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Requested move[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Not moved. Nathan Johnson (talk) 16:40, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

– The other song is "A Thousand Miles", this has the number 1000. See also "1 Thing", which separates it from three songs called "One Thing". Unreal7 (talk) 19:36, 17 May 2013 (UTC) Unreal7 (talk) 19:36, 17 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - purely orthographic disambiguation rarely works. Not in this case either, see Dave Austin, Jim Peterik, Cathy Lynn Songwriting For Dummies 2010 p165 "Arrangements were created where some of the notes of the song were shifted slightly to anticipate the downbeat, or to come just after it (listen to the string section hook in the song “1000 Miles,” written and sung by Vanessa Carlton, to hear a ..." So we need a 1000 Miles (Vanessa Carlton song) redirect. Same the other way Thousand Miles (Grinspoon song) because of websites Thousand Miles by Grinspoon - Lyrics "Well i got drunk and i got stoned, Shot my family Left my home, Went out on a killing spree, Coz what you hear was fucked to me." The song only gets one mention in print sources, Australian Hotelier 2005. In ictu oculi (talk) 03:07, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per IIO -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 06:09, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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stub class: very basic info + infobox supplied, needs much more: in-line refs, details;Shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 23:24, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 23:24, 1 August 2008 (UTC). Substituted at 05:44, 29 April 2016 (UTC)