1000 Miles Away

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"1000 Miles Away"
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Single by Hoodoo Gurus
from the album Kinky
B-side "I Think You Know"
Released6 May 1991 (1991-05-06) [1]
Length4:34
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Dave Faulkner
Producer(s) Hoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus singles chronology
"Miss Freelove '69"
(1991)		"1000 Miles Away"
(1991)		"A Place in the Sun"
(1991)
"1000 Miles Away"
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Back cover

"1000 Miles Away" is a song by Australian rock band 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.

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In June 2000, Dave Faulkner said, "Many people have told me '1000 Miles Away' is their favourite Gurus song and it's also among my top ten. There are references to airports and flying but I was writing about emotional distance rather than physical travel." [2]

The crew of Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Canberra had an association with the song after they adopted it as their 'anthem'. Hoodoo Gurus played a concert including the Replenishment At Sea song "1000 Miles Away" on-board during their last voyage out of Fremantle to Fleet Base West, prior to its decommissioning in 2005. [3]

Track listings

7-inch single

  1. "1000 Miles Away" – 4:34
  2. "I Think You Know" – 3:30

CD single

  1. "1000 Miles Away" – 4:34
  2. "I Think You Know" – 3:30
  3. "Stomp the Tumbarumba" – 3:05

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [4] 37

References

  1. ↑ "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 06/05/91 : Singles". The ARIA Report . No. 67. 5 May 1991. p. 19.
  2. ↑ Faulkner, Dave (June 2000). "Pop and punishment". juliat. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2007.
  3. ↑ "Navy ship heads home on last voyage". ABC Australia. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Hoodoo Gurus – 1000 Miles Away". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
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