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Vanessa Carlton took a while to rejoice skilled hockey participant John Carlson who performs for the Washington Capitals over the weekend, in honor of his achievement of enjoying 1,000 league video games.
The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter appeared on the National Hockey League team’s X page Saturday morning, in a video performing her 2002 hit song “A Thousand Miles” with up to date lyrics in recognition of Carlson – who is understood affectionately as “Carly” to followers.
Within the clip, Carlton sits on the piano and keys out the well-known notes of her millennial ballad, singing about Carlson’s 2018 Stanley Cup win and his “shot like thunder.”
On the finish of her efficiency, Carlton congratulates Carlson on his 1,000-game feat and cheers “Go Caps!” in a second of hockey fan appreciation.
In a nod to the similarities to the pair’s names, the Capitals wrote within the caption on their X web page, “Did you suppose a Carlson/Carlton crossover would cross us by?”
Carlton’s tune “A Thousand Miles” was launched to very large reputation in 2002, dominating the airwaves and reaching the highest 10 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart. It additionally obtained three Grammy Award nominations together with report and tune of the 12 months.
For its twentieth anniversary in 2022, Rolling Stone wrote “A Thousand Miles” contained “arguably essentially the most simply identifiable first three seconds to a tune of the final 20 years, and fairly presumably essentially the most instantaneously recognizable piano riff ever.”
Carlson, a defenseman and alternate captain, will seem in his 1,000th NHL recreation on Saturday night time alongside his Capitals teammates, versus the Boston Bruins.