So Far Away (Staind song)
| "So Far Away" | ||||
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| Single by Staind | ||||
| from the album 14 Shades of Grey | ||||
| Released | June 23, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Post-grunge | |||
| Length | 4:03 | |||
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| Producer | Josh Abraham | |||
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| "So Far Away" on YouTube | ||||
"So Far Away" is a song by the American rock band Staind, released to rock radio on June 23, 2003, as the second single from their fourth album, 14 Shades of Grey. The song found success on both rock and mainstream radio, reaching number one on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 14 consecutive weeks (one of the longest runs in the chart's history) and on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks for seven non-consecutive weeks. It 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 chart, Billboard ranked "So Far Away" at number 20 on its list of the 100 most successful songs in the chart's history; in September 2023, the magazine ranked the song at number 89 on a similar retrospective list for the 35th anniversary of the Modern Rock Tracks chart (which by then had been renamed to Alternative Airplay).