"Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)" is a song by Irish band

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, released as the lead single from their first album, ''

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''. It was released on 11 November 2002 as the band's debut single but did not chart anywhere at first. After the song was re-released on 25 August 2003 following the success of "

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", it reached number 17 on the

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and number 33 on the UK Singles Chart. ''

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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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