Long-distance running loss of Babylon: Running messengers are reported from early Sumer, were named "lasimu" as military men as well as the king’s officials who disseminated documents throughout the kingdom by running. Ancient Greece was famous for its running messengers, who were named "hemerodromoi", meaning “day runners”. One of the most famous running messengers is Pheidippides, who according to the legend ran from Marathon to Athens to announce the victory of the Greek over the Persians in the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. He collapsed and died as he delivered the message “we won”. While there are debates around the accuracy
Twenty-Five Miles inclusion on the Motown compilation album, "The Original Soul of Michael Jackson", in 1987, with Michael Jackson being given sole performer credit for the track. It was not the original recording, however, as it included drum machine overdubs; the original featured a hard-driving drum track by Uriel Jones, one of the Funk Brothers. Jackson's version of "Twenty-Five Miles" was released as a single in the US to promote "The Original Soul of Michael Jackson". The single was backed by the song "Up on the Housetop". The original recording of the song was included on the 2009 set, "". A shortened