"So Far Away" | ||||
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Single by Staind | ||||
from the album 14 Shades of Grey | ||||
Released | June 17, 2003 | |||
Recorded | 2003 | |||
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Length | 4:03 | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
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Producer(s) | Josh Abraham | |||
Staind singles chronology | ||||
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"So Far Away" is a song by American rock band Staind. It was released in June 2003 as the second single from their fourth album 14 Shades of Grey. The song enjoyed much success on both rock and mainstream radio, reaching number-one on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks for fourteen consecutive weeks, one of the longest runs in the chart's history, and number-one on the Modern Rock Tracks for seven non-consecutive weeks. The song also became the band's second top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 24.
In May 2021, for the 40th anniversary of Mainstream Rock Tracks, Billboard ranked "So Far Away" at number 20 on its list of the 100 most successful songs in the chart's history;[2][3] in September 2023, the magazine ranked the song at number 89 on a similar retrospective list for the 35th anniversary of Modern Rock Tracks (which by then had been renamed to Alternative Airplay).[4][5]
...topping the alt-rock charts with gruff-sounding, navel-gazing ballads like 'So Far Away', 'Right Here' and their biggest hit, 2001's 'It's Been A While', which went all the way to No. 5 on the Billboard 100...