![]() Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Everyday I Wr.G Cadd9 D G The snows falling down, Cadd9 D G Cadd9 Its colder day by day. Verse 3 G Cadd9 D G Hes gone, Cadd9 D G Cadd9 2000 miles, D G Cadd9 D Is very far. It was not played much back in the day and remains a somewhat rare video to this day. '2000 Miles' is a tribute to The Pretenders guitarist James Honeyman-Scott, who died from a drug overdose on June 16, 1982, at 25. Cadd9 D G Is very far through the snow Cadd9 D G Ill think of you C D C D C D (let ring) Wherever you go. It was not released as a single in the U.S., although it was the B side of "Middle of the Road." Learning to Crawl ended up being the most successful Pretenders album in the U.S. "2000 Miles" was a hit in the UK when it was released, hitting #15 in December 1983. The song also gets the nob for being "the single most depressing Christmas standard of all time" according to Allmusic. It isnt even as much about Christmas as it is the many things the holiday can represent. In any event, the result is a wonderful, haunting song, and one of our holiday favorites. 2000 Miles isnt a Christmas song in the traditional sense. Subsequently, Chrissie Hynde has stated that the song is a tribute to her friend and former bandmate, James Honeyman-Scott, who died the previous year. The track runs 3 minutes and 39 seconds long with. It can also be used double-time at 198 BPM. It was the first single and album by the new Pretenders line-up reconstituted after the deaths of Pete Farndon and James Honeyman-Scott. 2000 Miles is a song by The Pretenders with a tempo of 99 BPM. ![]() ![]() While the song does reference Christmastime, it is not a traditional Christmas song, and in fact was initially thought to be an anti-war song (in the aftermath of the Falklands war). 2000 Miles was released in November of 1983 and would later be included on the band’s 1984 album Learning to Crawl. "2000 Miles" came out in late 1983, just before the Learning to Crawl LP, which was released in January, 1984. Watch the video for 2000 Miles from The Pretenderss The Singles for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.
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