"Missing Words"
Single by the Selecter
from the album Too Much Pressure
B-side"Carry Go Bring Come"
Released1980
GenreSka
Length3:22
Label2 Tone CHS TT 10
Songwriter(s)Neol Davies
Producer(s)Roger Lomas
The Selecter singles chronology
"Three Minute Hero"
(1980)
"Missing Words"
(1980)
"The Whisper"
(1980)

"Missing Words" is a song and single written by Neol Davies and performed by English 2 tone ska revival band the Selecter.[1] Released in 1980 it reached #23, on the UK charts, staying there for eight weeks.[2][1]

Background

In contrast to the Selecter's two previous singles, "On My Radio" and "Three Minute Hero", "Missing Words" is a downbeat song about heartbreak issued as the 2 Tone Records ska revival began to fade.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Missing Words". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. โ†‘ "UK Official charts - Selecter Missing Words". www.officialscharts.com. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. โ†‘ Peter Buckley (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. pp. 923โ€“. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0.


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