Long Distance

About Long Distance

"Long Distance" is a song by American recording artist Brandy Norwood. It was written by Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Jeff Bhasker, and Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, and was co-produced by Jerkins and Mars for her fifth studio album Human (2008) based on a demo by Mars. It appears as the seventh track on the album on which it is interluded by a telephone conversation between two lovers (Brandy & an unidentified male voice). The lyrics of the piano–led power ballad describe the protagonist's emotional state towards an ongoing long-distance relationship, which leaves her in depression. The song was the second and final single to precede the Human album. Upon its release in October 2008, it garnered a generally mixed reception from music critics who applauded the song's lyrical content, its vocals and the hymnlike character, while others found the song would sound too clichéd and outdated. Never released outside North America, "Long Distance" managed to peak at number 38 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart but failed to enter the Hot 100; though it became the second consecutive Human single after "Right Here (Departed)" to reach the top spot on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. An alternate pop remix, which featured a different instruments, was serviced to mainstream radio in February 2009. more »

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2009

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There's only so many songs that I can sing to pass the time
And I'm running out of things to do to get you off my mind, oh
All I have is this picture in a frame (oh, ah)
That I hold close to see your face everyday

With you is where I'd rather be
But we're stuck where we are
It's so hard, we're so far
This long distance is killin' me
I wish that you were here with me
But we're stuck where we are
It's so hard, we're so far
This long distance is killin' me

It's so hard, it's so hard, where we are, where we are
You're so far, this long distance is killin' me
It's so hard, it's so hard, where we are, where we are
You're so far, this long distance is killin' me

Now the minutes feel like hours
And the hours feel like days (whoa, oh)
While I'm away (away)
You know right now I can't be home (ah)
But I'm comin' home soon (ah)
Coming home soon (ah)
All I have is this picture in a frame (ah)
That I hold close to see your face everyday.

With you is where I'd rather be (where I'd rather be)
But we're stuck where we are (oh, oh)
It's so hard (oh, ah), we're so far (oh, ah)
This long distance is killin' me
I wish that you were here with me (you were here with me)
But we're stuck where we are (ohh)
It's so hard (oh, ah), we're so far (oh, ahh)

Can you hear me crying?
Oh (oh ah, oh ah)
Can you hear me crying? (oh, ah)
Oh (oh ah, oh ah)
Can you hear me crying? (oh, ah)

Oh (oh ah, oh ah)
Oh, woah (oh, ah)
Oh, no (oh ah, oh, ah)

With you is where I'd rather be (where I'd rather be), whoa
(But we're stuck where we are) oh
(It's so hard) so hard (we're so far), so far
This long distance is killin' me
I wish that you are here with me (you are here with me)
(But we're stuck where we are) stuck where we are, so hard, so far
This long distance is killin' me

It's so hard, it's so hard, where we are, where we are
You're so far, this long distance is killin' me
It's so hard, it's so hard, where we are, where we are
You're so far, this long distance is killin' me

There's only so many songs that I can sing to pass the time

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Brandy

Brandy (from brandywine, derived from Dutch brandewijn—"burnt wine") is a spirit produced by distilling wine. Brandy generally contains 35–60% alcohol by volume (70–120 US proof) and is typically taken as an after-dinner drink. Some brandies are aged in wooden casks, while some are simply coloured with caramel colouring to imitate the effect of such aging (and some brandies are produced using a combination of both aging and colouring). more »

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