"Space They Cannot Touch" is a song by Australian singer songwriter
Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Melina Miller-Heidke (; born 16 November 1981) is an Australian singer and songwriter. Although classically trained, she has generally followed a career in alternative pop music. She signed to Sony Australia, Epic in the US and RCA in the ...
. The song was released in March 2008 as the third and final single from Miller-Heidke's debut album ''
Little Eve
''Little Eve'' is the debut studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke. It was released on 26 May 2007 through Sony BMG, and was reissued twice, first with a bonus CD, and then with a bonus DVD. It reached number eleven on ...
''.
Song history
"Space They Cannot Touch" is a love song written by Miller-Heidke's husband and collaborator
Keir Nuttall
Keir Francis Nuttall (born 1975) is a Brisbane-based guitarist-singer-songwriter. He is a founding mainstay member of the rock trio, Transport, which formed in 2001. He married Australian singer-songwriter and actor, Kate Miller-Heidke, in 2007 ...
. The song originally featured on Miller-Heidke debut
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'', which she released independently in 2004. It received considerable airplay on the Australian youth radio network
Triple J
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and in November 2005, was included on
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's Australia's summer anthology ''Coastal Chill 6''. A free MP3 of the song was downloaded more than 20,000 times from the Triple J's website between 2005 and 2006.
Due to its popularity, Miller-Heidke re-recorded it for inclusion on her major-label debut album ''
Little Eve
''Little Eve'' is the debut studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke. It was released on 26 May 2007 through Sony BMG, and was reissued twice, first with a bonus CD, and then with a bonus DVD. It reached number eleven on ...
'' and it was released as the album's third single. A live performance from her ''Live at the Chapel'' show was used as the music video. The song was featured on the short film ''Left Unspoken'' directed by Avi Lewin which was screened at Tropfest 2009.
Music video
No music video was shot, instead the performance of the song at ''The Chapel'' was used.
Track listing
;Digital EP
# Space They Cannot Touch
# Little Adam - (Live at The Chapel)
# Dreams (I Love You) - (Live at The Chapel)
References
External links
Kate Miller-Heidkeofficial website
Kate Miller-Heidke on Myspace''Space They Cannot Touch'' lyricsat SongMeanings
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2004 songs
2008 singles
Kate Miller-Heidke songs
Songs written by Keir Nuttall
Song recordings produced by Magoo (Australian producer)
Sony BMG singles