Groovy Train

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{{Infobox song

| name = Groovy Train

| cover = Groovy Train - The Farm.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = The Farm

| album = Spartacus

| B-side = Stepping Stone

| released = 1990

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Indie rock{{cite magazine|first= Craig |last= McLean |title= Essentials: Madchester |magazine= Spin |date= January 1998 |page= 98 |issn= 0886-3032 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=YMDVIT4pNlwC&pg=PA98}}

| length = 4:10

| label = Sony

| writer = {{hlist|Peter Hooton|Steve Grimes}}

| producer = {{hlist|Suggs|Terry Farley}}

| prev_title = Stepping Stone

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = All Together Now

| next_year = 1990

}}

"Groovy Train" was the second single released by Liverpool-based group The Farm. It was released in 1990 as the first single from their debut album Spartacus (which would be released in 1991), having been produced by Graham "Suggs" McPherson of Madness and Terry Farley. The single reached no. 6 on the UK Singles Chart, no. 41 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and no. 15 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

It contains a distinctive guitar intro by Keith Mullin which was possibly his most significant contribution to any one song. "Groovy Train" featured on the influential 1990 Madchester compilation album Happy Daze.

The video for the single was filmed at Pleasureland Southport and features a cameo from actor Bill Dean, who at the time was in Liverpool soap opera Brookside. His character, Harry Cross, was a retired train driver, and Dean is seen in the video driving a train with the band aboard.

Charts

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|+Chart performance for "Groovy Train"

!scope="col"|Chart (1990–1991)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url= https://imgur.com/a/tZ2Z27G | title= The Farm ARIA chart history to 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=26 July 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

|align="center"| 113

{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|59|chartid=1684|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 February 2014}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|title= Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |magazine= Music & Media |volume= 7 |issue= 40 |page= IV |date= 6 October 1990 |access-date= 20 June 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-10-06.pdf}}

|align="center"|22

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade){{cite web|title= The Farm – Groovy Train |publisher= Dutch Top 40 |access-date= 22 June 2021 |url= https://www.top40.nl/the-farm/the-farm-groovy-train-14922}}

|align="center"|6

{{single chart|Dutch100|41|artist=The Farm|song=Groovy Train|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 February 2014}}
{{single chart|UK|6|date=19900929|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 February 2014}}
scope="row"|UK Indie (Music Week){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1990/MW-1990-10-13.pdf|title= Indie Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= 13 October 1990 |page= 25 |access-date= 2 June 2025}}

| align=center|1

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|title= Spartacus – Awards |publisher= AllMusic. All Media Network |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/spartacus-mw0000263264/awards |accessdate= 22 February 2014}}

|align="center"|41

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play

|align="center"|4

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales

|align="center"|24

scope="row"|US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks

|align="center"|15

scope="row"|US Cash Box Top 100{{cite magazine|url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/90s_files/19911214.html |title= CASH BOX Top 100 Pop Singles – Week ending December 14, 1991 |magazine= Cash Box |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120917020228/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/90s_files/19911214.html |archivedate= 17 September 2012}}

|align="center"|25

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