I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

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single song

"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" is a 1988 upbeat Scottish pop-rock song by The Proclaimers, best known for its catchy chorus about walking 500 miles for love and its enduring popularity in films, TV, and sporting events.

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Surface form Occurrences
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) 4
"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" 1
the song I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Sunshine on Leith NERFINISHED ⓘ
artist The Proclaimers NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedAct The Proclaimers NERFINISHED ⓘ
certificationAustralia Multi-Platinum ⓘ
certificationUK Platinum ⓘ
certificationUS Platinum ⓘ
chartPositionAustralia 1 ⓘ
chartPositionIrelandsingles 1 ⓘ
chartPositionNewZealand 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSingles 11 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 3 ⓘ
composer Charlie Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ
Craig Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
culturalStatus cult classic ⓘ
stadium anthem ⓘ
genre Scottish pop ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ
hasCoverVersion Sleeping at Last cover ⓘ
Steven Curtis Chapman cover ⓘ
The cast of How I Met Your Mother cover ⓘ
hasMusicVideo yes ⓘ
includedInAlbum Sunshine on Leith NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricTheme long-distance love ⓘ
romantic devotion ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Peter Richardson NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableLyric And I would walk 500 more ⓘ
But I would walk 500 miles ⓘ
performer The Proclaimers NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Pete Wingfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1987–1988 ⓘ
recordLabel Chrysalis Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate 1988-08-08 ⓘ
releaseYear 1988 ⓘ
shortTitle 500 Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ
tempo upbeat ⓘ
title I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAtEvents charity events ⓘ
sporting events ⓘ
weddings ⓘ
usedInFilm Benny & Joon NERFINISHED ⓘ
How I Met Your Mother (TV series episode soundtracks) NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInTelevision Family Guy NERFINISHED ⓘ
How I Met Your Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scrubs NERFINISHED ⓘ
writer Charlie Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ
Craig Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ

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The Proclaimers → bestKnownFor → I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) ⓘ
this entity surface form: the song I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Sunshine on Leith (2013 film) → featuresSong → I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) ⓘ
this entity surface form: I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Sunshine on Leith (stage musical) → featuresSong → I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) ⓘ
this entity surface form: I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Sunshine on Leith → includesSong → I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) ⓘ
The Proclaimers → notableSong → I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) ⓘ
Sunshine on Leith → notableTrack → I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) ⓘ
Charlie Reid → notableWork → I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) ⓘ
this entity surface form: "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"
Craig Reid → notableWork → I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) ⓘ
this entity surface form: I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
The Proclaimers → notableWork → I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) ⓘ
Craig Reid → performerOf → I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) ⓘ
this entity surface form: I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)