Hit Or Miss by New Found Glory

Album: Nothing Gold Can Stay (1999)

Charted: 58

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In one version of the song there is brief dialogue at the beginning. The lines the person says are from the book The Outsiders, which was adapted into a movie in 1983. The lines from the book lead into a Robert Frost poem called Nothing Gold Can Stay which is the title of the album. >>
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Billy - Mountaintop, PA
Steve Klein (guitar) told Kerrang! magazine February 16, 2008: "It's one of the first songs that we ever wrote that was in the direction that we ended up going." Chad Gilbert (guitar) added: "I remember Cyrus (Bolooki, drums) coming to me and playing me the guitar riff. We took that riff and it became a really important song. That was the song that really won kids over. We played it so much that it got a reaction from fans everywhere we played, without it even being on the radio."
Jordan Pundik (vocals) in the same Kerrang! interview: "It's about realizing that you had something good when it's too late."
This was featured in the 2001 movie American Pie 2.

Comments: 5

Monkey from Singo, AustraliaIt's a pretty mad song aye and thats comin from an aussie...go you aussies...and go the sydney roosters
Sammy from Chicago, IlThis song is amazing. It makes me think of my grandma and when I was little. Mostly because it mentions how Thriller was their favorite song and my grandmother and I used to always watch that video. The line where it says: "No more long rides home No more of your station I didn't like it anyways." makes me think of when I used to always go to her house and when she would take me home she would always be listening to this country station and I always hated/liked it. She moved away a few years back and I never really get to see her anymore, so this song makes me think of her.
Shane from Pierre, SdI LUV "The Outsiders". It is the best book evr.
Kristie Mock from Quincy, IlThey released it on Nothing Gold Can Stay and on New Found Glory.
Zach from Somewhere, Mnthey rereleased this song on their second cd "new found glory"

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