High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "A Million Miles Away" is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna from her second studio album, A Girl like Me (2006). It was written and produced by Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken. It was recorded at The Loft Recording Studios in Bronxville, New York and at Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, California. A multitude of musicians and instruments were used for the song`s instrumental, which includes piano, guitar, cello, percussion, viola and strings. "A Million Miles Away" is an R&B and pop ballad, which also incorporates elements of dance-pop and urban music. The song garnered a mixed reaction from music critics. While some critics praised Rihanna for avoiding a sophomore slump by having better material than her debut album, Music of the Sun (2005), others criticized the song for being bland. In November 2009, three and a half years after the release of A Girl like Me, "A Million Miles Away" charted at number 38 on the Spanish singles chart, although Rihanna had released two new albums since 2006, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) and Rated R (2009).