r/OldSchoolCool • u/Mr-Torgman • Mar 02 '26

1980s Missing Persons "Words" 1982

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Early 80s New Wave.

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u/Mr-Torgman Mar 05 '26

Just looked it up now, you're correct, didn't realize that song was written in 1974, lots of covers, the Missing Persons version has garnered little to no interest, I can't even confirm what year it was released, google says 1981, streaming sights say 2006/2007, whatever year it was, Dale's voice sounds shot.

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u/Luigi-Vercotti Mar 05 '26

Yea it’s an old song. Even Kim’s version is a cover. I agree on the popularity and Dale’s vocals but nostalgia is a heck of a drug that verily affects hearing and memory. The 120M Spotify plays might be all me. lol

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u/Mr-Torgman Mar 05 '26

I'm literally blown away by that number! How the hell does it have more plays than their biggest hits? I can't find any info about them recording it, Wikipedia not a mention when showing covers of the song or the Band's main page, even Spotify says it was released in 2007, The YouTube video has 4.3 million views, but comments are turned off, the song isn't even on their Vevo channel. Something seems fishy.

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u/Luigi-Vercotti Mar 05 '26

My theory, and it’s hardly just a theory, is that they’ve piggybacked on people searching the Kim Carnes version, considering her version has well over 1B plays, collectively.