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"Miles Away" a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her eleventh studio album, Hard Candy. Though it was first released as a promotional single in Japan due to its being the theme music for the Fuji TV drama Change, it was released on October 17, 2008 by Warner Bros. Records as the official single.

Background

The music for "Miles Away" was written first, and Madonna began singing and writing the lyrics for the song after listening to it. Madonna said that the song was inspired by her (then) husband, Guy Ritchie. "You realize so many people have to deal with long distance relationships. It's not easy. You have to work hard to make it work." When asked if the song was autobiographical, she said:

Probably in many respects most of the songs are . But in more of an unconscious way. I don't really think about telling personal stories when I'm writing music. It just comes. And then a lot of times, six months later, eight months later, I go, "Oh, that's what I wrote that song about." But that's when I play the song for lots of people and they all go, "Oh, I can totally relate to that." In "Miles Away" I'm tapping into the global consciousness of people who have intimacy problems.

The cover depicts passport stamps of her European dates from the 2008 Sticky & Sweet Tour.

Chart performance

A single was released on the European iTunes Stores on October 10, 2008. It was then released on the Australian iTunes Store on October 25, 2008.

"Miles Away" debuted at number 90 on the Canadian Hot 100, the next it week dropped out of the chart, but then made a re-entry peaking higher at #83 and then climbing up to the top forty peaking at #28. The song was released in Japan as the second promotional single from Hard Candy (following "4 Minutes"). In addition, it has sold over 500.000 song ringtones (2P) in Japan. The song debuted at number 39 in the Dutch Top 40, and has peaked at #10 so far. In the Turkish Billboard Chart, the song debuted at position number 14, and peaked at #2 so far.

"Miles Away" has reached number 1 on the official German Airplay Chart in just five weeks.

On November 30 2008, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at #39.

Track listing

Official versions

• Album Version – 4:48
• Radio Edit – 3:43
• Radio Edit - Instrumental – 3:43
• Radio Edit - TV Track – 3:43
• Radio Edit - Acapella – 3:27
• Aaron LaCrate & Samir - B-More Gutter Mix – 4:57
• Aaron LaCrate & Samir - B-More Gutter Mix Edit – 3:28
• Demo Rebirth Remix – 7:27
• Demo Rebirth Remix Edit – 4:01
• Johnny Vicious Club Mix – 7:23
• Johnny Vicious Club Mix Edit – 4:38
• Johnny Vicious Warehouse Mix – 8:10
• Morgan Page Mix – 7:10
• Morgan Page Mix Edit – 3:51
• Morgan Page Dub – 7:11
• Thin White Duke Remix – 6:10
• Thin White Duke Remix Edit – 4:34

Charts

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10. Miles Away a massive airplay hit "Miles Away" is Madonna's lowest charting single in Australia. However, no cd single has been released as of yet to support sales. No promotion and no airplay is also a factor contributing to low sales and poor performance.
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