Hit or Miss (New Found Glory song)

"Hit or Miss" is the first single by New Found Glory originally from their 1999 debut studio album, Nothing Gold Can Stay.^[4]

"Hit or Miss"
Single by New Found Glory
from the album Nothing Gold Can Stay and New Found Glory
Released	June 17, 2000
Recorded	Elysian Fields Studios, Boca Raton, Florida
Genre	Pop punk^[1] emo^[2]
Length	3:15 (Nothing Gold Can Stay version) 3:22 (New Found Glory version)
Label	Drive-Thru, MCA
Songwriter(s)	Jordan Pundik Ian Grushka Chad Gilbert Cyrus Bolooki Steve Klein^[3]
Producer(s)	Neal Avron
New Found Glory singles chronology
"Hit or Miss" (2000) "Dressed to Kill" (2000)

In 2000, "Hit or Miss" was re-recorded for the band's second studio album, New Found Glory.^[5] The new version charted at number 15 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in April 2001 and number 58 on the UK Singles Chart in June 2001. The new version appeared in American Pie 2 and The Benchwarmers.^[6][7]

Track listing

• CD single^[8]

1. "Hit or Miss (Waited Too Long)" – 3:22
2. "So Many Ways" – 2:59
3. "You've Got a Friend in Pennsylvania" – 3:59
4. Hit or Miss (Waited Too Long) – Video

References

1. Damante, Mike (July 16, 2014). "The 20 best pop-punk songs of the 2000s". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
2. "The 40 Best Emo Love Songs". SPIN. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
3. "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
4. "Nothing Gold Can Stay on Allmusic". AllMusic. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
5. "New Found Glory on Allmusic". AllMusic. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
6. "Hit or Miss – New Found Glory". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
7. Roberts, David, ed. (2004). Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and Albums (17th ed.). London, UK: HiT Entertainment. ISBN 0-85112-199-3.
8. Hit or Miss (Waited Too Long) (UK CD Single liner notes). New Found Glory. MCA Records. 2001. 155 823-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)