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"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" is a song written and performed by Scottish duo the Proclaimers, and first released in August 1988 by Chrysalis as the lead single from their second album, Sunshine on Leith (1988). The song reached number 11 in the UK Singles Chart on its initial release and topped the charts of Australia, Iceland, and New Zealand.
[4] [7] Johnny Cash is known to have included "500 Miles" on his list of 100 essential country songs in the early 1970s. [8] Folklorist Norm Cohen writes that 900 miles, rather than 500, is the most common distance referenced in versions of the traditional song, but other distances including 400 miles and 10,000 miles also appear. [7]
Sunshine on Leith is the second studio album by Scottish folk rock duo the Proclaimers, released in September 1988 through Chrysalis Records. [4] The record spawned four singles: "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", which topped charts in Australia, [5] New Zealand and Iceland; "Sunshine on Leith", a ballad that has become an anthem for Scottish football club Hibernian F.C.; [6] the No. 3 Australian ...
For release as a single, the album-track "Letter from America" was remixed by Gerry Rafferty, [17] [8] embellishing the song with a full-band sound. [17] [8] The single peaked at No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart, [19] [8] as the duo appeared on Top of the Pops for the first time on 12 December 1987, [20] while the album This Is the Story went gold ...
The Scottish pop–rock band The Proclaimers have released eleven studio albums, six compilation albums, one extended play and twenty-five singles. They came to attention with their 1987 single "Letter from America", which reached No. 3 in the United Kingdom, and the 1988 single "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", which topped charts in Australia, [1] [2] Iceland and New Zealand. [3]
In spite of its "commercially improbable story", the film became a sleeper hit, evidence of the resurgence of date movies "after a decade dominated by action film and horror films." [3] In the first two weeks of a limited release, Benny & Joon grossed $8 million. Its domestic box office total reached over $23.2 million. [13]
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