It was released as a Christmas single in the UK that December. In 2014, while finishing up her album Stockholm, Hynde collaborated with Swede Bjorn Yttling on an updated version of "2000 Miles. Learning to Crawl earned the #5 spot on the U.S. The single was popular in the UK, where it peaked at #15 on the UK Singles Chart. "2000 Miles" was released as a single in December of 1983 and appeared as the 10th track of The Pretenders' Learning to Crawl album. While many people see "2000 Miles" as a sweet Christmas song about a young woman yearning to be closer to her lover during the holidays, the tune is actually Hynde's tribute to guitarist and founding band member James Honeyman-Scott, who died of a drug overdose in 1982 at the age of 25.
sparkle / Our hearts were singing / It felt like Christmastime. you appear / Outside under the purple sky / Diamonds in the snow.
She sings, "In these frozen and silent nights / Sometimes in a dream. In the 1983 holiday release, "2000 Miles," Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders paints a picture of a diamond-embellished winter scene while lamenting the fact that she's far away from the one she loves at Christmastime. Music Friday: In '2000 Miles,' The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde Sings About Diamonds Sparkling in the Snow December 15, 2017Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you great songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics.
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