"Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)" is the debut single of Irish band

the Thrills The Thrills are an Irish rock band, formed in 2001 in Dublin, Ireland. The band was founded by lead vocalist Conor Deasy and guitarist Daniel Ryan, guitarist and bass player Padraic McMahon, pianist Kevin Horan and drummer Ben Carrigan. Their bre ...

, taken from the album ''

So Much for the City ''So Much for the City'' is the debut album of the Irish indie/ pop band The Thrills. It was released on 27 May 2003 and quickly saw success in Ireland, spending 61 weeks in the top 75 of the Irish Albums Chart, and also won 'Album of the Year' a ...

''. It was released on 11 November 2002 but did not chart anywhere at first. After the song was re-released on 25 August 2003 following the success of " Big Sur", it reached number 17 on the Irish Singles Chart and number 33 on the

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'' ranked the song at number 550 on their 2003 list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever Made".

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2002 debut singles 2002 songs The Thrills songs Virgin Records singles {{2000s-rock-single-stub