I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
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| "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" | ||
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| Single by The Proclaimers | ||
| from the album Sunshine on Leith | ||
| Released | August 1988 (UK), March 2007 (UK Re-release), 1993 (US) | |
| Format | 7", Cassette, CD | |
| Recorded | 1988, 2007 (may have been recorded in 2006) | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 3:37 3:42 (2007 release) |
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| Label | Chrysalis | |
| Producer(s) | The Proclaimers | |
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| The Proclaimers singles chronology | ||
| "Make My Heart Fly" (1987) |
"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" (1988) |
"Sunshine on Leith" (1990) |
| Re-Recorded Cover | ||
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| 2007 Cover for Comic Relief | ||
"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" is a song written and performed by Scottish pop band The Proclaimers. It was released on their 1988 Sunshine on Leith album, and subsequently as a single. It has become one of their most popular songs, reaching the UK top 20 and No. 1 on the Australian ARIA Charts in 1989, plus, five years later, #3 in the Billboard Hot 100. The song has become a live staple at their concerts. The Proclaimers played it at Edinburgh 50,000 - The Final Push, the final concert of Live at Murrayfield Stadium on 6 July 2005, to symbolise the conclusion of The Long Walk To Justice.
The song is popular in Ireland and Scotland, where, at Hampden Park, every time the national football team scores, the song is played and sung along to by Scotland fans. It is the unofficial anthem of Edinburgh's Hibernian F.C., the Proclaimers being fans of the team. Their song "Sunshine On Leith" is also played frequently at Easter Road, Hibernian's home ground.
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) was featured on the soundtrack to the 1993 film Benny & Joon. As a result the music video features a young Johnny Depp, who starred in the film.
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[edit] Tracklisting
Original 1988 Version
- I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
- Better Days
- Teardrops
Comic Relief 2007 Version
- I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - New Audio with special guests
- I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - Original 1988 Version
- I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - CD-Rom Video [New Version with special guests]
- Photo Gallery
[edit] Covers
- Down By Law, on their album Punkrockacademyfightsong.
- [spunge] on their covers album That Should Cover It!.
- Koopa, as a B-side on their single "No Trend".
- Toy Dolls, on their album One More Megabyte.
- Steven Curtis Chapman, on his album All About Love.
- Phish, on 12/30/97 at Madison Square Garden with Tom Marshall.
- The MacDonald Brothers, on The X Factor.
[edit] Comic Relief
The Proclaimers re-recorded the song, with Peter Kay and Matt Lucas, the latter two in the guise of their characters Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin (from Phoenix Nights and Little Britain respectively). There is a slight change in the lyrics with the words "roll 500 miles" replacing "walk 500 miles". This is because the characters Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin are both in wheelchairs. This version was released as a charity single for Comic Relief on 19 March 2007.[1] It reached #3 on the official UK Singles Chart on download sales alone, and one week later topped the chart at Number 1. It sold 126,000 copies in its first week making it the biggest selling number one of the year so far. Its sales were double that of the "official" Comic Relief single by Girls Aloud vs. Sugababes, and their cover of Aerosmith's Walk This Way.
The Proclaimers' original version has also re-entered the Top 40.
[edit] Trivia
Vinnie Fiorello, drummer and lyricist for punk band Less Than Jake, has joked that it is the band's 'most downloaded song',[citation needed] despite the fact that they have never recorded their own version of it.
On Family Guy, Stewie compares Brian's homosexual cousin to how well Peter sang "500 miles" with the Proclaimers.
[edit] References
- ^ "Mutual Relief: Lucas and Kay join for charity single", Chortle, 17/11/2006. Retrieved on November 17, 2006.
[edit] External links
| Preceded by "Walk This Way" by Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud |
United Kingdom number-one single (Comic Relief version) 25 March 2007 |
Succeeded by current Number One |
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