like the "Beach Boys" than they do themselves".
[7] The song was Blue's fourth consecutive hit, reaching number 26 on the official UK Singles Chart in August 1974.
[11] In some UK regional charts based on sales (such as the HMV store in Birmingham), it reached the Top 20[12] The original single version of the song performed by Blue was also a track on the K-Tel album, Music Explosion,[13] Music Power[14] and the Polydor LP "20 Super Power Hits".
[20] The song has been released on a number of Barry Blue compilation CDs such as The Singles Collection,[21] Dancin' (On A Saturday Night)... Best Of.