Fast Train (song)

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"Fast Train"
Fast Train (April Wine single sleeve).png
45rpm. paper sleeve
Single by April Wine
from the album April Wine
A-side "Fast Train"
B-side "Wench"
Released1971
RecordedRCA Studios, Montreal
Genre Hard rock
Length2:30
3:19 (Album Version)
Label Aquarius
Songwriter(s) Myles Goodwyn
Producer(s) Bill Hill
April Wine singles chronology
"Fast Train"
(1971)		"You Could Have Been a Lady"
(1972)

"Fast Train" is the debut single by the Canadian rock band April Wine, from their 1971 self-titled debut. It was a top 40 hit in Canada, peaking at No.38 on the RPM 100 Singles Chart. [1] It also peaked at No.23 on the Canadian CHUM singles chart, on June 26, 1971. [2] [3] The success of this single established Myles Goodwyn as the band's main songwriter, and made it possible for April Wine to record a second album. [4] [5] [6]

"Fast Train" appears in the soundtrack for the thriller film Natural Enemy (1997), [4] [7] [8] a film starring Donald Sutherland and William McNamara. [9]

Chart positions

Chart (1971)Peak
position
Canada CHUM Chart 23
Canada RPM 100 38

References

  1. ↑ "RPM Volume 15 No. 21, July 10 1971". CollectionsCanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  2. ↑ "April Wine singles at the CHUM Chart (Canada) archives". 1050CHUM.com. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  3. ↑ www.webfitz.com - Canadian Top-30 Music Chart #753 for Saturday, June 26, 1971
  4. 1 2 "April Wine Discography - Fast Train, 1971". AprilWine.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  5. ↑ Eburg.com - The April Wine Cellar - April Wine: The First Album Archived September 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "April Wine History - The First Decade: Fast Train". AprilWine.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  7. ↑ Dave Buerster (2001-07-14). "the Buerster Collection - Video: Full Length Movies (With soundtracks featuring April Wine), Natural Enemy". www.aprilwine.ws. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  8. ↑ www.eburg.com - The April Wine Cellar - April Wine Discography, 1971 - Fast Train Archived December 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ IMDb.com - The Internet Movie Database - Natural Enemy (1997)



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