"Another Town, Another Train" is a song recorded by Swedish 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 (" People Need Love") in Venezuela. "Another Town, Another Train" was also released as a single on Playboy Records in the USA, with "I Am Just A Girl" on the B-side, 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. 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. 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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, the melodic ballad tells of the song's narrator leaving his love as "day is dawning". It was recorded in German 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 Swedish by Stikkan Andersson, "En annan stad, en annan vän", it was covered by dance band Schytts in 1974, and by fellow Eurovision participant Kikki Danielsson in 1991 on her album " Vägen hem till dej".Information
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Official versions

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

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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