"Fast Train"
45rpm. paper sleeve
Single by April Wine
from the album April Wine
A-side"Fast Train"
B-side"Wench"
Released1971
RecordedRCA Studios, Montreal
GenreHard rock
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 debut single by the Canadian rock band April Wine, from their 1971 self-titled debut. 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 in the soundtrack for the thriller film 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. 1 2 "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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