Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)

{{Infobox song

| name = Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)

| cover = Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far).jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = the Thrills

| album = So Much for the City

| B-side =

"Blue September"
"Don't Play It Cool"

| released = {{start date|2002|11|11|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 4:12

| label = Virgin

| writer =

Conor Deasy
the Thrills

| producer = Tony Hoffer

| next_title = One Horse Town

| next_year = 2003

}}

"Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)" is a song by Irish band the Thrills, released as the lead single from their first album, So Much for the City. It was released on 11 November 2002 as the band's debut single but did not chart anywhere at first. After the song was re-released on 25 August 2003 following the success of "Big Sur", it reached number 17 on the Irish Singles Chart and number 33 on the UK Singles Chart. Q Magazine ranked the song at number 550 on their 2003 list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever Made".{{cite web|url=https://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/q1001_songs.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909102600/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/q1001_songs.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 9, 2012|title=Rocklist.net... Q - 1001 Best Ever Songs|website=Q Magazine|access-date=8 August 2023}}

Track listings

{{track listing

| all_writing = the Thrills

| headline = CD single

| title1 = Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)

| length1 = 4:12

| title2 = Blue September

| length2 = 3:39

}}

{{track listing

| headline = DVD single

| title1 = Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)

| length1 =

| title2 = It's So Easy

| length2 =

| title3 = Just Travelling Through

| length3 =

| title4 = Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)

| note4 = Video

| length4 =

}}

{{track listing

| headline = 7-inch vinyl

| title1 = Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)

| length1 =

| title2 = Blue September

| length2 =

| title3 = Don't Play It Cool

| length3 =

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Digital download

| title1 = Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)

| note1 = Radio Edit

| length1 = 3:37

| title2 = Blue September

| length2 = 3:39

}}

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

!scope="col"|Chart (2003)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

{{single chart|Ireland2|17|song=Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 December 2018}}

{{single chart|Scotland|32|date=20030906|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 December 2018}}

{{single chart|UK|33|date=20030906|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 December 2018}}

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"\|Region !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Format(s) !scope="col"\|Label(s) !scope="col"\|{{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
scope="row"\|United Kingdom \|11 November 2002 \|{{hlist\|7-inch vinyl\|CD}} \|rowspan="3"\|Virgin \|{{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2002/Music-Week-2002-11-09.pdf\|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 11 November 2002: Singles\|magazine=Music Week\|page=25\|date=9 November 2002\|access-date=2 September 2021}}
scope="row"\|Japan \|26 March 2003 \|CD \|{{cite web\|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/314277/products/501854/1/\|title=ザ・スリルズ {{!}} Santa Cruz EP\|trans-title=The Thrills {{!}} Santa Cruz EP\|publisher=Oricon\|language=ja\|access-date=24 March 2025}}
scope="row"\|United Kingdom (re-release) \|25 August 2003 \|{{hlist\|7-inch vinyl\|CD\|DVD}} \|{{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2003/Music-Week-2003-08-23.pdf\|title=New Releases: Singles\|magazine=Music Week\|page=23\|date=23 August 2003\|access-date=8 September 2021}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

!scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format(s)

!scope="col"|Label(s)

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|11 November 2002

|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|CD}}

|rowspan="3"|Virgin

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2002/Music-Week-2002-11-09.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 11 November 2002: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=25|date=9 November 2002|access-date=2 September 2021}}

scope="row"|Japan

|26 March 2003

|CD

|{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/314277/products/501854/1/|title=ザ・スリルズ {{!}} Santa Cruz EP|trans-title=The Thrills {{!}} Santa Cruz EP|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=24 March 2025}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom (re-release)

|25 August 2003

|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|CD|DVD}}

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2003/Music-Week-2003-08-23.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=23|date=23 August 2003|access-date=8 September 2021}}

References

Category:2002 debut singles

Category:2002 songs

Category:The Thrills songs

Category:Virgin Records singles