500 Miles Away from Home
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"500 Miles Away from Home" is a 1963 country song by Bobby Bare that became one of his signature hits, blending themes of homesickness and travel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 500 Miles Away from Home canonical | 3 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Bobby Bare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | traditional folk song "500 Miles" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decade | 1960s ⓘ |
| genre | country music ⓘ |
| hasChorus | refrain emphasizing being 500 miles from home ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
background vocals ⓘ bass ⓘ drums ⓘ steel guitar ⓘ |
| hasLyrics | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| hasMood |
melancholic
ⓘ
reflective ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | country ballad ⓘ |
| hasTempo | slow to moderate ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Bobby Bare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with themes of distance from home
ⓘ
commercial breakthrough for Bobby Bare ⓘ |
| performer | Bobby Bare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | RCA Victor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1963 ⓘ |
| theme |
homesickness
ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ longing for home ⓘ travel ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.