1000 Miles (Grinspoon song) explained

1000 Miles
Cover:1000_Miles_Cover.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Grinspoon
Album:New Detention
Recorded:2001–2002
Genre:Alternative metal, post-grunge
Label:Universal
Producer:Phil McKeller
Prev Title:No Reason
Prev Year:2003
Next Title:Hard Act to Follow
Next Year:2004

"1000 Miles" is the fourth single by Australian rock band Grinspoon from their third studio album New Detention (June 2002). It was released on 18 August 2003 by Universal Music Australia, which reached the ARIA Singles Chart top 100.[1]

The three other tracks on the single were recorded in early 2003 at the band's live performance at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, on their Panic Attack Tour. This release also includes a music video for the song, which is animated and was not broadcast on television, it features rednecks and has band member, Phil Jamieson, as a preacher endorsing alcohol.

The song was played on Triple J radio as an album track during the latter half of 2002 and reached No. 47 on the station's Hottest 100 for that year.[2]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogue
Australia18 August 2003UniversalCD9808673
16 October 2005[4] Digital download-

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 15 September 2003 . The ARIA Report . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 708 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20031006140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20031007-0000/Issue708.pdf . 4 . 9 April 2015 . 6 October 2003 .
  2. Web site: Hottest 100 - History - Hottest 100 2002. Triple J. 14 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20040109205431/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/2002.htm. 9 January 2004. dead. dmy-all.
  3. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia.
  4. Web site: 1000 Miles by Grinspoon. iTunes. 14 March 2012.