"99 Miles from L.A." is a 1975 single written byAlbert Hammond andHal David and performed by Hammond. The song was Hammond's only number one on theEasy Listening chart as well as his most successful release on the chart. "99 Miles from L.A." spent one week at number one and peaked at number ninety-one on theBillboard Hot 100.^[1]

A new version of this song was included as a track on Hammond's 1976 album,When I Need You.

• The song was included as a track onArt Garfunkel's 1975 album,Breakaway.
• Johnny Mathis covered the song live on his 1975 albumFeelings.
• In 1990,Julio Iglesias covered the song for his albumStarry Night.
• Dionne Warwick covered the song on her 2012 50th anniversary albumNow.^[2]
• Nancy Sinatra covered the song on her 2002 albumCalifornia Girl.^[3]
• Stevie Holland covered the song on her 2015 albumLife Goes On.
• Claire Small covered the song on the 2012 albumEven More Songs of Route 66: From Here to There.^[4]

• The song provides the title of the first novel by filmmaker/authorP. David Ebersole, published by Pelekinesis in 2022.^[5]

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1975 (U.S.)

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