Another Town, Another Train Explained

Another Town, Another Train
Cover:Anothertown.jpg
Caption:Sleeve of Japanese release
Type:single
Artist:ABBA
Album:Ring Ring
B-Side:People Need Love
Released:March 1973
Recorded:Late 1972 to early 1973
Studio:KMH Studios
Genre:Folk, pop
Length:3:13
Label:Polar Music
Producer:Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus
Prev Title:Ring Ring
Prev Year:1973
Next Title:Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
Next Year:1973

"Another Town, Another Train" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA at KMH Studios.

The song was released as a 7" vinyl single in Japan in March 1973 to promote the group's debut album Ring Ring; the single was also released with the same B-side ("People Need Love") in Venezuela.[1] "Another Town, Another Train" was also released as a single on Playboy Records in the USA, with "I Am Just A Girl" on the B-side,[2] as a follow-up to the group's first single "People Need Love". It was released in South Africa and Rhodesia on the Sunshine label with "Rock'n Roll Band" on the B-side.[3] The first release in the UK was on Abba's first compilation album Greatest Hits.

Written and performed in the style of Simon and Garfunkel and The Bachelors, the melodic ballad tells of the song's narrator leaving his love as "day is dawning".[4] It was recorded in German under the title "Wer im Wartesaal der Liebe steht" (with lyrics by Fred Jay), as the B-side to the German version of "Ring Ring". With lyrics in Swedish by Stikkan Andersson, "En annan stad, en annan vän", it was covered by dance band Schytts in 1974, and by fellow Eurovision participant Kikki Danielsson in 1991 on her album "Vägen hem till dej".[5]

Official versions

Cover versions

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.45cat.com/45_search.php?sq=bjorn+another+town+people&sm=se 45cat. Japan & Venezuela singles
  2. http://www.45cat.com/45_search.php?sq=playboy+50018&sm=se 45cat. Another Town, Another Train on Playboy
  3. http://www.45cat.com/45_search.php?sq=bjorn+%22sun+4%22&sm=se 45cat. Another Town, Another Train on Sunshine
  4. Scott, Robert (2002) 'ABBA: Thank You for the Music – The Stories Behind Every Song', Carlton Books Limited: Great Britain, p. 26
  5. http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001477067 Information
  6. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: Singles Chart Book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000