I'm a Train
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{{Infobox song
| name = I'm a Train
| cover =
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| type = single
| artist = Albert Hammond
| album = Albert Hammond
| B-side = Brand New Day
| released = 16 March 1974
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| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=16}}
| label = Mums Records 2150
| writer = Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood
| producer = Albert Hammond, Roy Halee
| prev_title = Half a Million Miles from Home
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = I Don't Wanna Die in an Air Disaster
| next_year = 1974
}}
"I'm a Train" is a song written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood and performed by Hammond. It was first recorded in French, in 1967, by Les Troubadours as "La chaîne". The first English version was recorded in 1968 by a UK group called Colors of Love, which included singer Elaine Paige.
Albert Hammond recording
Hammond's own version, released in 1974, was the first one to chart. The song reached #15 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974.[http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?id=1628 Albert Hammond, "I'm a Train" chart positions] Retrieved 18 April 2013 It also made number 2 in the then West Germany, where it stayed in the Top 20 for 14 weeks.{{Cite web |url=http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu1974/deu_1974t.html |title=Infinity Charts - German Top 20 |access-date=20 December 2021 |archive-date=20 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220000943/http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu1974/deu_1974t.html |url-status=dead }} It also reached the Top 3 in Switzerland, the Top 10 in the Netherlands, Norway and the Flemish part of Belgium, and reached number 22 in the French-speaking part of Belgium.[http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Albert+Hammond&titel=I%27m+A+Train&cat=s Swedish Charts website] The song appeared on Hammond's 1974 album, Albert Hammond.[http://www.musicvf.com/album.php?artist=Albert+Hammond&album=Albert+Hammond Albert Hammond, Albert Hammond] Retrieved 18 April 2013 The song was produced by him and Roy Halee[http://www.45cat.com/record/smum2150 Albert Hammond, "I'm a Train"] Retrieved 18 April 2013 and also was featured, along with filmed footage of trains traveling, on Captain Kangaroo.
Charts
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!Chart (1974) !Peak |
| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=132}}
|align="center"|85 |
| US Billboard Easy Listening
|align="center"|15 |
| US Billboard Hot 100
|align="center"|31 |
References
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Category:Songs written by Mike Hazlewood
Category:Columbia Records singles
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