Far from Home (Five Finger Death Punch song)

"Far from Home"
Single by Five Finger Death Punch
from the album War Is the Answer
Released September 16, 2010
Format CD single, DI
Genre Rock, hard rock
Length 3:32
Label Prospect Park
Producer(s) Kevin Churko
Five Finger Death Punch singles chronology
"Bad Company"
(2010)
"Far from Home"
(2010)
"Under and Over It"
(2011)

"Far from Home" is a song by American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. It was released as the sixth and final single from their second studio album War Is the Answer on September 16, 2010.[1] It debuted at #33 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart, eventually peaking at #4. It debuted at #45 on the Billboard Rock Songs chart and has peaked at #14. It is one of Five Finger Death Punch's most well known songs.

The song was featured on episode 06x10 "What Happens at Home" of CBS's Criminal Minds.

It is also the walk-up song for Jonathan Lucroy, catcher for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Writing and recording

Guitarist Zoltan Bathory told Metal Hammer about this song's evolution: “We’d been kicking this song around for over a year, and we did record an early version of it, but somehow we couldn’t quite get it to gel. That can happen with songs – you’re not sure about them to start them, and then they grow into something special, which is really what happened with ‘The Bleeding’… I mean, that only just scraped onto the first album!

“Then Kevin (Churko, producer) heard ‘Far From Home’, which is kind of a ballad I guess, and he encouraged us to work on it some more, and today of course I’m really glad we did. We changed the structure, added some strings, and generally moved the track up to a whole new level. “Now I would say it’s a potential single, but quite a way down the line…”[2]

Chart performance

Chart (2010–2011) Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock Songs (Billboard) 4
US Alternative Songs (Billboard) 29
US Rock Songs (Billboard)[3] 14
US Heatseekers Songs (Billboard)[3] 16

Personnel

References

  1. Anderson, Sara D. (September 14, 2010). "Five Finger Death Punch, 'Far From Home' -- New Song". AOL. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
  2. Bezer, Terry (January 1, 2009). "5FDP: Zoltan Bathory’s Guide To ‘War Is The Answer’". Metal Hammer. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Far from Home". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2010.

External links

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