| Last Train to London | |
| Cover: | Last train to london.jpg |
| Caption: | UK single |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Electric Light Orchestra |
| Album: | Discovery |
| A-Side: | "Confusion" (UK) |
| B-Side: | "Down Home Town" (US) |
| Released: | 9 November 1979 (UK) January 1980 (US) |
| Recorded: | 1979 |
| Studio: | Musicland Studios, Munich, West Germany |
| Length: | 4:31 |
| Label: | Jet |
| Producer: | Jeff Lynne |
| Prev Title: | Don't Bring Me Down |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | I'm Alive |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
"Last Train to London" is a song from the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), the fifth track from their album Discovery.
The song was released in 1979 in the UK as a double A-side single with "Confusion". It peaked at number 8 in the UK Singles Chart.[1] However, in the US the two songs charted separately, with "Confusion" in late 1979 followed by "Last Train to London" in early 1980. It peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]
Billboard described the song as having a "catchy pop melody with Beatlesque vocal qualities and a smooth layered sound."[3] Cash Box said that the song has "a frothy pop melody" and "a bouncy R&B-tinged rhythm line," making it sound somewhat like Heatwave's 1977 single "Boogie Nights."[4] Record World said that "The electronic dance beat and lilting vocals are as timely as they are engaging."[5]
Something Else! critic S. Victor Aaron found it to be "more formulaic" than "Shine a Little Love", the other "disco thumper hit from Discovery."[6]
According to JeffLynneSongs.com[7]
| Chart (1979/80) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Irish Singles Chart[8] | 9 |
| UK Singles Chart | 8 |
| Canada (RPM)[9] | 28 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 39 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 Singles | 36 |