The Best of Missing Persons

The Best of Missing Persons
The Best of Missing Persons
Greatest hits album by Missing Persons
Released	1987
Recorded	1980–1986
Genre	New wave, synth-pop
Length	60:26
Label	Capitol
Producer	Ken Scott, Terry Bozzio, Bruce Swedien, Jeff Bova, Bernard Edwards
Missing Persons chronology

Released1987

Recorded1980–1986

GenreNew wave, synth-pop

Length60:26

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The Best of Missing Persons is a greatest hits album by the American new wave band Missing Persons, released in 1987. The first four tracks make up the entire Missing Persons EP, released in 1982 (Capitol Records DLP-15001).^[2] The remaining songs are from the band's first three studio albums and a non-album recording, their cover of "Hello, I Love You" originally by The Doors, which was included in the first pressing of the Missing Persons EP (1980),^[3] later included as a B-side to the "Words" single.^[4]

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Origin	Length
1.	"Words"	Terry Bozzio, Warren Cuccurullo	Missing Persons EP (1980) & Spring Session M (1982)	4:29
2.	"Destination Unknown"	Dale Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo	Missing Persons EP & Spring Session M	3:35
3.	"I Like Boys"	T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo	Missing Persons EP	2:39
4.	"Mental Hopscotch"	T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo	Missing Persons EP	3:16
5.	"Hello, I Love You"	Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, John Densmore	Missing Persons EP & B-side of "Words" single (1982)	2:19
6.	"Windows"	D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio	Spring Session M	5:02
7.	"It Ain't None of Your Business"	T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo	Spring Session M	2:57
8.	"Walking in L.A."	T. Bozzio	Spring Session M	4:00
9.	"Tears"	D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio	Spring Session M	4:22
10.	"Bad Streets"	T. Bozzio	Spring Session M	3:43
11.	"Give"	D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo, Patrick O'Hearn	Rhyme & Reason (1984)	4:56
12.	"Right Now"	D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio	Rhyme & Reason	3:31
13.	"Color in Your Life"	D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo, O'Hearn	Color in Your Life (1986)	4:59
14.	"I Can't Think About Dancin'"	D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo, O'Hearn	Color in Your Life	5:43
15.	"No Secrets"	D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo, O'Hearn	Color in Your Life	4:28
Total length:				60:26

v t e Missing Persons
Dale Bozzio Paul Vargas Karl D'Amico Prescott Niles Andy Sanesi Terry Bozzio Warren Cuccurullo Patrick O'Hearn Chuck Wild Ron Poster Wes Wehmiller Jake Hayden Joe Travers Scheila Gonzalez Doug Lunn Fred Bensi Patrick Bolen
Studio albums	Spring Session M (1982) Rhyme & Reason (1984) Color in Your Life (1986) Hollywood Lie (2023)
Live albums	Late Nights Early Days (1997)
Compilation albums	The Best of Missing Persons (1987) Lost Tracks (2002)
Singles	"Destination Unknown" "Walking in L.A."

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