From a Distance

E60492
ballad song

"From a Distance" is a popular ballad best known through Bette Midler’s Grammy-winning 1990 recording, which became an international hit and an emblematic peace-themed song.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballad ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedAct Bette Midler ⓘ
Julie Gold ⓘ
Nanci Griffith ⓘ
award Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ
awardRecipient Julie Gold ⓘ
awardYear 1991 ⓘ
chartPositionAustralia 1 ⓘ
chartPositionCanadaAdultContemporary 1 ⓘ
chartPositionIreland 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 6 ⓘ
chartPositionUSAdultContemporary 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 2 ⓘ
composer Julie Gold ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs inspirational ballad ⓘ
peace anthem ⓘ
famousCoverAlbum Some People's Lives ⓘ
surface form: Some People’s Lives
famousCoverArtist Bette Midler ⓘ
famousCoverReleaseYear 1990 ⓘ
firstAlbumAppearance Lone Star State of Mind ⓘ
firstAlbumArtist Nanci Griffith ⓘ
firstAlbumReleaseYear 1987 ⓘ
firstRecordingArtist Nanci Griffith ⓘ
format 7-inch single ⓘ
CD single ⓘ
genre adult contemporary ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ
keyLyricMotive viewing the world from afar to emphasize unity ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 4:37 ⓘ
lyricist Julie Gold ⓘ
notableRecordingArtist Bette Midler ⓘ
Cliff Richard ⓘ
Judy Collins ⓘ
Nanci Griffith ⓘ
The Byrds of Paradise ⓘ
notableUsage performed during Gulf War era peace events ⓘ
originalArtist Nanci Griffith ⓘ
producer Arif Mardin ⓘ
Robbie Buchanan ⓘ
recordLabel Atlantic Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseYear 1985 ⓘ
singleType lead single ⓘ
theme anti-war ⓘ
peace ⓘ
writer Julie Gold ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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Some People's Lives → hasHitSingle → From a Distance ⓘ
Some People's Lives → hasTrack → From a Distance ⓘ
Some People's Lives → includesSong → From a Distance ⓘ
Some People's Lives → isCoverOf → From a Distance ⓘ
Bette Midler → notableSong → From a Distance ⓘ
Some People's Lives → notableTrack → From a Distance ⓘ