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"Last Train to London" is a song from the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), the fifth track from their album Discovery.

"Last Train to London"
UK single
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Discovery
A-side	"Confusion" (UK)
B-side	"Down Home Town" (US)
Released	9 November 1979 (UK) January 1980 (US)
Recorded	1979, Musicland Studios, Munich, West Germany
Genre	Disco
Length	4:31
Label	Jet
Songwriter(s)	Jeff Lynne
Producer(s)	Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Don't Bring Me Down" (1979) "Last Train to London" (1979) "I'm Alive" (1980)
Discovery track listing
9 tracks Side one "Shine a Little Love" "Confusion" "Need Her Love" "The Diary of Horace Wimp" Side two "Last Train to London" "Midnight Blue" "On the Run" "Wishing" "Don't Bring Me Down"
Music video
"Last Train to London" on YouTube

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 Magazine 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] In Spain the single was released with the Spanish title "Último tren a Londres".^{[citation needed]}

There was a certain period when it seemed we spent years on trains going back and forth from Birmingham to the various TV and radio stations in London.

— Discovery remaster (2001), Jeff Lynne

Chart history

Chart (1979/80)	Peak position
Irish Singles Chart[5]	9
UK Singles Chart[1]	8
Canada (RPM)[6]	28
US Billboard Hot 100[2]	39
US Cash Box Top 100 Singles	36

Cover versions

• In 2002 British girl group Atomic Kitten sampled the hook of the song in their single "Be with You". The song was released as a double A-side with the song "The Last Goodbye". The single peaked at No. 2 in the UK.[7]

References

External links

• Review at allmusic

На других языках

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- [en] Last Train to London

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[es] Last Train To London

«Last Train to London» es una canción del grupo musical británico Electric Light Orchestra incluida en el álbum Discovery, editado en 1979 por Jet Records. Fue lanzado como doble lado A junto con la canción "Confusión". Alcanzó el puesto número 8 en la lista de éxitos del Reino Unido.[2] Mientras, en los Estados Unidos las dos canciones fueron trazadas por separado, con "Confusion" a finales de 1979, seguido de "Last Train to London" a principios de 1980, logrando el puesto número 39 en el Billboard Hot 100.[3] En España el sencillo fue lanzado con el título en español "Último tren a Londres".[4] El cantante de la banda y compositor de la canción afirmó: "Hubo un período en que parecía que pasamos años en los trenes que van y vienen de Birmingham pasando por los distintos canales de televisión y radio en Londres. Se empleó el sintetizador Yamaha CS-80, el Clavinet y piano eléctrico Fender Rhodes.

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