Vanessa Carlton wrote “A Thousand Miles”, in her childhood home as a teenager. Little did she know, the song would became an international smash hit, a film-soundtrack favorite, and would be repurposed by new artists and the internet for the next 20 years . VICE meets Vanessa Carlton, "White Chicks" actor Terry Crews, and others responsible for making the song the indelible hit, still widely adored today.

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