"Miracle Mile" is a song by American indie rock band Cold War Kids. The song was written by lead singer Nathan Willett and produced by Lars Stalfors (

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) and Dann Gallucci (

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). It was the sole single off their fourth album ''

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'' (2013) and was released on February 5, 2013. "Miracle Mile" was given positive reviews from critics who called it a highlight on ''Dear Miss Lonelyhearts''. The song peaked at number 22 on the ''Billboard'' Alternative Songs chart. A music video was made for the single and premiered in April 2013.

Critical reception

"Miracle Mile" received a positive reception from music critics. Philip Cosores of '' Paste'' called it a "hook-heavy foot stomper." AllMusic's Heather Phares praised the song for being a merger of "both the slickness of ''

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'' and the theatrics of ''

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''." Kevin Perry of '' NME'' felt the piano sounded exhilarating and liked that the band "stopped trying to do indie rock by numbers and gone back to the sort of idiosyncratic weirdness that made us fall for them in the first place."

Chart performance

"Miracle Mile" debuted on the ''Billboard'' Alternative Songs chart at number 37 and peaked at number 22, their fifth top 40 hit on that chart. It was their highest-charting single to date since 2006's " Hang Me Up to Dry" until the "

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" (2015). It stayed on the chart for nineteen weeks, making this their second longest charting single to date, also behind "First".

Music video

Directed by Vern Moen (who previously directed their videos for "

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" and " Louder Than Ever"), the video was mostly shot in black-and-white and occasionally red during the middle part. The video was uploaded on the band's YouTube page on April 11, 2013. The video was made available the next day on iTunes.

Live performances

Cold War Kids performed "Miracle Mile" and "Loner Phase" on ''

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'' on April 2, 2013. They performed the song again on the ''

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'' on July 18, 2013.

In popular culture

*The song was featured in the season 4 episode "Bring It On" of The CW series '' The Vampire Diaries''. *The song was featured in Episode 1 of 24/7 Road to the Winter Classic: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings''. *The song was featured in the season 9 episode "Transplant Wasteland" of the

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series '' Grey's Anatomy''. *The song was featured on the NBC series ''

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'' in the episode "Valentine's Day in July". *The song was used as a video montage of the Super Bowl XLIX highlights between the

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on the NFL Network. *The song is featured as part of the ''

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'' soundtrack. *The song was featured in the 2014 film '' Premature''.

Charts

References

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