"Million Miles Away" | ||||
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Single by The Offspring | ||||
from the album Conspiracy of One | ||||
B-side | "Sin City" | |||
Released | June 26, 2001 | |||
Recorded | 2000 (Want You Bad) June 8, 2001 at Milton Keynes Bowl, Milton Keynes, UK (Sin City) | |||
Genre | Punk rock, skate punk | |||
Length | 3:40 | |||
Label | Columbia [1] | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dexter Holland | |||
Producer(s) | Brendan O'Brien [1] | |||
The Offspring singles chronology | ||||
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"Million Miles Away" is a song by the American punk rock band The Offspring. It is the fifth track on the band's sixth studio album, Conspiracy of One (2000), and was released as its third single. The song was not included on the band's Greatest Hits (2005) or Complete Music Video Collection (2005), although the song was featured on the trailer for the film Orange County .
The single's b-side "Sin City", which is a cover of AC/DC, [2] can be found on the band's 2010 Japan-only compilation album Happy Hour! .
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Million Miles Away" | 3:40 |
2. | "Dammit, I Changed Again" (Live at Wembley Arena) | 2:53 |
3. | "Sin City" (AC/DC Cover) | 4:24 |
4. | "Want You Bad" (Blag Dahlia Mix) | 3:15 |
5. | "Million Miles Away" (Apollo 440 Remix) | 4:02 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Million Miles Away" | 3:40 |
2. | "Sin City" (AC/DC Cover) | 4:33 |
3. | "Staring at the Sun (Live)" (Taken from the film "Huck It") | 2:26 |
4. | "Million Miles Away" (CD Extra Video) | 3:40 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Million Miles Away" | 3:40 |
2. | "Dammit, I Changed Again" (Live at Wembley Arena) | 2:53 |
3. | "Bad Habit" (Live at Wembley Arena) | 3:59 |
The song's only music video was that of a live performance dubbed over by the recorded version of the song, and was directed by Jennifer Lebeau. [4] This may have played a part in its lesser success as a single as well as its exclusion from the Greatest Hits compilation album and Complete Music Video Collection DVD. The recording took place at Wembley Arena.
The song is fairly popular among many Offspring fans, often called the best on Conspiracy of One despite its release as a third single. [5] Aside from being a stronger song, this also may be because it is less deliberately mainstream than the previous two singles and also has a more serious subject matter. However, it is rarely played live and remains one of their less well-known singles.
Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [6] | 69 |
Ireland (IRMA) [7] | 49 |
Italy (FIMI) [8] | 42 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] | 97 |
UK Singles (OCC) [10] | 21 |
UK Rock & Metal (OCC) [11] | 1 |
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