Another Town, Another Train

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"Another Town, Another Train"
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Sleeve of Japanese release
Single by ABBA
from the album Ring Ring
B-side "People Need Love"
Released6 Apr 1973
RecordedLate 1972 to early 1973
Studio KMH Studios
Genre Folk-pop
Length3:13
Label Polar Music
Songwriter(s) Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus
Producer(s) Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus
ABBA singles chronology
"Ring Ring"
(1973)
"Another Town, Another Train"
(1973)
"Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)"
(1973)
Audio video
"Another Town, Another Train" on YouTube

"Another Town, Another Train" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA at KMH Studios.

Contents

The song was released as a 7" vinyl single in Japan in March 1973 to promote the group's debut album Ring Ring ; the single was also released with the same B-side ("People Need Love") in Venezuela. [1] "Another Town, Another Train" was also released as a single on Playboy Records in the USA, with "I Am Just A Girl" on the B-side, [2] as a follow-up to the group's first single "People Need Love". The single was released in South Africa and Rhodesia on the Sunshine label with "Rock'n Roll Band" on the B-side. [3] After the success of the Ring Ring single, it was the intention for "Another Town, Another Train" to be released as a follow-up single in Holland which never materialised. [4] The first release in the UK was on Abba's first compilation album Greatest Hits .

Written and performed in the style of Simon and Garfunkel and The Bachelors, the melodic ballad tells of the song's narrator leaving his love as "day is dawning". [5] It was recorded in German under the title "Wer im Wartesaal der Liebe steht" (with lyrics by Fred Jay), as the B-side to the German version of "Ring Ring". With lyrics in Swedish by Stikkan Andersson, "En annan stad, en annan vän", it was covered by dance band Schytts in 1974, and by fellow Eurovision participant Kikki Danielsson in 1991 on her album "Vägen hem till dej". [6]

Official versions

Charts

Chart (1974)Peak
position
Rhodesia (Lyons Maid) [7] 18

Release history

RegionDateTitleLabelFormatCatalogReference
USA6 Apr 1973"Another Town, Another Train" / "I Am Just A Girl" Playboy Records 7-inch vinyl P 50018 [8] [9]
"Another Town, Another Train" / "Another Town, Another Train" 7-inch vinyl, promo
Japan1973"Another Town, Another Train" / "People Need Love" Philips 7-inch vinyl SFL-1796
Venezuela RCA Victor 45.496
South AfricaFeb 1974"Another Town, Another Train" / "Rock & Roll Band"SunshineSUN 4

References

  1. 45cat. Japan & Venezuela singles
  2. 45cat. Another Town, Another Train on Playboy
  3. 45cat. Another Town, Another Train on Sunshine
  4. Cash Box (PDF). 19 May 1973. p. 55.
  5. Scott, Robert (2002) 'ABBA: Thank You for the Music – The Stories Behind Every Song', Carlton Books Limited: Great Britain, p. 26
  6. Information at Svensk mediedatabas
  7. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: Singles Chart Book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
  8. Spins & Sales (PDF). Record World. Vol. 28. Bob Austin. 28 April 1973. p. 10.
  9. Palm, Carl Magnus (2024). ABBA on record: packaged, promoted, reviewed. Stockholm: CMP Text. p. 37. ISBN   978-91-519-0980-6.