"Another Town, Another Train" was a song recorded by

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pop group

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at KMH Studios. The song was released as a 7" vinyl single in

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in March 1973 to promote the group's debut album '' Ring Ring''; the single was also released with the same B-side ("

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") in Venezuela. "Another Town, Another Train" was also released as a single on

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in the

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, with "I Am Just A Girl" on the B-side, as a follow-up to the group's first single "

". It was released in South Africa and Rhodesia on the Sunshine label with "

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" on the B-side. The first release in the UK was on Abba's first compilation album ''

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''. Written and performed in the style of

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and

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, the melodic ballad tells of the song's narrator leaving his love as "day is dawning". It was recorded in

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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 in

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, "En annan stad, en annan vän", it was covered by dance band Schytts in 1974, and by fellow Eurovision participant

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in 1991 on her album "

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Official versions

* "Another Town, Another Train" (English version) * "Wer im Wartesaal der Liebe steht" (German version)

Charts

Cover versions

* A Swedish country band called Nashville Train (which included some of ABBA's own backing band members) covered the song in 1977 on their album ''ABBA Our Way'', released on the

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label in Sweden.

References

External links

Pictures of all singles.Discogs. "Another Town, Another Train" master release
1973 songs 1973 singles ABBA songs Kikki Danielsson songs Playboy Records singles Songs written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus Songs about trains {{1970s-single-stub