Another Town, Another Train

{{Short description|1973 ABBA song}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Another Town, Another Train

| cover = Anothertown.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Sleeve of Japanese release

| type = single

| artist = ABBA

| album = Ring Ring

| B-side = People Need Love

| released = 6 Apr 1973

| recorded = Late 1972 to early 1973

| studio = KMH Studios

| venue =

| genre = Folk-pop

| length = 3:13

| label = Polar Music

| writer = Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus

| producer = Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus

| prev_title = Ring Ring

| prev_year = 1973

| next_title = Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)

| next_year = 1973

| misc = {{External music video|header=Audio video|{{YouTube|Vy-jfDDCGXU|"Another Town, Another Train"}}|type=song}}

}}

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

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.[http://www.45cat.com/45_search.php?sq=bjorn+another+town+people&sm=se 45cat. Japan & Venezuela singles] "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,[http://www.45cat.com/45_search.php?sq=playboy+50018&sm=se 45cat. Another Town, Another Train on Playboy] as a follow-up to the group's first single "People Need Love". The single was released in South Africa and Rhodesia on the Sunshine label with "Rock'n Roll Band" on the B-side.[http://www.45cat.com/45_search.php?sq=bjorn+%22sun+4%22&sm=se 45cat. Another Town, Another Train on Sunshine] After the success of the Ring Ring single, it was the intention for "Another Town, Another Train" to be released as a follow-up single in Holland which never materialised.{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1973/Cash-Box-1973-05-19.pdf |title=Cash Box |date=19 May 1973 |page=55}} 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".Scott, Robert (2002) 'ABBA: Thank You for the Music – The Stories Behind Every Song', Carlton Books Limited: Great Britain, p. 26 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".[http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001477067 Information] at Svensk mediedatabas