1000 Miles Away
| "1000 Miles Away" | |||||||
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 "1000 Miles Away" Front cover | |||||||
| Single by Hoodoo Gurus | |||||||
| from the album Kinky | |||||||
| A-side | "1000 Miles Away" | ||||||
| B-side | "I Think You Know" | ||||||
| Released | June, 1991 (Australia) | ||||||
| Format | 7" vinyl, CD single | ||||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||||
| Length | 4:34 | ||||||
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BMG (Australia) RCA (U.S.) | ||||||
| Writer(s) | Dave Faulkner | ||||||
| Producer(s) | Hoodoo Gurus | ||||||
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"1000 Miles Away" is a single by [1] Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus that was written by Dave Faulkner.[2] It was released by RCA Records in June, 1991 and reached #33 on the Australian singles chart;[3]
"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, [4]
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.[5]
The single was also released as a limited edition picture disc,[6] 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 B side "I Think You Know" was also written by Faulkner.[2] 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[7] and reached #5 on the Sydney singles charts and #5 on the Brisbane charts the year of its release.
Track listing
7" Vinyl
- "1000 Miles Away" (Dave Faulkner)[2] — 4:34
- "I Think You Know" (Faulkner)[2] — 3:30
CD Maxi-single
- "1000 Miles Away" — 4:34
- "I Think You Know" — 3:30
- "Stomp the Tumbarumba" (Johnny Devlin, Joy Inman)[2] — 3:05
Personnel
Credited to:[2]
- 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
References
- ↑ "ARIA Awards 2007: About Hall of Fame". ARIA Awards. Archived from the original on 2 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "DISCOG page on UK Single". DISCOG. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
- ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
- ↑ Faulkner, Dave (June 2000). "Pop and punishment". juliat. Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ↑ "Navy ship heads home on last voyage". ABC Australia. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
- ↑ 1000 Miles Picture Disc
- ↑ Bee Gees Recordings