Express (B. T. Express song)

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"Express"
Single by B. T. Express
from the album Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) [1]
Released1974/1994 [2]
Genre
Length5:03 (album version) [1]
3:25 (single edit)
Label Roadshow/Scepter Records/Metronome/Vogue/Pye International/PWL International/Plaza Records [2]
Songwriter(s) B. T. Express [4]
Producer(s) Jeff Lane [4]
B. T. Express singles chronology
"Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)"
(1974)		"Express"
(1974)		"That's What I Want for You Baby"
(1974)

"Express" is a 1974 instrumental written and performed by B. T. Express. It features the sounds of train whistles, which are heard in several sections of the instrumental track. Only the words: "Here comes the Express/ The Express/ Chug, Chug, Chug, Chug, Chug, UGH"/ are said.

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Chart performance

"Express" reached No. 4 on the US pop chart, No. 1 on the US R&B chart, and No. 1 on the US dance chart for 5 consecutive weeks. [5] Outside the US, the song peaked at No. 34 on the UK Singles Chart [6] [7] and a remix of it made No. 67 in the UK in 1994. [8]

Certifications

Certifications for "Express"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [9] Gold75,000^
United States (RIAA) [10] Gold1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)". Discogs.
  2. 1 2 "Express". Discogs.
  3. 1 2 3 Echols, Alice (March 29, 2010). "I Hear a Symphony: Black Masculinity and the Disco Turn". Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 22. ISBN   978-0-393-06675-3.
  4. 1 2 "Express". Discogs.
  5. ↑ "B.T. Express US singles chart history". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
  6. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 37. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  7. ↑ BMRB Chart 1970-1976 Top 50 plus Top 10 Breakers
  8. ↑ "B. T. Express". The Official Charts Company.
  9. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – B.T. Express – Express". Music Canada . Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  10. ↑ "American single certifications – B.T. Express – Express". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved June 16, 2023.
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