Fast Train

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“Fast Train”
“Fast Train” cover
45rpm. paper sleeve
Single by April Wine
from the album April Wine
A-side "Fast Train"
B-side "Wench"
Released 1971
Format 45rpm. single
Recorded RCA Studios, Montreal
Genre Rock
Length 2:30
Label Aquarius
Writer(s) Myles Goodwyn
Producer 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 (See 1971 in music). The song was a top twenty-five hit in Canada, peaking at position 23 on the Canadian CHUM singles chart on June 26 that year.[1][2] It was the success of this single that first established Myles Goodwyn as the band's main songwriter, and made it possible for April Wine to record a second album.[3][4][5]

"Fast Train" appears on the movie soundtrack for Natural Enemy (1997),[3][6][7] a film staring Donald Sutherland and William McNamara.[8]


[edit] Chart positions

Chart (1971) Peak
Position
CHUM Chart, Canada 23

[edit] References

  1. ^ www.1050chum.com - April Wine singles at the CHUM Chart (Canada) archives
  2. ^ www.webfitz.com - Canadian Top-30 Music Chart #753 for Saturday, June 26, 1971
  3. ^ a b www.aprilwine.ca - April Wine Discography - Fast Train, 1971
  4. ^ www.eburg.com - The April Wine Cellar - April Wine: The First Album
  5. ^ www.aprilwine.ca - April Wine History - The First Decade: Fast Train
  6. ^ www.aprilwine.ws - the Buerster Collection - Video: Full Length Movies (With soundtracks featuring April Wine), Natural Enemy
  7. ^ www.eburg.com - The April Wine Cellar - April Wine Discography, 1971 - Fast Train
  8. ^ www.imdb.com - IMDb, The Internet Movie Database - Natural Enemy (1997)
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April Wine
Myles Goodwyn • Brian Greenway • Jerry Mercer • Breen LeBoeuf
Ritchie Henman • David Henman • Jim Henman • Gary Moffet • Steve Lang • Steve Segal • Carl Dixon • Jim Clench
Studio albums
April Wine (1971) • On Record (1972) • Electric Jewels (1973) • Stand Back (1975) • The Whole World's Goin' Crazy (1976) • Forever for Now (1977) • First Glance (1978) • Harder ... Faster (1979) • The Nature of the Beast (1981) • Power Play (1982) • Animal Grace (1984) • Walking Through Fire (1986) • Attitude (1993) • Frigate (1994) • Back to the Mansion (2001) • Roughly Speaking (2006)
Live albums
Live! (1974) • Live at the El Mocambo (1977) • Ladies Man (1980) • One for the Road (1985) • Greatest Hits Live 1997 (1997) • I Like to Rock (2002) • Greatest Hits Live 2003 (2003)
Compilation albums
Greatest Hits (1979) • The Best of April Wine: Rock Ballads (1981) • Review and Preview (1981) • The Hits (1987) • All the Rockers (1987) • We Like to Rock (1988) • The First Decade (1989) • Oowatanite (1990) • The April Wine Collection (1992) • Champions of Rock (1996) • Rock Champions (2000) • Classic Masters (2002) • Best of April Wine (2003) • April Wine Rocks! (2006)
Video and DVD
Singles
"Fast Train" (1971) • "Just Between You and Me" (1981)
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