A Thousand Miles
Performed by Vanessa Carlton
Written by Vanessa Carlton
Album: Be Not Nobody
Music on A&M Records
A Thousand Miles received heavy airplay on MTV following its premiere on the top-ten video programme Total Request Live in early January, and was popular enough to be retired from the show's countdown. A Thousand Miles won in the "Can't Get You out of My Head" category at the VH1 "Big in 2002" Awards, and it was nominated for three Grammy Awards: "Record of the Year", "Song of the Year" and "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)". The song became popular amongst U.S. troops serving in Iraq, and in April 2003 the Chicago Sun-Times reported that it had become the most requested song on the radio station BFBS Middle East. By May 2003 the website Musicnotes had sold a record 10,000 pieces of digital sheet music for A Thousand Miles, and it won the website's "Song of the Year" award. The song's production team was nominated for a 2003 Technical Excellence & Creativity Award in the category of "Outstanding Creative Achievement in Record Production — Single or Track".
A Thousand Miles continued to receive regular rotation on Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40 radio stations two years after its original release, and Billboard magazine has named it "one of the most enduring songs of the millennium". As of 2006, the song is Carlton's most successful single, and her only top twenty hit in the U.S.
Source: Wikipedia
Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces passed
And I'm home bound
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making my way
Through the crowd
And I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder....
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
Tonight
It's always times like these
When I think of you
And I wonder
If you ever
Think of me
'Cause everything's so wrong
And I don't belong
Living in your
Precious memories
'Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder....
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
Tonight
And I, I
Don't want to let you know
I, I
Drown in your memory
I, I
Don't want to let this go
I, I
Don't....
Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces passed
And I'm home bound
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making my way
Through the crowd
And I still need you
And I still miss you
And now I wonder....
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass us by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you...
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
If I could
Just hold you
Tonight
Written by Vanessa Carlton
Album: Be Not Nobody
Music on A&M Records
A Thousand Miles was released as the album's first single in 2002. It became Carlton's breakthrough hit and one of the most popular songs of the year. The song was most successful in Australia, where it reached number one, and it reached the top five in the United States, Ireland and France, and the top ten in the United Kingdom, Italy and the Netherlands. A Thousand Miles is a piano-driven pop song supported by a string orchestral arrangement, in which its protagonist (Carlton) pines for her lover, from whom she has separated. Carlton said that she wrote the song about somebody whom she had a crush on, but admitted that he was unaware of her unreciprocated feelings for him.
A Thousand Miles debuted within the U.S. top five with first-week sales of over 101,000 copies. The single was successful on several other Billboard formats and topped the ARC Weekly Top 40 for four weeks in June, becoming the biggest hit of the year on that chart. It was 2002's sixth most-played single on U.S. radio and sold well in other countries. It was a top five hit in Ireland and France, and managed to reach the top ten in other parts of Europe such as the United Kingdom, Italy and the Netherlands. It was most popular in Australia, where it became the sixth most successful single of the year and held the number-one position on the ARIA Singles Chart for two weeks. It also reached the top twenty in Germany.
A Thousand Miles debuted within the U.S. top five with first-week sales of over 101,000 copies. The single was successful on several other Billboard formats and topped the ARC Weekly Top 40 for four weeks in June, becoming the biggest hit of the year on that chart. It was 2002's sixth most-played single on U.S. radio and sold well in other countries. It was a top five hit in Ireland and France, and managed to reach the top ten in other parts of Europe such as the United Kingdom, Italy and the Netherlands. It was most popular in Australia, where it became the sixth most successful single of the year and held the number-one position on the ARIA Singles Chart for two weeks. It also reached the top twenty in Germany.
A Thousand Miles received heavy airplay on MTV following its premiere on the top-ten video programme Total Request Live in early January, and was popular enough to be retired from the show's countdown. A Thousand Miles won in the "Can't Get You out of My Head" category at the VH1 "Big in 2002" Awards, and it was nominated for three Grammy Awards: "Record of the Year", "Song of the Year" and "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)". The song became popular amongst U.S. troops serving in Iraq, and in April 2003 the Chicago Sun-Times reported that it had become the most requested song on the radio station BFBS Middle East. By May 2003 the website Musicnotes had sold a record 10,000 pieces of digital sheet music for A Thousand Miles, and it won the website's "Song of the Year" award. The song's production team was nominated for a 2003 Technical Excellence & Creativity Award in the category of "Outstanding Creative Achievement in Record Production — Single or Track".
A Thousand Miles continued to receive regular rotation on Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40 radio stations two years after its original release, and Billboard magazine has named it "one of the most enduring songs of the millennium". As of 2006, the song is Carlton's most successful single, and her only top twenty hit in the U.S.
Source: Wikipedia
Walking fast
Faces passed
And I'm home bound
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making my way
Through the crowd
And I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder....
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
Tonight
It's always times like these
When I think of you
And I wonder
If you ever
Think of me
'Cause everything's so wrong
And I don't belong
Living in your
Precious memories
'Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder....
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
Tonight
And I, I
Don't want to let you know
I, I
Drown in your memory
I, I
Don't want to let this go
I, I
Don't....
Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces passed
And I'm home bound
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making my way
Through the crowd
And I still need you
And I still miss you
And now I wonder....
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass us by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you...
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
If I could
Just hold you
Tonight
This is like one of my all-time favourite songs ever