Fast Train (song)

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"Fast Train"
Fast Train (April Wine single sleeve).png
45rpm. paper sleeve
Single by April Wine
from the album April Wine
A-side"Fast Train"
B-side"Wench"
Released1971
RecordedRCA Studios, Montreal
GenreRock
Length2:30
3:19 (Album Version)
LabelAquarius
Songwriter(s)Myles Goodwyn
Producer(s)Bill Hill
April Wine singles chronology
"Fast Train"
(1971) 		"You Could Have Been a Lady"
(1972)

"Fast Train" is the first single by the Canadian rock band April Wine, from their 1971 self-titled debut album. It was a top 40 hit in Canada, peaking at #38 on the RPM 100 Singles Chart.[1] It also peaked at #23 on the Canadian CHUM singles chart, on June 26, 1971.[2][3] The success of this single established Myles Goodwyn as the band's main songwriter, and made it possible for April Wine to record a second album.[4][5][6]

"Fast Train" appears on the movie soundtrack for Natural Enemy (1997),[4][7][8] a film starring Donald Sutherland and William McNamara.[9]

Chart positions[]

Chart (1971) Peak
position
Canada CHUM Chart 23
Canada RPM 100 38

References[]

  1. ^ "RPM Volume 15 No. 21, July 10 1971". CollectionsCanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  2. ^ "April Wine singles at the CHUM Chart (Canada) archives". 1050CHUM.com. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  3. ^ www.webfitz.com - Canadian Top-30 Music Chart #753 for Saturday, June 26, 1971
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "April Wine Discography - Fast Train, 1971". AprilWine.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  5. ^ Eburg.com - The April Wine Cellar - April Wine: The First Album Archived September 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "April Wine History - The First Decade: Fast Train". AprilWine.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  7. ^ Dave Buerster (2001-07-14). "the Buerster Collection - Video: Full Length Movies (With soundtracks featuring April Wine), Natural Enemy". www.aprilwine.ws. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  8. ^ www.eburg.com - The April Wine Cellar - April Wine Discography, 1971 - Fast Train Archived December 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ IMDb.com - The Internet Movie Database - Natural Enemy (1997)


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