| "Another Town, Another Train" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sleeve of Japanese release | ||||
| Single byABBA | ||||
| from the albumRing Ring | ||||
| B-side | "People Need Love" | |||
| Released | 6 Apr 1973 | |||
| Recorded | Late 1972 to early 1973 | |||
| Studio | KMH Studios | |||
| Genre | Folk-pop | |||
| Length | 3:13 | |||
| Label | Polar Music | |||
| Songwriters | Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus | |||
| Producers | Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus | |||
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"Another Town, Another Train" is a song recorded bySwedishpop groupABBA at KMH Studios.
The song was released as a 7" vinyl single inJapan in March 1973 to promote the group's debut albumRing Ring; the single was also released with the same B-side ("People Need Love") in Venezuela.[1] "Another Town, Another Train" was also released as a single onPlayboy Records in theUSA, with "I Am Just A Girl" on the B-side,[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] The first release in the UK was on Abba's first compilation albumGreatest Hits.
Written and performed in the style ofSimon and Garfunkel andThe Bachelors, the melodic ballad tells of the song's narrator leaving his love as "day is dawning".[5] It was recorded inGerman 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 inSwedish byStikkan Andersson, "En annan stad, en annan vän", it was covered by dance band Schytts in 1974, and by fellow Eurovision participantKikki Danielsson in 1991 on her album "Vägen hem till dej".[6]
| Chart (1974) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Rhodesia (Lyons Maid)[7] | 18 |
| Region | Date | Title | Label | Format | Catalog | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | 6 Apr 1973 | "Another Town, Another Train" / "I Am Just A Girl" | Playboy Records | 7-inch vinyl | P 50018 | [8][9] |
| "Another Town, Another Train" / "Another Town, Another Train" | 7-inch vinyl, promo | |||||
| Japan | 1973 | "Another Town, Another Train" / "People Need Love" | Philips | 7-inch vinyl | SFL-1796 | |
| Venezuela | RCA Victor | 45.496 | ||||
| South Africa | Feb 1974 | "Another Town, Another Train" / "Rock & Roll Band" | Sunshine | SUN 4 |
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