Million Miles Away

About Million Miles Away

"Million Miles Away" is a ballad by the Finnish hard rock band Hanoi Rocks. The song was originally written by guitarist Andy McCoy in the 1970s under the name "Never Get Enough". McCoy worked on the song on the piano for years, but it was never fully completed. In the Fall of 1983, a raw demo version was made, and when the pre-production for the album Two Steps From The Move started, the song was again brought out. Musician Pete Brown was also present for some of the writing process for the album and wrote many lyrics himself. Although the only piece of lyrics that were used are 'Smoked a lot of sky, drank a lot of rain', which are featured in "Million Miles Away". The song features a saxophone-solo by singer Michael Monroe and the guitar solo played by Nasty Suicide, rather than Andy McCoy. At live performances Andy McCoy would often play the piano, while the other guitarist would play guitar. Even though "Million Miles Away" wasn't released as a single (except in Japan), it still remains as one of Hanoi Rocks' most popular and well-known songs. After the death of the band's drummer Razzle, the song was dedicated to him. more »

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1984

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Took too much of this, had too much of that 
But with you I never got enough
I thought there'd never be love in my life
And that's sad 'cause when I think what I could've had
It makes me feel so bad

I smoked a lot of sky, I drank a lot of rain 
Anything to ease my pain
But now your touch is all it would take
And that's a shame 'cause I can never come home again

And you're a million miles away 
I'll never get a chance to hold you
So my message is the wind 
I pray that it gets through to you

Loving you was so easy 
And leaving you was so very hard
And now I'm living in this ocean of blue
In the corner of a prison yard I should have listened to you
Please don't be thinking of me 
Please just forget about me

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Hanoi Rocks

Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish rock band formed in 1979, whose most successful period came in the early 1980s. The band broke up in 1985 after their drummer Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley died in a car accident. Original members vocalist Michael Monroe and guitarist Andy McCoy reunited in 2001 and were active with the new line-up of Hanoi Rocks until 2009. more »

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