Bad Day for Trains (song)

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"Bad Day for Trains"
Single by Patricia Conroy
from the album Bad Day for Trains
Released1992
Genre Country
Length3:44
Label WEA
Songwriter(s) Patricia Conroy
Ralph Murphy
Producer(s) Pat McMakin
Randall Prescott
Patricia Conroy singles chronology
"My Baby Loves Me (Just the Way That I Am)"
(1992)
"Bad Day for Trains"
(1992)
"What Do You Care"
(1993)

"Bad Day for Trains" is a song recorded by Canadian country music artist Patricia Conroy. It was released in 1992 as the second single from her second studio album, Bad Day for Trains . It peaked at number 7 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in November 1992.

Contents

Chart performance

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [1] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 80

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References

  1. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1864." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. November 28, 1992. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
  2. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992". RPM . December 19, 1992. Retrieved October 13, 2013.