Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | A thousand miles |
| Artist | Vanessa Carlton |
| Image Artist | ![]() |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Be not nobody |
| Image Album | ![]() |
| Basics ▾ | |
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| Duration | 3:57 |
| Dur Grp | 3:30-3:59 |
| Year | 2002 |
| Decade | 2000-2009 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 95 |
| BPM Grp | 095-099 |
| Umbrella | 080-119 |
| Key | B |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
| Sites ▾ | |
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| Score | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NCDdOuPHIOthH4nRPV3lLsWUwEv4WfEj/view?usp=drive_link |
| MIDI | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GeSKx3Y7hX-l6oISbcsoK0ZTJcQ3_adt/view?usp=drive_link |
| Chords | https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/vanessa-carlton/a-thousand-miles-chords-851538 |
| Download Midi Link | https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1GeSKx3Y7hX-l6oISbcsoK0ZTJcQ3_adt |
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Thousand_Miles |
| Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/track/4w1lzcaoZ1IC2K5TwjalRP |
| Songfacts | https://www.songfacts.com/facts/vanessa-carlton/a-thousand-miles |
| Multitrack | https://www.karaoke-versie.nl/custombackingtrack/vanessa-carlton/a-thousand-miles.html |
| HookTheory | https://www.hooktheory.com/theorytab/view/vanessa-carlton/a-thousand-miles |
| Youtube | https://youtu.be/Cwkej79U3ek |
| Apple Music | https://music.apple.com/gb/song/a-thousand-miles/1443351198 |
| Recording Tags ▾ | |
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| Rec Tag 1 | Major / 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 2 | Single voice strings |
| Rec Tag 3 | Add Measure |
| Rec Tag 4 | Open Ending |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
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| Voc Info 1 | Lead (female) |
| Voc Info 2 | Without BGV |
| Modulations ▾ | |
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| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
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| Solo Info 1 | ❌ |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
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| Solo Instrument 1 | ❌ |
| Instruments ▾ | |
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| Instr 1 | PIANO |
| Instr 2 | STRINGS SECTION |
| Instr 3 | EG |
| Strings Arranger 1 | Ron Fair |
| Arr 1 Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6E1F5aONrhbxEh1yehUOpw?si=loargaO3Q2qLX2-48bGUsg |
| Strings | Strings included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
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| Awards 1 | BMI - Pop Award |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Record of the Year |
| Nominations 2 | Grammy - Song of the Year |
| Nominations 3 | Grammy - Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) |
| Chart Type | Billboard Mainstream Top 40 |
| Chart Position | 1 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | BPI - Multi Platinum |
| Awards Won | BMI - Pop Award |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/vanessacarlton/athousandmiles.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Vanessa Carlton |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
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| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ If I could fall into the sky / Do you think time would pass me by? ✱ Making my way downtown / Walking fast ✱ faces pass / And I'm homebound |
| Explanation | ✱ Represents the impossible desire to escape physical laws by merging into the infinite expanse of the sky. ✱ Views a specific emotional longing as a constant pilgrimage toward a personal destination. |
| MTag 1 | Nature:Cosmic:Sky |
| MTag 2 | Time |
| MTag 3 | Freedom |
| MTag 4 | Society:Built:City |
| MTag 5 | Society:Travel:Journey |
| MTag 6 | Direction |
| Chords ▾ | |
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| Ch Prog V | IV-V-I/III-IV |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | IV-V-I/III-IV, vi-V/VII-V |
| Ch Prog B | vi-V/VII-I-V/II |
| Progr Category 1 | I-IV-V |
| Used Chords# Fam | 4 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, IV, V, vi |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
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| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
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| Ch Complex | 50 |
| Mel Cmplx | 73 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 52 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 66 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 75 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 50-59 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 70-79 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 50-59 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 60-69 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 70-79 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
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| Spot-Dance | 56 |
| Spot-Energy | 83 |
| Spot-Valance | 27 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 50-59 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 80-89 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 20-29 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
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| Songbook 1 | Pop Divas of the New Millenium (Various Artists) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sGHeUjWydS8UPxbLXKf7RDFE0F6gWW94/view?usp=drive_link |
| Songbook 2 | Pop/Rock Anthology (Various Artists) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 2) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/109nIUdWE1hohnwycF9SXNTyT71jlrNrj/view?usp=drive_link |
| Songbook 3 | Be not nobody (Vanessa Carlton) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 3) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/14DSZZo1zLXZYf0wLOeugD962u7Y49n9n/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 261 (Pop Divas of the New Millenium) |
| SB Page 2 | 30 (Pop/Rock Anthology) |
| SB Page 3 | 22 (Be not nobody) |
| Genre ▾ | |
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| Genre 1 | Pop |
| Style ▾ | |
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| Style 1 | Baroque Pop |
| Style 2 | Pop Rock |


