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Breeze · 07-16-2019, 10:16 AM

9. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (1993)

Total Points – 326
Charts – 4
Top 40 – 1
Top 20 – 1
Top 10 – 1
Total Ranking – 8, 17, 26, 51, NR, NR

The Proclaimers are just a duo consisting of twin Scottish brothers Charlie and Craig Reid. They came to public attention following a letter a fan sent to the English band the Housemartins, who were impressed and invited the Reids on their UK tour. That exposure got them a spot performing on TV and their first single “Letter from America” peaked at #3 on the UK Singles chart. This song was off of the band’s second album and it reached #1 in Australia and New Zealand in early 1990, and it peaked at #11 on the UK chart. In the US the song wasn’t released until 1993 following its appearance in the movie Benny & Joon, and it managed to reach #3 here on the Hot 100. The song was written by Craig, who was waiting to travel to a soccer match, and while waiting he started to wonder how many steps it would take him to walk to his new classroom. From there he quickly figured out the chords and the whole thing was written in about 45 minutes. He felt the song had the potential to be a hit, but he had no idea the level of popularity the song would achieve. Interestingly, The Proclaimers rerecorded the song in 2007 with tv comedy actors Andy Pipkin (Matt Lucas) and Brian Potter (Peter Kay) for Comic Relief. A long list of celebrities appeared in the music video, and this new version was also released as a single – and it reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart, outperforming the original.

07-16-2019, 10:16 AM	#202
Breeze Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL	9. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (1993) Total Points – 326 Charts – 4 Top 40 – 1 Top 20 – 1 Top 10 – 1 Total Ranking – 8, 17, 26, 51, NR, NR The Proclaimers are just a duo consisting of twin Scottish brothers Charlie and Craig Reid. They came to public attention following a letter a fan sent to the English band the Housemartins, who were impressed and invited the Reids on their UK tour. That exposure got them a spot performing on TV and their first single “Letter from America” peaked at #3 on the UK Singles chart. This song was off of the band’s second album and it reached #1 in Australia and New Zealand in early 1990, and it peaked at #11 on the UK chart. In the US the song wasn’t released until 1993 following its appearance in the movie Benny & Joon, and it managed to reach #3 here on the Hot 100. The song was written by Craig, who was waiting to travel to a soccer match, and while waiting he started to wonder how many steps it would take him to walk to his new classroom. From there he quickly figured out the chords and the whole thing was written in about 45 minutes. He felt the song had the potential to be a hit, but he had no idea the level of popularity the song would achieve. Interestingly, The Proclaimers rerecorded the song in 2007 with tv comedy actors Andy Pipkin (Matt Lucas) and Brian Potter (Peter Kay) for Comic Relief. A long list of celebrities appeared in the music video, and this new version was also released as a single – and it reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart, outperforming the original.