Far from Home (song)

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

"Far from Home"
Single by Five Finger Death Punch
from the album War Is the Answer
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2010
Length3:32
LabelProspect Park
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Kevin Churko
Five Finger Death Punch singles chronology
"Bad Company"
(2010)		 "Far from Home"
(2010)		 "Under and Over It"
(2011)

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

Writing and recording

Guitarist Zoltan Bathory told Metal Hammer about the 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]

Track listing
Promo CD
No.TitleLength
1."Far From Home (radio edit)" 
2."Far From Home (album version)"3:32

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. Archived from the original on January 12, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
  3. "Far from Home". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
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