500 miles was The Proclaimers only hit in the US and has appeared in numerous movies including Benny and Joon and Pitch Perfect but some US radio stations took against it.
Craig says the song was written in 1984: "It was basically rage at what was going on. The New York Times says the president paid no income tax at all in 10 of the last 15 years.
The song has since taken on a life on its own and in 2018, it was voted the best football song in BBC Radio 6’s “Football Anthems World Cup” organised by Steve Lemacq.
It was then the song took on extra meaning. "We went to the football the next day and we were standing on the terracing at Easter Road and people were coming up as we were buying a pie and a coffee and saying ' saw you last night pal'.". The first album - This is the Story - was recorded in London. A BBC Scotland documentary is looking back on their remarkable 30-year career. Scottish author Christopher Brookmyre tells the BBC documentary: "Having two guys with acoustic guitars singing a song about the Highland Clearances was not something that was going to shock anybody because that's a familiar subject for folk music. You must log in or register to reply here. That was a big venue. "10,000 people on the terraces can sing it and everybody is going to be in tears.".
During the fight to block the takeover of Hibs by then-Hearts owner Willie Mercer in 1990, the supporters’ club rallied together to find ways of getting the Hands Off Hibs message out. The song is a melancholic six-minute epic which the brothers refused to edit and it didn't make it on to radio playlists. After Mercer dropped the bid, the supporters club released a Hands Off Hibs record, featuring, of course, Sunshine on Leith. It was an international hit at the time but its success has continued for almost 30 years, providing them with their only No 1 hit when it was re-recorded for Comic Relief with comedian Peter Kay in 2007. Charlie says: "500 miles is the reason we are able to keep making records. A BBC Scotland documentary is looking back on their remarkable 30-year career. Heaton put them in touch with record producer John Williams. Certain songs and football clubs are inextricably linked, but none more so than Sunshine on Leith and Hibs, forever synonymous after the battle to save the football club from probable extinction. He says: "The Tube was a massive show at the time. The Proclaimers Interview Sunshine On Leith Premiere. She said: “When there was the meeting at Easter Road, the fans, almost without guidance, started singing Sunshine on Leith. This website and its associated newspaper are members of Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). "It was just like it was writing itself.". It is indestructible that record. Featuring a host of well-known names and prominent footballers, the rally at the Usher Hall was headlined by The Proclaimers.
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Presenter Paula Yates introduced the boys by saying: "Now it's time for something totally weird and unusual. “It was always looked upon to me as the song that helped defeat Mercer. Hibernian FC, the club Craig and Charlie have passionately supported for years, have adopted it as their song and the fans belt it out whenever the occasion allows. Read about our approach to external linking. In terms of what it has brought in over the years it pays for new records, it pays for tours, it underpins everything we do.".
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