Fast Train

Fast Train

Infobox Single
Name = Fast Train


Cover size =
Border =
Caption = 45rpm. paper sleeve
Artist = April Wine
Album = April Wine
A-side = "Fast Train"
B-side = "Wench"
Released = 1971
Format = 45rpm. single
Recorded = RCA Studios, Montreal
Genre = Rock
Length = 2:30
Label = Aquarius
Writer = Myles Goodwyn
Producer = Bill Hill
Audio sample? =
Certification =
Last single =
This single = "Fast Train"
(1971)
Next single = "You Could Have Been a Lady"
(1972)
Misc =

"Fast Train" is the first single by the Canadian rock band April Wine, from their 1971 self-titled debut album (See 1971 in music). The song was a top twenty-five hit in Canada, peaking at position 23 on the Canadian CHUM singles chart on June 26 that year. [http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?artist=9437 www.1050chum.com - April Wine singles at the CHUM Chart (Canada) archives] ] [ [http://www.webfitz.com/lyrics/Charts/1971/Ch197106.html#753 www.webfitz.com - Canadian Top-30 Music Chart #753 for Saturday, June 26, 1971] ] It was the success of this single that first established Myles Goodwyn as the band's main songwriter, and made it possible for April Wine to record a second album. [http://aprilwine.ca/April%20Wine%20-%20Discography%20-%20April%20Wine.htm www.aprilwine.ca - April Wine Discography - Fast Train, 1971] ] [ [http://www.eburg.com/~cellar/article2.htm www.eburg.com - The April Wine Cellar - April Wine: The First Album] ] [ [http://www.aprilwine.ca/history.html www.aprilwine.ca - April Wine History - The First Decade: Fast Train] ]

"Fast Train" appears on the movie soundtrack for "Natural Enemy" (1997), [ [http://www.aprilwine.ws/Video/Video.html www.aprilwine.ws - the Buerster Collection - Video: Full Length Movies (With soundtracks featuring April Wine), Natural Enemy] ] [ [http://www.eburg.com/~cellar/wine3.htm www.eburg.com - The April Wine Cellar - April Wine Discography, 1971 - Fast Train] ] a film staring Donald Sutherland and William McNamara. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119764/ www.imdb.com - IMDb, The Internet Movie Database - Natural Enemy (1997)] ]

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