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Missing Persons

Band Los Angeles United States Active 1980–1986 US new wave band

Missing Persons formed in 1980 in Los Angeles, United States and was active until 1986. Missing Persons has 69 chart appearances on 29 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 1981–2014. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Words”, which appears on 22 lists with a best position of #4. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Missing Persons most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 35 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1982.

69appearances
29countdowns
8songs charted
7stations
1#1 finishes
1981–2014years

Songs by Missing Persons on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Words
1,091		 22 #4 – 1982
2 Walking in L.A.
960		 19 #11 – 1982
3 Destination Unknown
738		 13 #40 – 1982
4 Mental Hopscotch
367		 10 #1 1 1981
5 It Ain't None of Your Business
38		 1 #67 – 1982
6 I Like Boys
33		 1 #72 – 1981
7 Noticeable One
14		 1 #93 – 1982
8 Windows
6		 1 #1923 – –

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

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Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2014 1743 Walking in L.A. CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013 1795 Walking in L.A. CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011 1753 Walking in L.A. CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 1685 Walking in L.A. CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010 2001 Words CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 1646 Walking in L.A. CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009 1946 Words CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 1629 Walking in L.A. CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008 1914 Words CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 1676 Walking in L.A. CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 1942 Words CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2003 162 Words Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 240 Walking in L.A. Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 334 Destination Unknown Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 1332 Mental Hopscotch Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003 1923 Windows Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002 74 Destination Unknown Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 383 Walking in L.A. Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 730 Words Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 1509 Mental Hopscotch Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001 334 Words WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2000 334 Words WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)
1999 270 Walking in L.A. Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 439 Words Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 570 Destination Unknown Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 225 Words WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)
1998 131 Words KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998)
1998 145 Destination Unknown KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998)
1998 159 Walking in L.A. KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998)
1998 305 Mental Hopscotch KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998)
1997 71 Artist ranking KROQ Top 106.7 Artists of All-Time (Memorial Day 1997)
1996 67 Words KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996)
1996 75 Destination Unknown KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996)
1996 196 Walking in L.A. KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996)
1996 245 Mental Hopscotch KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996)
1996 150 Words Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)
1996 272 Destination Unknown Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)
1996 332 Walking in L.A. Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)
1996 220 Words WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996)
1995 151 Walking in L.A. KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995)
1995 217 Mental Hopscotch KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995)
1995 266 Words KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995)
1995 309 Destination Unknown KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995)
1994 173 Words KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)
1994 187 Destination Unknown KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)
1994 225 Walking in L.A. KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)
1994 430 Mental Hopscotch KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)
1994 443 Words Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)
1994 213 Words WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994)
1992 98 Destination Unknown KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)
1992 148 Walking in L.A. KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)
1992 214 Words KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)
1992 467 Mental Hopscotch KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)
1989 61 Words KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)
1989 132 Walking in L.A. KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)
1989 239 Destination Unknown KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)
1989 329 Mental Hopscotch KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)
1988 67 Walking in L.A. KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988)
1988 338 Words KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988)
1988 477 Mental Hopscotch KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988)
1988 485 Destination Unknown Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988)
1982 4 Words KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982
1982 11 Walking in L.A. KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982
1982 40 Destination Unknown KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982
1982 67 It Ain't None of Your Business KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982
1982 93 Noticeable One KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982
1981 1 Mental Hopscotch KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981
1981 72 I Like Boys KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981
– 179 Destination Unknown WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s