Madonna - Miles Away

"Miles Away" is a song by American singer Madonna from her eleventh studio album, Hard Candy. It was first released as a promotional single in Japan in June 2008, as the theme for the Fuji TV Japanese drama Change. The song was released by Warner Bros. Records as the third and final single from the album on October 17, 2008. Written by Madonna, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, "Miles Away" is a melancholy electronic ballad and is inspired by Madonna's then husband Guy Ritchie. Lyrically the song deals with long distance relationships.

"Miles Away" has received positive appreciation from contemporary critics, though some of them noted its similarity to Justin Timberlake's 2006 single "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around". "Miles Away" reached the top forty in most countries including the United Kingdom, Canada, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The song did not appear on the official chart of the United States, but it was a success on the U.S. dance charts, where it became Madonna's seventh consecutive number one song on the Hot Dance Airplay chart, the most for any artist. The song has been performed by Madonna in the promotional tour for the Hard Candy album and the 2008–2009 Sticky & Sweet Tour during the gypsy segment of the show.

The music for "Miles Away" was the first song of Hard Candy to be composed. After hearing it, Madonna began singing and writing the lyrics for the song. In an interview with MSN, Madonna said that the song was inspired by her then husband, Guy Ritchie. "You realise so many people have to deal with long distance relationships. It's not easy. You have to work hard to make it work." When asked if the song was autobiographical, she said:

Probably in many respects most of the songs on Hard Candy. But in more of an unconscious way. I don't really think about telling personal stories when I'm writing music. It just comes. And then a lot of times, six months later, eight months later, I go, "Oh, that's what I wrote that song about." But that's when I play the song for lots of people and they all go, "Oh, I can totally relate to that." In 'Miles Away' I'm tapping into the global consciousness of people who have intimacy problems.