Fast Train (song) explained
| Fast Train |
| Cover: | Fast_Train_(April_Wine_single_sleeve).png |
| Caption: | 45rpm. paper sleeve |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | April Wine |
| Album: | April Wine |
| A-Side: | Fast Train |
| B-Side: | Wench |
| Released: | 1971 |
| Recorded: | RCA Studios, Montreal |
| Genre: | Hard rock |
| Length: | 2:30
3:19 (Album Version) |
| Label: | Aquarius |
| Producer: | Bill Hill |
| Next Title: | You Could Have Been a Lady |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
"Fast Train" is the debut single by the Canadian rock band April Wine, from their 1971 self-titled debut. It was a top 40 hit in Canada, peaking at #38 on the RPM 100 Singles Chart.[1] It also peaked at #23 on the Canadian CHUM singles chart, on June 26, 1971.[2] [3] The success of this single established Myles Goodwyn as the band's main songwriter, and made it possible for April Wine to record a second album.[4] [5] [6]
"Fast Train" appears in the soundtrack for the thriller film Natural Enemy (1997),[7] [8] a film starring Donald Sutherland and William McNamara.[9]
Chart positions
Notes and References
- Web site: RPM Volume 15 No. 21, July 10 1971. 2010-02-01. CollectionsCanada.gc.ca. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012224314/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5365&volume=15&issue=21&issue_dt=July%2010%201971&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=poh911qgn3os6sru15ijbeam42. 2012-10-12. dead.
- Web site: April Wine singles at the CHUM Chart (Canada) archives . 1050CHUM.com . 2012-02-14.
- https://archive.today/20021226185914/http://www.webfitz.com/lyrics/Charts/1971/Ch197106.html www.webfitz.com - Canadian Top-30 Music Chart #753 for Saturday, June 26, 1971
- Web site: April Wine Discography - Fast Train, 1971 . AprilWine.ca . 2012-02-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120211134407/http://aprilwine.ca/April%20Wine%20-%20Discography%20-%20April%20Wine.htm . 2012-02-11 .
- http://www.eburg.com/~cellar/article2.htm Eburg.com - The April Wine Cellar - April Wine: The First Album
- Web site: April Wine History - The First Decade: Fast Train . AprilWine.ca . 2012-02-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120222171424/http://www.aprilwine.ca/history.html . 2012-02-22 .
- Web site: Dave Buerster . the Buerster Collection - Video: Full Length Movies (With soundtracks featuring April Wine), Natural Enemy . www.aprilwine.ws . 2001-07-14 . 2012-02-14.
- http://www.eburg.com/~cellar/wine3.htm www.eburg.com - The April Wine Cellar - April Wine Discography, 1971 - Fast Train
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119764/ IMDb.com - The Internet Movie Database - Natural Enemy (1997)
