Miles Away (Madonna song)

"Miles Away"
Single by Madonna
from the album Hard Candy
Released	November 21, 2008
Recorded	2007
Studio	Record Plant (Los Angeles) Sarm West (London) Criteria (Miami)
Genre	Dance-pop
Length	4:49
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Madonna Timbaland Justin Timberlake Nate Hills
Producer(s)	Madonna Timbaland Justin Timberlake Danja
Madonna singles chronology
"Give It 2 Me" (2008) "Miles Away" (2008) "Celebration" (2009)
Music video
"Miles Away" on YouTube

"Miles Away" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna from her eleventh studio album, Hard Candy (2008). It was written and produced by Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, and Nate "Danja" Hills. Unlike the previous songs from the album, which are dance-oriented, "Miles Away" is a ballad with reggae, electronica, and Latin influences. Its lyrics talk about long-distance relationships, and draw inspiration from Madonna's marriage to British film director Guy Ritchie. "Miles Away" was released as Hard Candy's third and final single on November 21, 2008, and subsequently added to the singer's third compilation album, Celebration (2009).

Upon release, "Miles Away" received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised its catchiness, introspective tones, and deemed it one of the album's best. Commercially, the single had a lukewarm reception. In the United States, it failed to enter the Billboard Hot 100, but became Madonna's seventh consecutive number-one on the Hot Dance Airplay chart. In the United Kingdom, it was her lowest charting single 1996. "Miles Away" saw more success in Spain ―where it reached the chart's first spot― and in Japan, where it became the year's best-selling digital single.

No music video was shot for "Miles Away". Instead, a clip was put together made up of footage taken from 2008―2009's Sticky & Sweet Tour. Madonna sang the track on the promotional concerts offered for Hard Candy, on her set at the BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, and on the forementioned Sticky & Sweet Tour.