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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 4, 2011 15:09:01 GMT -5
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Away_(Madonna_song)Miles Away was the 3rd and final single from Madonna's Hard candy album. MA did nothing at radio and the live video was released months after the song fell of the the airplay charts. Went to #99 on Billboard's Pop 100 and only to #39 in the UK.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Apr 4, 2011 15:44:03 GMT -5
This was one of the highlights for me from the Hard Candy album. I wished it had performed better here in the U.S. too. This one was basically tailormade for Adult Contemporary.
I didn't like any of the official remixes for this one. None of them were able to maintain the beauty of the original. Junior Vasquez's unreleased mix of this managed to. He used the riff from his Everything But The Girl mix, some of the beats from The Goodmen's "Give It Up", and the moans and "travelling, travelling" vocals from "Bedtime Story".
Here's another version of the video which uses the radio edit:
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 4, 2011 15:47:05 GMT -5
^Thanks.
This was a big hit in Japan.
The live version is on the disaster relief benefit album for Japan.
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Post by hitseeker. on Apr 4, 2011 16:00:01 GMT -5
best track of 'Hard Candy', love it :worship:
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Post by B-Boy on Apr 4, 2011 16:38:24 GMT -5
I loved it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2011 17:19:56 GMT -5
I liked this a lot. Very simple, but very honest.
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Post by blue in moonlight on Apr 4, 2011 17:46:44 GMT -5
Definitely one of the strongest tracks on HC.
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Post by lolhey on Apr 5, 2011 8:33:19 GMT -5
So good, one of my favs. from the Hard Candy album.
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Post by livelikedying111 on Sept 28, 2011 4:56:21 GMT -5
I still listen to it, it's one of her best in a long while.
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Post by Lozzy on Sept 28, 2011 5:39:52 GMT -5
I love it.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Sept 28, 2011 10:48:08 GMT -5
One of the better tracks from Hard Candy- the "So far away..." bits are classic Madonna. Overall, though, not up to the level of her classic stuff. A note: the melody for the verses sounds similar to- of all things- the chorus of a Victoria Beckham track ("Midnight Fantasy"). Here's hoping she doesn't mention "fuzzy dream"- or "waiting" or any form of "hesitate" on the new album.  |
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Post by horchata on Sept 28, 2011 12:05:35 GMT -5
One of my favorite songs of the Hardy Candy album, love the lyrics.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2011 14:40:25 GMT -5
Very underrated song. I think this would've done well if it was the second single.
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Post by think pink. on Sept 28, 2011 18:41:56 GMT -5
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Sept 28, 2011 20:00:40 GMT -5
yes, one of the highlights off Hard Candy.
the trio of Give It 2 Me, Heartbeat, and Miles Away was the best Madonna moment off HC.
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Post by Juanca on Sept 29, 2011 0:27:43 GMT -5
Best song in HC for me tbqh. I love the melody, her singing, the lyrics, and I was utterly disappointed at its flopping in the charts. (It's like when Nothing Fails failed in the AL era :'( ). I agree with HolidayGuy: I like the "So-far-away" and "uncomfortable silence that could be so loud" I have sang this while driving many many times... and for someone who has to be miles away from my loved one many times a year it is kind of a song to think about  JuanK (@ Nicaragua :( ) |
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Sept 29, 2011 0:42:25 GMT -5
it's one of those songs that reminds you of her earlier work. Sweeping melody and harmonies, it's what made Madonna popular in the first place. She knows how to make a song with structure (when she wants to) and this is a perfect example of that. You can play it on the piano or guitar, no question.
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Post by PDC1987 on Sept 29, 2011 21:47:23 GMT -5
This would have performed far better here had it been the 2nd single and had WB and Madonna actually acknowledged it's existence. I also wonder what would have happened (internationally anyway) if it had been the lead single.
She sounds way too clinical on a couple notes, like she's singing the phone book, but otherwise it's a lovely vocal. It had REAL lyrics from her for once, and nice instrumentation with a great melody.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Sept 30, 2011 7:53:20 GMT -5
I thought this was nice and definitely the best single off HC. Simpler production and all, it was good.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Sept 30, 2011 11:07:41 GMT -5
For once, PDC? I gather you mean, for once in the last few years. :)
If this were the lead single, it certainly would not have fared as well as "4 Minutes." Hopefully we'll get to see how she does on her own with a lead single with the forthcoming album. Excluding "Celebration," it will be her first led single as a 50-plus-year-old female.
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Post by C.Ro on Nov 23, 2011 1:18:38 GMT -5
Amazing song!!!
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Post by johnnywest on Jan 28, 2015 22:34:35 GMT -5
This was my favorite single from Hard Candy.
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Post by grandelf on Feb 1, 2015 3:49:59 GMT -5
It's an alright song, definitely in my bottom 3 of Hard Candy. However, I much prefer to hear it on Celebration since it fits so well with Frozen/Take A Bow/Live To Tell.  |
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Post by Positive Tension on Feb 1, 2015 18:53:33 GMT -5
I love it- it's one of the best tracks on Hard Candy. The vocal and production are beautiful.
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Post by Unhinged on Feb 24, 2017 13:30:08 GMT -5
Love, love, love this. One of her best singles this century, IMO. Has that classic Madonna feel to it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 14:08:45 GMT -5
Dull, yet still one of the better songs she's recorded in the last decade.
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Post by Glove Slap on Feb 24, 2017 14:10:18 GMT -5
Best single from that album, and her best in several years at that point.
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Post by Dreams on Feb 24, 2017 16:05:35 GMT -5
Melodically this is lovely, and I like the bridge best, but what bombs it is that pedestrian (which dates it, too) production.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Apr 24, 2018 7:18:10 GMT -5
It's a nice song, like most of the "Timbalake" tracks on that album, she sounds a tad too vocally passive though. Probably should have been the second single. I just wish the production was fresher, it's basic Timbo and he should have brought something more dynamic for f**king Madonna.
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Post by 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 on Jul 4, 2019 1:54:29 GMT -5
I liked it. This was a good song. Hard Candy was a very good album.
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