Destination Unknown Mental Hopscotch Walking In L A Words Missing Persons

Destination Unknown Album: Spring Session M (1982)
Mental Hopscotch Album: Spring Session M
Walking In L A Album: Spring Session M
Words Album: Spring Session M
by Missing Persons

Missing Persons is an American band founded in 1980 in Los Angeles by guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, vocalist Dale Bozzio (née Consalvi), and drummer Terry Bozzio. They later added bassist Patrick O'Hearn and keyboardist Chuck Wild. Dale's quirky voice and heavy makeup made the band a favorite on MTV in the early 1980s.

Dale and Terry Bozzio met while working with Frank Zappa, and they married in 1979. Cuccurullo encountered the pair while contributing to the Zappa album Joe's Garage (1979). O'Hearn was also a former member of Zappa's touring band, and Wild had played with a variety of bands before joining.

"Destination Unknown" was written by Dale Bozzio, Terry Bozzio, and Warren Cuccurullo with production by Ken Scott at Frank Zappa's Utility Muffin Research Kitchen studio. 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, Destination Unknown 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.

Cover versions and media appearances for Destination Unknown include:
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".
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.

Spring Session M is the debut studio album. It was released on October 8, 1982, by Capitol Records. The title of the album is an anagram of the band's name. Produced by Ken Scott with the songs written by Terry Bozzio, Dale Bozzio, and Warren Cuccurullo, Spring Session M is a new wave rock album with elements of synth-pop. Track 5 after the above track is "Walking in L.A."

Four singles were released from the album: "Words", "Windows", "Destination Unknown", and "Walking in L.A." All singles charted on the Billboard Hot 100, with "Words" and "Destination Unknown" both reaching #42, and the music videos also received regular airplay on MTV.

Words track 9
Missing Persons

Do you hear me?
Do you care?
Do you hear me?
Do you care?

My lips are moving and the sound's coming out
The words are audible but I have my doubts
That you realize what has been said
You look at me as if you're in a daze
It's like the feeling at the end of the page
When you realize you don't know what you just read

What are words for
When no one listens anymore
What are words for
When no one listens
What are words for
When no one listens
There's no use talking at all

I might as well go up and talk to a wall
'Cause all the words are having no effect at all
It's a funny thing, am I all alone?
Something has to happen to change the direction
What little filters though is giving you the wrong impression
It's a sorry state, I say to myself

What are words for
When no one listens anymore
What are words for
When no one listens
What are words for
When no one listens
There's no use talking at all

Do you hear me?
Do you care?
Do you hear me?
Do you care?

Let me get by over your dead body
Hope to see you soon, when will I know?
Doors three feet wide with no locks open
Walking always backwards in the faces of strangers
Time could be my friend
But it's less than nowhere now, it's less than nowhere now
It's less than nowhere now, nowhere now...

Pursue it any further and another thing you'll find
Not only are they deaf and dumb they could be going blind
No one notices, I think I'll dye my hair blue
Media overload bombarding you with action
It's getting near impossible to cause distraction
Someone answer me before I pull the plug

What are words for
When no one listens anymore
What are words for
When no one listens
What are words for
When no one listens
There's no use talking at all

What are words for
When no one listens anymore
What are words for
When no one listens
What are words for
When no one listens
There's no use talking at all

Do you hear me?
Do you care?
Do you hear me?
Do you care?
(Tell me what are words for)

Do you hear me?
(Tell me what are words for)
Do you care?
(Tell me what are words for)
Do you hear me?
(Tell me what are words for)
Do you care?
(Tell me what are words for)

Do you hear me?
(Tell me what are words for)
Do you care?
(Tell me what are words for)
Do you hear me?
(Tell me what are words for)
Do you care?
(Tell me what are words for)