Miles & Miles

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"Miles & Miles"
Miles & Miles by Noiseworks.jpg
Australian CD single
Single by Noiseworks
from the album Love Versus Money
B-side "Be Somebody"
Released22 October 1990 (1990-10-22) [1]
Recorded1990
Genre Rock
Length4:16
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Noiseworks
Noiseworks singles chronology
"Freedom"
(1990)
"Miles & Miles"
(1990)
"Hot Chilli Woman"
(1991)

"Miles & Miles" is a song by Australian rock-pop band Noiseworks. It was released in October 1990 as the second single from their third studio album Love Versus Money (1991) and peaked at number 26 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Contents

Track listing

CD single (656363 2)

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Miles & Miles"Steve Balbi, Justin Stanley, Jon Stevens, Stuart Fraser4:16
2."Be Somebody"Noiseworks4:00

Charts

Chart (1990–1991)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [2] 26

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References

  1. The ARIA Report. Vol. 41. ARIA. 21 October 1990. p. 19.
  2. "Noiseworks – Miles & Miles". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 22 March 2016.