13 Songs That Are Definitely 1000 or More

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13 Songs That Are Definitely 1000 or More features music courtesy of Alicia Keys, Behemoth, The Kid LAROI, N.E.R.D, and Vanessa Carlton.

For all Your goodness, I will keep on singing / Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find,” 🏆 Grammy-winning worship leader and songwriter 🎙 Matt Redman proclaims on the uplifting gem, 🎵 “10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)”. For 🎙 Caleb Followill and 🏆 Grammy-winning rock band, 🎙Kings of Leon, it’s not merely 10,000 – it’s 🎵 “100,000 People” (“You do, you do, you do, you do”). For 🏆 Academy and Grammy award winner, 🎙 Lady Gaga, the number is significantly less – to the tune of 🎵 “1000 Doves”: “Lift me up, just a small notch / And I’ll be flying like a thousand doves 🕊️.” What do all of these songs have in common? They are definitely = to 1000 or more! That is the criteria for the playlist, 🎧 13 Songs That Are Definitely 1000 or More – PERIOD. None of those musicians or songs ultimately appear on this list, save for the intro shout out, but there are some awesome songs courtesy of 🎙 Alicia Keys, 🎙 Behemoth, 🎙 The Kid LAROI, 🎙 N.E.R.D, and 🎙 Vanessa Carlton among others. So, prepare for a BIG experience, to the tune of 1000… or MORE!!!

1. The Kid LAROI, “Thousand Miles”

🎵 “Thousand Miles” • 🏷 Columbia • 🗓 2022

“Oh, I wish I let it go, you’re better off alone / ‘Cause I’m about to fuck it up with you…” Woo! Lookout! 🎙 The Kid LAROI (Charlton Howard) returned in 2022 with single 🎵 “Thousand Miles”, purported (at the time) to be the first single from album number one. “Thousand Miles” plays to The Kid’s strengths, sitting somewhere between melodic rap and pop. So, what makes “Thousand Miles” #winning? Well, it features slick production work (🎛 Andrew Watt and Louis Bell), idiomatic of the 2020s blurring of pop, R&B, and rap. The rhythmic guitars and anchoring drum programming set up a nice canvas for The Kid to do his things. Vocally, Howard has a very distinct instrument. There’s something endearing about his coarse tone, grittiness, and the vibrato. He’s no powerhouse, but there’s something special. Other worthwhile notes include the theme, which encompasses love, mistakes, and long distance. “If I was you,” he sings in the memorable chorus, “Then I Would stay a thousand miles away.” The melody is quite tuneful, and the form is easy to follow. All in all, “Thousand Miles” is enjoyable. Throw in a fun video where The Kid explores good and evil with evil ultimately winning, and “Thousand Miles” is that much better.

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Awesome Songs: April 2022

2. Miley Cyrus, “Thousand Miles” (Ft. Brandi Carlile)

💿 Endless Summer Vacation • 🏷 Smiley Miley, Inc. • 📅 2023

“I told myself I closed that door / But I’m right back here again.” Sigh, that’s a total bummer, 🎙 Miley Cyrus. What’s NOT a bummer, however, is 🎵 “Thousand Miles,” a fine moment from her 2023 pop album, 💿 Endless Summer Vacation. Notably, Cyrus taps 🏆 Grammy-winning singer/songwriter, 🎙 Brandi Carlile for the assist 💪. Carlile plays more of a complimentary role here, with the results being positive. “Thousand Miles” was written by Cyrus alongside 🎼✍ Mike WiLL Made-It, Tobias Jesso Jr., and Bibi Bourelly. Producing this fabulous pop record are Mike WiLL Made-It, 🎛 Kid Harpoon, and Tyler Johnson. Initially, it’s all Miley. She sings the first verse solo, showcasing a gorgeous tone. The melody is tuneful, which is always a selling point. More notable, however, is the catchy, memorable chorus, which she also performs solo initially:

“I’m not always right, but still, I ain’t got time for what went wrong

Where I end up, I don’t really care

I’m out of my mind, but still, I’m holding on like a rolling stone

A thousand miles from anywhere.”

Beginning with the second verse, Cyrus and Carlile duet – this is where that complimentary role comes into play. Cyrus remains the predominant voice. Carlile’s vocal harmonies, mixed behind Cyrus, are fabulous, upping the ante on “Thousand Miles.” All told, this is a win for Miley, even if she’s returned to place she didn’t expect to (“I look in the rearview, I was talking to you ‘fore I realize it’s madness / Before the sadness”).

3. Behemoth, “We Are the Next 1000 Years” 

💿 I Loved You at Your Darkest • 🏷 Metal Blade • 📅  2018 

“We hail to thee, O avenging force! / We are the dawn ov new Jerusalem / We are the ending ov all days / We are the next 1000 years!” Sigh, 💿 I Loved You at Your Darkest marks the 11th studio album by Polish death metal band 🎙 Behemoth, fronted and masterminded by 🎙 Nergal. According to Nergal, “It doesn’t get more blasphemous than this”, referencing the hella anti-Christian/anti-God LP. That proves true throughout the utterly atheistic, Satanic project. On 🎵 “We Are the Next 1000 Years,” Behemoth continues the prominent themes of the project, including celebrating Christ’s crucifixion.  A prime example:  

“To Christ, falls savior on the cross  

To the emperor ov Rome 

To Christ, falls savior on the cross 

To the devil in our souls!” 

That emperor of Rome that Behemoth reference is none other than the infamous Pontius Pilate, known for ordering the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.  The blasphemous treatment of the Biblical continues in numerous instances, including “The tree ov God shall not withstand the ruthless storm / We are the death that rides the pale horse.” 

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4. Vanessa Carlton, “A Thousand Miles”

💿 Be Not Nobody • 🏷 A&M • 📅 2002

“Makin’ my way downtown / Walkin’ fast, faces pass / And I’m homebound.” Would it be inaccurate to characterize 🎙 Vanessa Carlton as a one-hit wonder? Yes, and no. By far, 🎵 “A Thousand Miles” is the biggest hit of the singer/songwriter’s career. Without a doubt, the famous piano intro and riffs, as well as tuneful melodies helped “A Thousand Miles” peak at no. 5 peak on the Billboard Hot 100. “A Thousand Miles” charted for 41 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, helping propel her 2002 album, Be Not Nobody, to platinum status. When mentioning Carlton, the one song we cite is “A Thousand Miles.” Technically, however, Carlton earned three more entries on the pop charts, two of which she’s the lead artist. You could argue that 🎵 “White Houses” (2004) only earned minor success, peaking at a tepid no. 86. However, the no. 30 peak of 🎵 “Ordinary Day” shuts down the one-hit wonder label, no matter how big “A Thousand Miles” was.

Sometimes characterized as one of the whitest songs ever (🫢), it was and still remains a vibe two decades later. Again, the piano plays a pivotal role. Additionally, the strings are sweet as well. Vanessa Carlton sings well, though for whatever reason, when “A Thousand Miles” comes to mind, the quality of the vocals seems less important than, say, other aspects of the record.

“If I could fall into the sky

Do you think time would pass me by?

‘Cause you know I’d walk a thousand miles

If I could just see you

Tonight.”

Sure, 🎵 “A Thousand Miles” is pretty doggone white, but maybe, just maybe it’s nowhere close to being the whitest song ever. After all, this Vanessa Carlton classic is sampled in a 2021 RAP song 🎵 “Who I Smoke”, by 🎙 Spinabenz, 🎙 Yungeen Ace, and 🎙 FastMoney Goon.

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Vanessa Carlton, A Thousand Miles: FIERCE Pop + Rock 🔥🤘 No. 40 (2023)

5. N.E.R.D, “1000” (Ft. Future)

💿 No One Ever Really Dies • 🏷 N.E.R.D Music, LLC / Columbia • 📅 2017

“Holy shit it’s working!” WOO! 💯… more like, 🎵 “1000”! The return of 🎙 N.E.R.D in 2017 seemed to come out of nowhere. The 🎙 Pharrell Williams fronted alt-rap-rock-urban collective had been out of the picture since 2010. Always known for delivering “left of center” music, 💿 No One Ever Really Dies proved no different – Again, 🎵 “1000”! There is plenty to like about this rap track, which enlists the services of 🏆 Grammy-winner, 🎙 Future. Prior to Future confirming the 1000-ness of “1000,” Pharrell has his own fair share of things to say: “Assembling a riot / Heard behavior, can’t keep it quiet / Kinetic energy a thousand times higher.” Indeed, holy shit it’s working. As far as Future is concerned, he flexes hard, asserting, “My girls don’t wear shoes unless they cost over a thousand,” and, “I’m too rich to talk if ya ain’t talking thousands.” Also, shout out the 🎙 Shay Haley bridge: “It will be a thousandfold, one, zero, zero, zero, dot.” The production is ‘Neptunian’ to the nth degree, true to Williams and 🎛 Chad Hugo: wacky synths, hard beats, and, forward-thinking. Totally, 1000!!!

6. Kim Petras, “Thousand Pieces”

💿 Feed The Beast • 🏷 Amigo / Republic • 📅 2023

“Looking back you won’t find what you’re looking for / You can knock on my door but I don’t live there anymore / You can save your tears but when it rains, it pours…” Heartbreak is the modus operandi on 🎵 “Thousand Pieces,” the fourth track from 💿 Feed The Beast, the debut album by 🏆 Grammy winner, 🎙 Kim Petras. On “Thousand Pieces,” Petras asserts, “Everything can break in two / But a heart can break into a thousand pieces.” True. Essentially, on this mid-tempo ballad, Kim longed for him, yet she missed the signs – those red flags. “We used to be kissing but now I scream at night,” she sings in the first verse, adding, “Tryna put back the pieces, just barely alive.” A kinder gentler moment on Feed The Beast, “Thousand Pieces” features smooth production by 🎛 Dr. Luke and Fat Max Gsus.

7. Prince, “1000 Light Years From Here” 

💿 Welcome 2 America • 🏷 NPG / Legacy • 🗓 2021

More than five years after the untimely death of music icon, 🎙 Prince, his estate released another posthumous album, 💿 Welcome 2 America. Among the songs appearing on the LP is 🎵 “1000 Light Years From Here,” a track featuring a socially conscious-driven message. The Purple One emphasizes values, prudence, and working together. “We used to be smarter / We taught ‘em what they know,” he asserts in the first verse, continuing, “And now we got to show ‘em / What it means to be American.” AMERICA 🇺🇸!  The lyrics fit the concept of the album, for sure.  It seems, The Purple One envisioned a brighter future, at least eventually on the positive joint: “Your salvation is near / One thousand light years away from here.” WOO!!! Also, it’s worth noting, in 2015, the 🏆 Academy and Grammy Award winner released another 1000 song, 🎵 “1000 X’s & O’s”, which appears on the album, 💿 Hit N Run Phase One.

8. Taylor Swift, “Death by a Thousand Cuts” 

💿 Lover • 🏷 Taylor Swift • 📅  2019

“Gave up on me like I was a bad drug / Now I’m searching for signs in a haunted club…” Arguably, 🎙 Taylor Swift released the best pop album of her career with 💿 Lover in 2019. 🎵 “Death by a Thousand Cuts,” the 10th ‘cut,’ is worthwhile. “‘Cause I can’t pretend it’s okay when it’s not / It’s death by a thousand cuts.” “Death by a thousand Cuts” commences intriguingly with numerous, repeated “My(s)” during the intro section.  The 🏆 Grammy winner reveals the cards on another marvelous chorus, which occurs prior to verses.  The lyrics are nice, while the keyboards and synths are absolutely gorgeous.  What’s the premise of this slick joint? The agony of heartbreak and breaking up.  It’s best expressed by the chorus, in full: 

“Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts 

Flashbacks waking me up 

I get drunk, but it’s not enough 

‘Cause the morning comes and you’re not my baby 

I look through the windows of this love 

Even though we boarded them up 

Chandelier’s still flickering here 

‘Cause I can’t pretend it’s okay when it’s not 

It’s death by a thousand cuts.”

Appears in 🔻:

11 Cutting Edge Cut Songs (2020)

9. Bruce Springsteen, “House of a Thousand Guitars”

💿 Letter to You • 🏷 Bruce Springsteen • 📅 2020

“I tally my wounds and count the scars / Here in the house of a thousand guitars.” Legendary rock musician🎙 Bruce Springsteen invites us all into 🎵 “House of a Thousand Guitars.” Who wouldn’t want a ticket for that 🎸 🤘? Well, Springsteen does mention tallying wounds and counting scars, so, maybe we don’t want a ticket? Anyways, where, oh where is this House of a Thousand Guitars? Sadly, there is no such place, but The Boss is certainly convincing, and the songwriting suggests a place where there’s a special community – a ‘congregation’ of sorts.  There’s a hint of spiritual without explicitly referencing The Bible ✝️ or church ⛪️ itself, even if we’re given the lyric, “Bells ring throughout churches and jails” early on. “House,” a masterfully penned number, ranks near the top of Springsteen’s 2020 album, 💿 Letter to You.  A prime example of elite writing:

“Here the bitter and the bored

Wake in search of the lost chord

That’ll band us together for as long as there’s stars

Here in the house of a thousand guitars.”

10. Post Malone, “A Thousand Bad Times”

💿 Hollywood’s Bleeding • 🏷 Republic • 📅 2019

“You see me on TV, you know I’m a star / You say you don’t know me, but I know that’s false / I’ll pay the price, girl, whatever that cost, oh (What it cost).” On 🎵 “A Thousand Bad Times,” a highlight from 💿 Hollywood’s Bleeding, 🏆 Grammy nominated rapper/singer 🎙 Post Malone reflects on toxic relationships. He sings about bad, shallow girls who ultimately want what he can provide them, not a true, healthy, and dedicated relationship. “And I don’t wanna meet your mama,” he proclaims in the second verse, adding, “She prolly crazier than you.” WOO! Ultimately, Post seems to be drawn to bad connections, brilliantly captured on the infectious chorus:  

“I had a thousand bad times  

So, what’s another time to me?  

You try to burn my house down 

But what’s another house to me?  

‘Cause I can take anything that you give me 

It’s gonna take a lot more to kill me, bitch 

So, thank you for the grave 

I need me a place to sleep.” 

11. Alicia Keys, “28 Thousand Days”

🎵 “28 Thousand Days” • 🏷 RCA • 📅 2015

“Cause trouble ain’t no friend of mine / Ain’t no giving it up, no more wasting time,” 🏆 Grammy-winning, R&B singer/songwriter 🎙 Alicia Keys asserts in the first verse of her single, 🎵 “28 Thousand Days.” In the second verse, she adds, “The devil 😈 ain’t no friend of me / And that clock on the wall is telling me…” Time is clearly a factor on this 2015 song which failed to appear on an album. Penned by Keys, 🎼 ✍ Mark Batson, and Harold Lilly, and produced by 🎛 The Il’Luminaries (those syncopated horns are everything), Keys emphasizes treasuring life. 28 thousand days calculates to about 76 ½ years – a human lifespan. The centerpiece is the chorus, where Alicia sings, “If you had 28 thousand days / Who would you love? Where would you go? / What would you celebrate / I’m telling you life’s too short to just throw it away / So have the time of your life…” Alicia Keys, you have a legit point on this bluesy, thoughtful R&B joint that, DESERVED to be on an album!

Appears in 🔻:

13 Songs Where Time Is Clearly a Factor (2016)

12. Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber, “10,000 Hours” 

**💿 Good Things • 🏷 Warner Music Nashville • 📅 2020**

“When you close your eyes, tell me what are you dreamin’? / Everything, I wanna know it all…” In 2019, 🏆 Grammy-winning country duo 🎙 Dan + Shay dropped 🎵 “10,000 Hours”, featuring fellow 🏆 Grammy-winner, 🎙 Justin Bieber. Ultimately, “10,000 Hours” would appear as the 11th track on the duo’s 2021 album, 💿 Good Things. “10,000 Hours” features chill, contemporary country production work with smooth guitars, and a relatively easy-going drum groove.  There are pop sensibilities from the onset, which fit all parties involved. All parties serve up smooth vocals, beginning with D+S on the first part of the song, and Bieber on the second. Regarding songwriting, questions drive the lyrics on every line of both respective verses. “Hours” features a catchy, memorable chorus that places emphasis on the power of love.

“I’d spend ten thousand hours and ten thousand more
Oh, if that’s what it takes to learn that sweet heart of yours
And I might never get there, but I’m gonna try
If it’s ten thousand hours or the rest of my life
I’m gonna love you (Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh).”

Surefire ‘hour’ hit? You bet!  

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13. Wilson Pickett, “Land of 1000 Dances”

💿 The Exciting Wilson Pickett • 🏷 Atlantic • 📅 1966

“Na, na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na.” WOO, 💿 The Exciting Wilson Pickett – what a great way to characterize legendary soul singer, 🎙 Wilson Pickett (1941 – 2006).  He was, indeed, quite exciting, infusing ample energy into his music.  The 1960s marked the ascent of Pickett, with 🎵 “Land of 1000 Dances” ranking among his best and most important songs of his career.  “Land of 1000 Dances” was written by and originally performed by 🎙 🎼 ✍ Chris Kenner in 1962.  Pickett recorded the definitive version in 1965, produced by 🎛 Jerry Wexler, Jim Stewart, Rick Hall, Steve Cropper, and Tom Dowd. “Land of 1000 Dances” marks one of two top-10 hits by Pickett. “Land,” his most successful of the two, peaked at no. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 💪.

What makes “Land of 1000 Dances” so awesome? It’s fun, infectious, and tongue 👅 in cheek period.  You can’t listen to this Wilson Pickett classic without smiling, singing along, or moving and grooving.  Those “na na(s)” rank among the most memorable parts.  That said, there are plenty of fun lyrics, including those that reference other songs, and of course, dances: “Got to know how to pony / Like Bony Maronie / Mash potato, do the alligator.”  Pickett also references the infectious 🎙 Little Richard classic, 🎵 “Long Tall Sally”, and another notable dance from the era, the Watusi, sigh. Songs don’t sound like 🎵 “Land of 1000 Dances” anymore, but it’s incredibly refreshing revisiting this six-decade-old gem in the 2020s.

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Published by the musical hype on September 22, 2023September 22, 2023