| "2000 Miles" | ||||
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| Single by Pretenders | ||||
| from the album Learning to Crawl | ||||
| B-side | "Fast or Slow (The Law's the Law)" | |||
| Released | 18 November 1983[1] | |||
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| Length | 3:40 | |||
| Label | Real (UK) Sire (US) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Chrissie Hynde | |||
| Producer(s) | Chris Thomas | |||
| Pretenders singles chronology | ||||
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| Gatefold image | ||||
.jpg) Cover image of gatefold single release (Real ARE 20F) | ||||
| Music video | ||||
| "2000 Miles" (Official Music Video) on YouTube | ||||
"2000 Miles" is a song by British-American rock band Pretenders. Written by lead vocalist Chrissie Hynde and produced by Chris Thomas, it was released on 18 November 1983 as the second single from their third studio album, Learning to Crawl (1984).[3] It was most popular in the UK, where it peaked at No. 15 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1983. In the US, it was released as the B-side of both the 7-inch single and 12-inch single remix of the band's hit "Middle of the Road".
Considered a Christmas song, it has been released on various Christmas compilation albums.
- ^ "News". Record Mirror: 5. 5 November 1983. Retrieved 16 December 2020 – via flickr.com.
- ^ "How far would you travel for love? 14 songs that go the distance". The A.V. Club. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ^ Buskin, Richard (5 September 2005). "CLASSIC TRACKS: The Pretenders 'Back On The Chain Gang' Producer: Chris Thomas • Engineer: Steve Churchyard". Soundonsound.com. SOS Publications Group and/or its licensors. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
The remainder of the Learning To Crawl album was recorded and mixed through the end of 1983, with plenty of breaks interspersing the sessions while Hynde came up with new material, the last of which was that ethereally beautiful Christmas number '2000 Miles'.