Gen X Flashback Friday Music Video
Our flashback video this week is I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) by the Scottish duo The Proclaimers. The song hit #03 on the American top 40 charts in 1993.
The duo, which is comprised of twin brothers Charlie and Craig Reid, released the song in 1988 as the lead single off their album Sunshine on Leith. The single hit #11 on the British charts. Five years later the song appeared in the movie Benny and Joon and was re-released all across the world.
In 2007, the Reid Brothers teamed with British comedians Peter Kay and Matt Lucas and re-recorded the song as a charity single for Comic Relief. This version went to #1 in the UK and to #7 in Ireland. It also landed at #8 on the UK year-end charts.