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

"Another Town, Another Train"
Sleeve of Japanese release
Single by ABBA
from the album Ring Ring
B-side"People Need Love"
ReleasedMarch 1973
RecordedLate 1972 to early 1973 at KMH Studios
GenreFolk, pop
Length3:13
LabelPolar Music
Songwriter(s)Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus
Producer(s)Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus
ABBA singles chronology
"Ring Ring"
(1973)
"Another Town, Another Train"
(1973)
"Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)"
(1973)
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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



Charts


Chart (1974) Peak
position
Rhodesia (Lyons Maid)[6] 18

Cover versions





References


  1. 45cat. Japan & Venezuela singles
  2. 45cat. Another Town, Another Train on Playboy
  3. 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. Information at Svensk mediedatabas
  6. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: Singles Chart Book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000



На других языках


- [en] Another Town, Another Train

[es] Another Town, Another Train

«Another Town, Another Train» (en español: «Otro Pueblo, Otro Tren») es el una canción y un sencillo lanzado por el grupo sueco ABBA en algunos países, el último sencillo de su álbum Ring Ring

[ru] Another Town, Another Train

«Another Town, Another Train» (с англ. — «Другой город, ещё один поезд») — песня, записанная шведской группой ABBA на студии KMH Studios.



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