Glass Love Train

{{Infobox song

| name = Glass Love Train

| cover = Glass Love Train.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Tanita Tikaram

| album = Closer to the People

| released = 22 January 2016

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| recorded =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 4:36

| label = Earmusic

| writer =

  • Mark Cresswell{{cite web |title=Tanita Tikaram - Glass Love Train - hitparade.ch |url=https://hitparade.ch/song/Tanita-Tikaram/Glass-Love-Train-1526737 |website=hitparade.ch |access-date=26 June 2021}}
  • Tanita Tikaram

| producer = Angie Pollock, Goetz Botzenhardt

| prev_title = Dust on My Shoes

| prev_year = 2012

| next_title = The Way You Move

| next_year = 2016

}}

"Glass Love Train" is a song recorded by British singer and songwriter Tanita Tikaram.{{cite web |title=New Single : Glass Love Train / New Album : Closer To The People – Tanita Tikaram |url=https://magicmusicmagazine.com/2016/01/22/tanitatikaram/ |website=magicmusicmagazine.com |access-date=26 June 2021 |language=en |date=2016-01-22}}{{cite web |title=Glass love train le nouveau single de Tanita Tikaram {{!}} Actu musicale sur IdolesMag.com |url=http://www.idolesmag.com/article-5562-Glass-love-train-le-nouveau-single-de-Tanita-Tikaram.html |website=Idoles Mag |access-date=26 June 2021 |date=4 March 2016}} Earmusic released the song on 22 January 2016 as the lead single from her ninth studio album Closer to the People.{{cite web |last1=Frost |first1=Caroline |title=Tanita Tikaram Debuts Music Inspired By A Woman's Dark Addictions |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2016/01/22/tanita-tikaram-closer-to-the-people_n_9050674.html |website=HuffPost |access-date=26 June 2021 |language=en |date=2016-01-22}}

Background

Tikaram explained that "The lyrics take the idea of someone travelling, reflecting on a love story – with subtle changes & insights mirroring the way the landscape changes when you are on a train."{{cite web |title=Tanita Tikaram returns with new single 'Glass Love Train' |url=https://circuitsweet.co.uk/2016/01/tanita-tikaram-returns-with-new-single-glass-love-train/ |website=Circuit Sweet |access-date=26 June 2021 |date=2016-01-27}} A newer version of the song was also included in her 2019 compilation album To Drink the Rainbow as a bonus track.{{cite web |title=Tanita Tikaram / To Drink The Rainbow: An Anthology 1988-2019 – SuperDeluxeEdition |url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/tanita-tikaram-to-drink-the-rainbow-an-anthology-1988-2019/ |website=superdeluxeedition.com |access-date=26 June 2021}}

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