Train (Goldfrapp song)

Infobox Single
Name = Train


Caption = UK CD1 cover
Artist = Goldfrapp
Album = Black Cherry
B-side = "Big Black Cloud, Little White Lie"
Released = 14 April 2003 (UK, Australia)
Format = CD: Worldwide
Vinyl: UK
Digital download: Worldwide
Box set: UK
Recorded = Bath, England
Genre = Electroclash
Length = 4:08
Label = Mute
Writer = Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory
Producer =
Last single = "Pilots"
(2001)
This single = "Train"
(2003)
Next single = "Strict Machine"
(2003)"Train" is an electronic dance song written by British group Goldfrapp for their second album "Black Cherry" (2003). The song was produced by Goldfrapp and received a positive reception from music critics. It was released as the lead single in the second quarter of 2003 and reached the top thiry in the United Kingdom, where it became Goldfrapp's first top thirty single. The original title of the song was "Wolf Lady", which makes reference to the lyrics in the second verse of the song. [ [http://goldfrapp.free.fr/php/home.php?sscat=3&id=1599&type=VINYL Goldfrapp.Free.Fr – "Wolf Lady" test pressing] ] The lyrics of "Train" are based on Alison Goldfrapp's observations while in Los Angeles, California. She stated that the song describes wealth, drugs, and sex with "a sort of disgust of it and at the same time a sort of need to indulge in these things." [ [http://www.artistinterviews.com/subscriptions/music/goldfrapp.htm "Electronica Duo Goldfrapp About 'Black Cherry'"] . "Artist Interviews". 2003. Retrieved 11 October 2008.]

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Train".

UK CD1
(CD MUTE 291; Released: 14 April 2003)

# "Train" – 4:08
# "Train" (Village Hall mix) – 5:28
# "Big Black Cloud, Little White Lie" – 3:09
# "Train" (video) – 4:09

UK CD2
(LCD MUTE 291; Released: 14 April 2003)

# "El Train" (T. Raumschmiere remix) – 5:52
# "Train" (Ewan Pearson 6/8 vocal) – 7:34
# "Train" (Ewan Pearson 4/4 instrumental) – 5:27

UK 12" vinyl
(12 MUTE 291; Released: 14 April 2003)

"Side A"
# "Train"
# "El Train" (T. Raumschmiere remix)"Side B"
# "Train" (Ewan Pearson 4/4 vocal)

Australian CD
(AUCD MUTE 291; Released: 2003)

# "Train"
# "Train" (Village Hall mix)
# "Train" (Ewan Pearson 6/8 vocal)
# "Train" (T. Raumschmiere remix)

US CD
(MUTE 9207-2; Released: 22 April 2003)

# "Train" - 4:08
# "Train" (Village Hall mix) – 5:28
# "Big Black Cloud, Little White Lie" – 3:09
# "Train" (T.Raumschmiere remix) – 5:52
# "Train" (video) – 4:09

US 12" vinyl
(MUTE 9207-1; Released: 22 April 2003)

"Side A"
# "Train" – 4:08
# "El Train" (T.Raumschmiere remix) – 5:52"Side B"
# "Train" (Ewan Pearson 4/4 instrumental) – 5:27

Notes

References

*cite web | title= Goldfrapp.Free.Fr| work= Track listings and formats| url=http://goldfrapp.free.fr/php/home.php| accessmonthday=July 1 | accessyear=2006

External links

* [http://www.goldfrapp.co.uk/ Goldfrapp.co.uk] — official website.