So Far Away (Avenged Sevenfold song)

"So Far Away"
Single by Avenged Sevenfold
from the album Nightmare
ReleasedApril 5, 2011
RecordedNovember 2009 – April 2010
Studio
Length
  • 5:28 (album version)
  • 4:34 (radio edit)
LabelWarner
Songwriter(s)Synyster Gates
Producer(s)Mike Elizondo
Avenged Sevenfold singles chronology
"Welcome to the Family"
(2010)
"So Far Away"
(2011)
"Not Ready to Die"
(2011)

"So Far Away" is a song by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released as the third single for their fifth studio album, Nightmare. The single was released on April 5, 2011, via Warner Records. The song is a tribute to the band's original drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan, who died in his sleep on December 28, 2009.