"Miracle Mile" | ||||
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Single by Cold War Kids | ||||
from the album Dear Miss Lonelyhearts | ||||
Released | February 5, 2013 (iTunes) [1] | |||
Recorded | 2012 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 3:00 | |||
Label | Downtown, V2 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Nathan Willett | |||
Producer(s) | Lars Stalfors Dann Gallucci | |||
Cold War Kids singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Miracle Mile" on YouTube |
"Miracle Mile" is a song by American indie rock band Cold War Kids. The song was written by lead singer Nathan Willett and produced by Lars Stalfors (Matt & Kim) and Dann Gallucci (Modest Mouse). It was the sole single off their fourth album Dear Miss Lonelyhearts (2013) and was released on February 5, 2013.
"Miracle Mile" was given positive reviews from critics who called it a highlight on Dear Miss Lonelyhearts. The song peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. A music video was made for the single and premiered in April 2013.
"Miracle Mile" received a positive reception from music critics. Philip Cosores of Paste called it a "hook-heavy foot stomper." [2] AllMusic's Heather Phares praised the song for being a merger of "both the slickness of Mine Is Yours and the theatrics of Loyalty to Loyalty ." [3] Kevin Perry of NME felt the piano sounded exhilarating and liked that the band "stopped trying to do indie rock by numbers and gone back to the sort of idiosyncratic weirdness that made us fall for them in the first place." [4]
"Miracle Mile" debuted on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart at number 37 and peaked at number 22, their fifth top 40 hit on that chart. It was their highest-charting single to date since 2006's "Hang Me Up to Dry" until "First" (2015). It stayed on the chart for nineteen weeks, making this their second longest charting single to date, also behind "First".
Directed by Vern Moen (who previously directed their videos for "Audience" and "Louder Than Ever"), the video was mostly shot in black-and-white and occasionally red during the middle part. The video was uploaded on the band's YouTube page on April 11, 2013. The video was made available the next day on iTunes. [5]
Cold War Kids performed "Miracle Mile" and "Loner Phase" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on April 2, 2013. [6] They performed the song again on the Late Show with David Letterman on July 18, 2013. [7]
Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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US Rock Airplay ( Billboard ) [8] | 48 |
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [9] | 22 |
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