"I'm a Train" is a song written by

Albert Hammond Albert Louis Hammond OBE (born 18 May 1944) is a British-Gibraltarian singer, songwriter, and record producer. A prolific songwriter, he also collaborated with other songwriters such as Mike Hazlewood, John Bettis, Diane Warren, Holly Knight ...

and

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and performed by Hammond. It was first recorded in French, in 1967, by Les Troubadours as "La chaîne". The first English version was recorded in 1968 by a UK group called Colors of Love, which included singer

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Albert Hammond recording

Hammond's own version, released in 1974, was the first one to chart. The song reached #15 on the

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and #31 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1974. It also made number 2 in the then West Germany, where it stayed in the Top 20 for 14 weeks. It also reached the Top 3 in Switzerland, the Top 10 in the Netherlands, Norway and the Flemish part of Belgium, and reached number 22 in the French-speaking part of Belgium. The song appeared on Hammond's 1974 album, ''

''. The song was produced by him and

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Albert Hammond, "I'm a Train"
Retrieved April 18, 2013 and also was featured, along with filmed footage of trains traveling, on ''

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''.

Charts

References

1974 songs 1974 singles Songs written by Albert Hammond Songs written by Mike Hazlewood Albert Hammond songs Elaine Paige songs Columbia Records singles {{1970s-single-stub