Pretenders

2000 Miles is a song by the British rock band Pretenders. Written by lead vocalist Chrissie Hynde and produced by Chris Thomas, it was released on 18 November 1983 as the second single from their third studio album, Learning to Crawl (1984). It was most popular in the UK, where it peaked at No. 15 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1983. In the US, it was released as the B-side of both the 7-inch single and 12-inch single remix of the band's hit "Middle of the Road". Influenced by Otis Redding's "Thousand Miles Away",the song was written a year after the band's guitarist, James Honeyman-Scott, had died of a drug overdose in 1982. Hynde has noted that she thinks "the sense of distance in the lyrics" refers to Honeyman-Scott". Considered a Christmas song, it has been released on various Christmas compilation albums. SIGOPS Christmas Playlist: https://rumble.com/playlists/OHvx0B68gPE Lyrics: He's gone 2000 miles It's very far The snow is falling down Gets colder day by day I miss you The children will sing He'll be back at Christmastime In these frozen and silent nights Sometimes in a dream you appear Outside under the purple sky Diamonds in the snow sparkle Our hearts were singing It felt like Christmastime 2000 miles Is very far through the snow I'll think of you Wherever you go He's gone 2000 miles It's very far The snow is falling down Gets colder day by day I miss you I can hear people singing It must be Christmastime I hear people singing It must be Christmastime

Brass in Pocket, also known as "Brass in Pocket (I'm Special)", is a song by English rock band the Pretenders, released in 1979 as the third single from their self-titled debut album. It was written by Chrissie Hynde and James Honeyman-Scott, and produced by Chris Thomas. The song originated as a guitar lick composed by Honeyman-Scott, which Hynde recorded and used as the foundation for the lyrics. The title derives from a phrase Hynde overheard after a show, where someone asked if anyone had "picked up dry cleaning? Any brass in pocket?". In Northern English slang, "brass" refers to money, specifically copper coins. reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in January 1980, making it the first new number-one single of the 1980s. It also peaked at number two in Australia, number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and number one in Sweden and South Africa. The song was listed at No. 389 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2021. Its music video, filmed in North Kensington, was the seventh video aired on MTV when it launched on 1 August 1981. In the video, Hynde plays a lonely waitress who is joined by the band members and their partners. Lyrics: [Verse 1] Got brass in pocket Got bottle, I'm gonna use it Intention, I feel inventive Gonna make you, make you, make you notice [Verse 2] Got motion, restrained emotion Been driving, Detroit leaning No reason, just seems so pleasing Gonna make you, make you, make you notice [Pre-Chorus] Gonna use my arms Gonna use my legs Gonna use my style Gonna use my sidestep Gonna use my fingers Gonna use my, my, my imagination [Chorus] 'Cause I'm gonna make you see There's nobody else here, no one like me I'm special (Special), so special (Special) I gotta have some of your attention, give it to me [Verse 3] Got rhythm, I can't miss a beat Got new skank, it's so reet Got something I'm winking at you Gonna make you, make you, make you notice [Pre-Chorus] Gonna use my arms Gonna use my legs Gonna use my style Gonna use my sidestep Gonna use my fingers Gonna use my, my, my imagination [Chorus] 'Cause I'm gonna make you see There's nobody else here, no one like me I'm special (Special), so special (Special) I gotta have some of your attention, give it to me [Chorus] 'Cause I'm gonna make you see There's nobody else here, no one like me I'm special (Special), so special (Special) I gotta have some of your attention, give it to me [Outro] Ohh And when you are

Middle of the Road is a song by the Pretenders, released as the third single from their 1983 album Learning to Crawl. It was written by lead singer Chrissie Hynde, who has described the song as reflecting her personal philosophy of staying in the "middle" or "middle way," inspired by her interpretation of the Tao Te Ching. The song's lyrics also contain autobiographical elements, referencing the recent deaths of bandmates Pete Farndon and James Honeyman-Scott, as well as the birth of her daughter Natalie in February 1983. Hynde has stated that she was 32 at the time of the song's release, though the lyric "I got a kid, I'm thirty-three" reflects her age at the time of recording. Lyrics: Middle of the road is trying to find me I'm standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me But I got a smile for everyone I meet Long as you don't try dragging my bay Or dropping the bomb on my street Oh, come on, baby Get in the road Come on now In the middle of the road, yeah In the middle of the road, you see the darnedest things Like fat cats driving 'round in jeeps through the city Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits Past corrugated tin shacks full up with kids And man, I don't mean a Hampstead nursery But when you own a big chunk of the bloody Third World The babies just come with the scenery Now come on, baby Get in the road Come on now In the middle of the road, yeah One Two Three Four Five Six The middle of the road is no private cul-de-sac I can't get from the cab to the curb Without some little jerk on my back Don't harass me, can't you tell I'm going home, I'm tired as hell I'm not the cat I used to be I've got a kid, I'm thirty-three, baby Get in the road Come on now In the middle of the road, yeah