1000 Miles Away


"1000 Miles Away" is a single by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus that was written by Dave Faulkner. It was released by RCA Records in June, 1991 and reached #33 on the Australian singles chart;
The crew of Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Canberra had an association with the song after they adopted it as their 'anthem'. Hoodoo Gurus played a concert including the Replenishment At Sea song "1000 Miles Away" on-board during their last voyage out of Fremantle to Fleet Base West, prior to its decommissioning in 2005.
The single was also released as a limited edition picture disc, on which the B-side is not listed but titled as 4 symbolic drawings: an eye, a light bulb, a horseshoe, and a circle with a line through it. It was also released as a cassette single with free 'Kinky' Hoodoo Gurus magazine.
The B side "I Think You Know" was also written by Faulkner. The second B-side on the CD Maxi-single, "Stomp the Tumbarumba", was originally recorded by New Zealand musician, Johnny Devlin, in 1963. It featured an uncredited appearance by the Gibb brothers as backup singers and reached #5 on the Sydney singles charts and #5 on the Brisbane charts the year of its release.

Track listing

7" Vinyl

  1. "1000 Miles Away" — 4:34
  2. "I Think You Know" — 3:30

    CD Maxi-single

  3. "1000 Miles Away" — 4:34
  4. "I Think You Know" — 3:30
  5. "Stomp the Tumbarumba" — 3:05

    Personnel

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