The Distance (Cake song)

"The Distance"
Single by Cake
from the album Fashion Nugget
ReleasedAugust 5, 1996 (1996-08-05)[1]
Genre
Length3:00
LabelCapricorn
Songwriter(s)Greg Brown
Producer(s)Cake
Cake singles chronology
"Ruby Sees All"
(1995)
"The Distance"
(1996)
"I Will Survive"
(1997)
Music video
"The Distance" on YouTube
Audio sample
"The Distance"

"The Distance" is a song by American alternative rock band Cake. Released in August 1996, "The Distance" was the first single from the band's second album, Fashion Nugget, and is considered one of their most popular songs.[4] It was written by the band's guitarist at the time, Greg Brown.

  1. ^ "Be on the Lookout". Gavin Report. No. 2116. August 2, 1996. p. 21.
  2. ^ Steininger, Alex (July–August 1997). "Cake: Fashion Nugget". In Music We Trust. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "The best car songs for 2019". Digital Trends. 14 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Cake | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links". AllMusic.