Express | |
Type: | single |
Artist: | B. T. Express |
Album: | Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)[1] |
Released: | 1974/1994[2] |
Genre: | Funk, Soul, soul |
Length: | 5:03 (album version) 3:25 (single edit) |
Label: | Roadshow/Scepter Records/Metronome/Vogue/Pye International/PWL International/Plaza Records |
Producer: | Jeff Lane |
Prev Title: | Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) |
Prev Year: | 1974 |
Next Title: | That's What I Want for You Baby |
Next Year: | 1974 |
"Express" is a 1974 instrumental written and performed by B. T. Express. It features the sounds of train whistles, which are heard in several sections of the instrumental track. Only the words: "Here comes the Express/ The Express/ Chug, Chug, Chug, Chug, Chug, UGH"/ are said.
"Express" reached No. 4 on the US pop chart, No. 1 on the US R&B chart, and No. 1 on the US dance chart for 5 consecutive weeks.[3] Outside the US, the song peaked at No. 34 on the UK Singles Chart[4] [5] and a remix of it made No. 67 in the UK in 1994.[6]