I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Song by The Proclaimers
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Oct 13, 2026
Kim HolcombGUEST
[laughs]
speaker_7NARRATOR
It's The Proclaimers, and it's I'm Gonna Be and 500 Miles.
speaker_7NARRATOR
Both are the title.
Jim DeverGUEST
Oh.
AnthonyHOST
The Proclaimers.
Kim HolcombGUEST
500 miles.
Jim DeverGUEST
Okay.
Jim DeverGUEST
All right.
RobynneHOST
W- Tracy Chapman, we're not giving you another reason.
RobynneHOST
Our next song is I'm Gonna Be 500 Miles.
RobynneHOST
This is fun.
RobynneHOST
This is fun.
RobynneHOST
I'm just loading it up again.
RobynneHOST
I'm Gonna Be 500 Miles.
RobynneHOST
Proclaimers.
RobynneHOST
Do you wanna tell us about that, Jess? Why?
Molly AllenHOST
... as an early '90s song.
Molly AllenHOST
And I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more, just to be that man who walks a thousand miles to fall down at your door.
Molly AllenHOST
Ooh, ba, da, dum, ba.
Molly AllenHOST
Ba, da, dum, ba.
Dave SpositoHOST
Take On Me.
Molly AllenHOST
Yeah.
Dave SpositoHOST
Uh, 500 Miles.
Molly AllenHOST
Yeah.
Chris LumsdonHOST
The Monzos probably
Dylan McGeouchHOST
... "I'm gonna be, uh, 500 Miles" from Proclaimers.
Dylan McGeouchHOST
What is that?
Chris LumsdonHOST
Uh, aye.
Darren LudlowHOST
It went to number one in Iceland, Australia and New Zealand and was certified five times platinum here.
Darren LudlowHOST
Here are the proclaimers with I'm Gonna Be 500 Miles.
speaker_3UNKNOWN
Well, I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you.
speaker_3UNKNOWN
When I go out, yeah, I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man who goes a long way.
speaker_3UNKNOWN
Almost every penny on to you When I come home Oh, I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who comes back home to you And if I drove Well, I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who's going over you But I would walk five hundred miles And I would walk five hundred more Just to be a man who walks a thousand miles to be the man who's coming for you.
speaker_3UNKNOWN
But I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more just to be the man who walks a thousand miles to fall down and
Darren LudlowHOST
It's Radio Without Pictures, with 100 music icons of the 80s, part 4.
Joe BieleckiHOST
Um, I think I've mentioned this before, so, like, uh, listeners, uh, you know, who listen for me will, will know this story.
Joe BieleckiHOST
In, in How I Met Your Mother, there's the episode where they go on a road trip, and, uh, The Proclaimers' single, uh, 500 Miles is, like, the only song that is on this cassette that is stuck in, in the radio.
Joe BieleckiHOST
So they...
Joe BieleckiHOST
If you're gonna listen to music, you, you're listening to this song.
8 MINS LATER
Joe BieleckiHOST
She has all these like Beatrix Potter, uh, VHS tapes that she loves.
Joe BieleckiHOST
She's...
Joe BieleckiHOST
Like, every single fairy book she finds at Goodwill is coming home with us, and that's great as a person who, like, did that for himself, uh, very strongly a couple years ago and continues less strongly now with like I'm bringing that stuff back and allowing myself to like kind of be a weird little goblin.
Joe BieleckiHOST
Um, so I appreciate the Barbie movie for that.