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"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" is a song written and performed by Scottish pop band The Proclaimers. It was released on their 1988 Sunshine on Leith album, and subsequently as a single. It has become one of their most popular songs, reaching the UK top 20 and, five years later, #3 in the Billboard Hot 100. The song has become a live staple at their concerts. The Proclaimers played it at Edinburgh 50,000 - The Final Push, the final concert of Live 8 at Murrayfield Stadium on 6 July 2005, to symbolise the conclusion of The Long Walk To Justice.
The song is popular in Scotland, where at Hampden Park, every time the national football team scores, the song is played and sung along to by Scotland fans. It is the unofficial anthem of Edinburgh's Hibernian F.C., the Proclaimers being fans of the team. Their song "Sunshine On Leith" is also played frequently at Easter Road, Hibernian's home ground.
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) was featured on the soundtrack to the 1993 film Benny & Joon. As a result the music video features a young Johnny Depp, who starred in the film.
Covers
- Down By Law, on their album Punkrockacademyfightsong.
- on their covers album That Should Cover It!.
- Koopa, as a B-side on their single "No Trend".
- Toy Dolls, on their album One More Megabyte.
- Steven Curtis Chapman, on his album All About Love.
- Phish, on 12/30/97 at Madison Square Garden with Tom Marshall.
Comic Relief
The Proclaimers have re-recorded the song with Peter Kay and Matt Lucas, the latter two in the guise of their characters Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin (from Phoenix Nights and Little Britain respectively). This version was released as a charity single for Comic Relief on 19 March 2007. It has already reached #3 on the official UK Singles Chart on download sales alone, and the Proclaimers' original version has also re-entered the Top 40.
Trivia
Vinnie Fiorello, drummer and lyricist for punk band Less Than Jake, has joked that it is the band's 'most downloaded song', despite the fact that they have never recorded their own version of it.
References
- "Mutual Relief: Lucas and Kay join for charity single". Chortle. 17/11/2006. Retrieved 2006-11-17.
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