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"A Thousand Miles" is written in the key of B major and composed with a tempo of 95 beats per minute. [5] Carlton wrote the song's piano riff in the summer of 1998 at her parents' house in Philadelphia; her mother, who had been listening to her, said, "Vanessa, that's a hit song."
Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her debut album, Be Not Nobody (2002), released by A&M Records , received a platinum certification in the United States, and her debut single and signature song " A Thousand Miles " spent 41 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned three Grammy nominations.
Vanessa Carlton talks to Yahoo Entertainment about the story behind "A Thousand Miles," and how different the music industry was back in 2002. She also reflects on what she thinks about the hit ...
Be Not Nobody is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton, released on April 30, 2002, through A&M Records.As of late 2004 the album had sold 1.38 million copies in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan, [8] and Variety magazine reported in July 2003 that it had sold 2.3 million worldwide. [9]
Vanessa Carlton. Cindy Ord/Getty Images Who knew that Vanessa Carlton was a hockey fan? The beloved pianist behind “A Thousand Miles” joined the celebration on Saturday, March 30, for ...
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The beginning of the video is a step-by-step duplication of the video for Carlton's first single, "A Thousand Miles" (2002), until Carlton gets up and walks away from the traveling grand piano, which a yellow taxicab crashes into and destroys.
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