1000 Miles Away
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"1000 Miles Away" Front cover
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| Single by Hoodoo Gurus from the album Kinky |
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| A-side | "1000 Miles Away" | ||||
| B-side | "I Think You Know" | ||||
| Released | June, 1991 (Australia) | ||||
| Format | 7" vinyl CD Single |
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| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 4:34 | ||||
| Label | BMG (Australia) RCA (U.S.) |
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| Writer(s) | Dave Faulkner | ||||
| Producer | Hoodoo Gurus | ||||
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"1000 Miles Away" was a single by iconic[1][2] Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus which reached #37 on the ARIA Singles Charts.[3] It was released on RCA Records in June, 1991 reaching #33 on the Australian singles chart;[4]and was written by Dave Faulkner.[5] B side "I Think You Know" was also written by Faulkner.[5]
"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. "I Think You Know" was another Punishment Song. We liked to keep bashing out the last two chords for a couple of minutes, Buzzcocks-style, a bit like a punk mantra. Punishment never felt so good." - Dave Faulkner.[6]
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.[7][8]
The single was also released as a limited edition picture disc[9], on which the B-side is not listed but titled as 4 symbolic drawings: an eye, a light bulb, a horseshoe, and a circle with a line through it (for back cover see below right, when read using the Rebus Principle this becomes "I Think You Know"). It was also released as a cassette single with free 'Kinky' Hoodoo Gurus magazine.
The second B-side on the CD Maxi-single, "Stomp the Tumbarumba", was originally recorded by New Zealand musician, Johnny Devlin, in 1963. It featured an uncredited appearance by the Gibb brothers (Bee Gees) as backup singers[10] and reached #5 on the Sydney singles charts and #5 on the Brisbane charts the year of its release.
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[edit] Track listing
[edit] 7" Vinyl
- "1000 Miles Away" (Dave Faulkner)[5] — 4:34
- "I Think You Know" (Faulkner)[5] — 3:30
[edit] CD Maxi-single
- "1000 Miles Away" — 4:34
- "I Think You Know" — 3:30
- "Stomp the Tumbarumba" (Johnny Devlin, Joy Inman)[5] — 3:05
[edit] Personnel
Credited to:[11]
- Richard Grossman — bass, backing vocals
- Dave Faulkner — lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Mark Kingsmill — drums, percussion
- Brad Shepherd — guitar, backing vocals, harmonica
- Producer — Hoodoo Gurus
- Engineer — Alan Thorne
- Assistant Engineers — David Mackie, Robert Hodgson
- Mixer — Ed Stasium
- Mastering — Greg Calbi
[edit] References
- ^ ARIA Awards 2007: About Hall of Fame. ARIA Awards. Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
- ^ Pope, Mark (2007-05-07). (PDF) "ARIA presents the 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame". Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
- ^ Australian Singles Charts "1000 Miles Away". australian-charts.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 (doc), Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W.. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ a b c d e Australasian Performing Right Association. APRA. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
- ^ Faulkner, Dave (June 2000). "Pop and punishment". juliat. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
- ^ McLennan, Grant. Decommissioning Year HMAS Canberra. RAN. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ McLennan, Grant. Ship's final mile. Navy: the sailor's paper. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ 1000 Miles Picture Disc
- ^ Bee Gees Recordings
- ^ Discogs entry on Kinky. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
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