What is "long distance"

Long Distance is the third studio album by American band Ivy. It was released on November 8, 2000 in Japan, while the US version was released on July 10, 2001 by Nettwerk. Noted as a departure from Ivy's previous studio album Apartment Life (1997), the album took influence from new wave, but maintained Ivy's signature blend of indie pop and indie rock music. Ivy collaborated with long-time producer Peter Nashel for two of the album's tracks, while the rest was completely produced and written by members Andy Chase and Adam Schlesinger.

Long Distance received positive reviews upon release, and is noted for its different new wave sound compared to Ivy's previous works, Apartment Life and Realistic (1995). Many critics favored Ivy's new approach, although some found it less interesting compared to the material on Apartment Life. Commercially, the album fared well in both Japan and the United States, but did not peak on any significant record chart.

Four singles were released from the album. " Lucy Doesn't Love You", " Disappointed" and " I Think of You" were all commercially unsuccessful, while the album's third single, " Edge of the Ocean", appeared in numerous films and television programs and is often considered the band's signature song. The songs "Undertow" and " Worry About You" were also used in the media, and the latter was used as the theme song for the ABC miniseries Kingdom Hospital. Promotional music videos were created for both "Lucy Doesn't Love You" and "Edge of the Ocean".

"Long Distance" is a song by American recording artist Brandy Norwood. It was written by Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Jeff Bhasker, and Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, and was co-produced by Jerkins and Mars for her fifth studio album Human (2008) based on a demo by Mars. It appears as the seventh track on the album on which it is interluded by a telephone conversation between two lovers (Brandy & an unidentified male voice). The lyrics of the piano–led power ballad describe the protagonist's emotional state towards an ongoing long-distance relationship, which leaves her in depression.

The song was the second and final single to precede the Human album. Upon its release in October 2008, it garnered a generally mixed reception from music critics who applauded the song's lyrical content, its vocals and the hymnlike character, while others found the song would sound too clichéd and outdated. Never released outside North America, "Long Distance" managed to peak at number 38 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart but failed to enter the Hot 100; though it became the second consecutive Human single after " Right Here (Departed)" to reach the top spot on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. An alternate pop remix, which featured a different instruments, was serviced to mainstream radio in February 2009.

The accompanying music video for the single was directed by Chris Robinson and filmed at the Park Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles in November 2008. Depiciting Norwood as a singing diva, who remembers moments with her distant lover, the video shifts from black-and-white to color photography during its bridge. Both Mars and Lawrence appear as pianists in a sequence of the clip.

Long Distance is a compilation album of seventeen of Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig's songs.

Long distance or Long-distance may refer to:

• Long-distance calling
• Long-distance operator
• Long-distance relationship
• Long-distance train
• Long-distance anchor pylon, see dead-end tower

Long Distance is a 1961 Australian television film. It was based on a 1948 American radio play, and retained the U.S. setting. It was among the first local drama productions by station HSV-7, and aired in a 30-minute time-slot. It was telecast on the 8th of June. An excerpt from it appeared in a 2006 documentary called Studio One, suggesting Long Distance still exists despite the wiping of the era. It was produced by British producer Peter Cotes and starred his wife, Joan Miller.

It is not known if the show was shown interstate.