Rock 'n Roll Train

Rock 'n Roll Train

Infobox Single
Name = Rock 'n Roll Train


Artist = AC/DC
from Album = Black Ice
Released = August 28, 2008
Recorded = March-April 2008 in Vancouver
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 4:21
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Brendan O'Brien
Last single = "Satellite Blues"
(2001)
This single = "Rock 'n Roll Train" (2008)
Next single = "War Machine" (2008)

Rock 'n Roll Train is a song by Australian rock band AC/DC. It is the first track on the upcoming album Black Ice to receive radio airplay.This was not released as a CD single, but as digital single only.

On August 15, AC/DC recorded the video to accompany the song in London, where 150 contest winners and their guests were present. cite web | url = http://www.acdc.com/news/news.php?uid=18 | title = AC/DC wants YOU for their new video | work = AC/DC.com | accessdate = 2008-08-09 | date = 2008-08-09] The video is set to premiere on September 19. The band's official website www.acdc.com has released the video online.

The audience at the video shoot claim that they were asked to jump up and down and have their hands raised during the chorus. Although they were originally told to sing the lyric "running, running, running right off the tracks", Brian corrected them and stated that there is just one "running".

The video set had cogs turning, CO2 dispensed and some pyrotechnic displays.

On August 27, close to midnight, the single was uploaded to AC/DC's official website and AC/DC's MySpace. It made its worldwide radio debut on the 28th August at 17:00 New Zealand time on The Rock radio station. Many Australian stations played the song straight after their 4:00pm news services. The song later made its way onto classic rock radio stations Planet Rock, Virgin Radio Classic Rock, Radio Caroline, radio2XS and Rock Radio in the UK, with Planet Rock presenter Mark Jeeves even playing the song twice in a row. The Song made its Canadian Debut on August 28th at 12:09am on CKQB-FM in Ottawa. Played twice in a row at first then every half an hour by announcer Kornbread. He racked up 12 plays of the song before any other station in Canada played it once. Rock 'n Roll Train debuted at #1 on the Canadian rock chart for the week ending September 5, 2008.

On August 30th, the first Saturday of the U.S. college football season, the song was played extensively on ESPN and ABC college football broadcasts as intro and bumper music, along with other AC/DC song's Thunderstruck and For Those About to Rock (We Salute You). It was also played on a promo for CBS's "Criminal Minds". It is currently #2 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Charts. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Hot+Mainstream+Rock+Tracks] On September 19th at midnight, AC/DC released their new music video of Rock 'n Roll Train. It is available on AC/DC's official myspace page and on www.acdc.com.

References

External links

* [http://www.acdc.com/news/news.php?uid=19 Announcing Black Ice]

*Listen to the entire track [http://www.acdc.com/]

*Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Hot+Mainstream+Rock+Tracks]


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