Madonna had "all these thoughts, riddles, poems, feelings, all written in huge notebooks," Timberlake said, "and she kept handing them over. Problems playing this file? See media help.ĭuring recording, Timberlake sat down with Madonna and played a guitar riff composed by him, asking her how she wanted the song to sound. I also think it's easier for people to say things from a distance it's safer." Recording and composition Ī 28-second sample to Madonna's "Miles Away" featuring the chorus and the backing vocals singing the line "So far away". Especially at the beginning of our relationship, that long-distance thing was very frustrating. If part of your work is travelling, and the person you are with also works and travels, you find yourself separated a lot and it can be very frustrating, I'm American and he is British, and I have to come to America all the time. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph Madonna further explained her inspiration behind the song and stated that " a song most people who work can relate to. In 'Miles Away' I'm tapping into the global consciousness of people who have intimacy problems. 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'. I don't really think about telling personal stories when I'm writing music. Probably in many respects most of the songs are. You have to work hard to make it work." When asked if the song was autobiographical, she said: "So many people have to deal with long-distance relationships. In an interview with MTV, Madonna said that the song was inspired by her then husband, Guy Ritchie. After hearing the music, Madonna began singing and spontaneously coming up with the lyrics for the song. It was the first song composed for Hard Candy. Madonna wrote and produced "Miles Away" with Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Nate "Danja" Hills. "Miles Away" was inspired by Guy Ritchie, Madonna's then-husband The song has been performed by Madonna in the promotional tour for the Hard Candy album and the 2008–09 Sticky & Sweet Tour, during the gypsy segment of the show. In the United States, the song did not appear on the Billboard Hot 100, but became Madonna's seventh consecutive number-one song on the Hot Dance Airplay chart, the most for any artist. It became the best-selling digital single of 2008 in Japan and won three trophies at the 23rd Japan Gold Disc Awards. It reached the top forty in most countries, while peaking inside the top ten in Czech Republic, Netherlands, Hungary, Japan, Romania, Slovakia and Spain. "Miles Away" has received positive appreciation from music critics who praised it as a harmonious and meaningful ballad. The lyrics are autobiographical in nature and deals with long-distance relationships. "Miles Away" is a melancholy electronic ballad, and is inspired by her then husband Guy Ritchie. Madonna co-wrote and co-produced the track with Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Nate "Danja" Hills.
Records, as the third and final single from the album on October 17, 2008, and was subsequently included on her compilation album, Celebration (2009). It was first released as a promotional single in Japan, during June 2008, as the theme for the Fuji Television Japanese drama, Change. It was OneRepublic's biggest hit single in the United States until "Counting Stars" was released in 2013." Miles Away" is a song by American singer Madonna from her eleventh studio album, Hard Candy.
It was also ranked number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade. It spent 25 consecutive weeks in the top 10, the longest stay there for any song since "Smooth" by Santana, which spent 30 weeks in 1999.
The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, staying in the top-10 for 25 weeks, and spent 13 weeks at number one in Canada."Apologize" earned the band a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and was ranked number 50 on the list of the Billboard Hot 100's All-Time Top Songs list from the chart's first 50 years. The song was a major hit internationally, reaching number one in 16 countries, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Sweden, Turkey, and the Netherlands, as well as staying at number one for eight consecutive weeks on the Billboard Pop 100 chart. The song was the biggest radio airplay hit in the history of the Mainstream Top 40 chart in North America, with 10,394 plays in one week, until its record was broken by Leona Lewis's "Bleeding Love", which was also co-written by Tedder. A remix version was included on the Timbaland album, Shock Value, and on the deluxe version of Dreaming Out Loud. It was released as the lead single of that album. "Apologize" (also spelled "Apologise" internationally) is the debut single written by OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder for OneRepublic's debut album Dreaming Out Loud.
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