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"A Thousand Miles Away" is a 1956 song recorded by the American doo-wop group The Heartbeats. The song was written by James Sheppard and William H. Miller. [1] The sequel, "Daddy's Home," also written by Sheppard and performed by his group Shep and the Limelites, was released in 1961.
The Heartbeats were a 1950s American doo-wop group best known for their song "A Thousand Miles Away", [1] which charted at No. 53 in the US Billboard listings in 1957.
The song was written by Laroi alongside Billy Walsh and producers Andrew Watt and Louis Bell. "Thousand Miles" is an acoustically driven midtempo emo pop ballad that blends guitar strumming and trap beats. [1] [2] At the 2022 ARIA Music Awards, the song earned the Kid Laroi a nomination for Best Solo Artist.
"A Thousand Miles" (originally titled "Interlude") is the debut single of American pop singer Vanessa Carlton. Produced by Curtis Schweitzer and Ron Fair, the song was released as the lead single for Carlton's first album, Be Not Nobody (2002).
All three had previous experience in other groups: Shep with The Heartbeats (notable for "A Thousand Miles Away"); Bassett with The Five Sharps and then, with Baskerville, in The Videos [1] ("Trickle, Trickle" - later covered by The Manhattan Transfer). Shep & The Limelites' recording sessions for Hull Records started in August 1960.
The song is considered a sequel to the song "Thousand Miles Away", with the closing line in the coda being: "I'm Not a Thousand Miles Away". "Daddy's Home" reached no. 2 on the Billboard popular music chart in May 1961. [1] It was kept from No.1 by "Travelin' Man" by Ricky Nelson. [2]
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"1000 Miles Away" is a song by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was released in May 1991 as the second single from the group's fifth studio album, Kinky . "1000 Miles Away" peaked at number 37 on the Australian singles chart.