Track or Tracks may refer to:

Routes or imprints

Ancient trackway Historic roads (or historic trails in the US and Canada) are paths or routes that have historical importance due to their use over a period of time. Examples exist from prehistoric times until the early 20th century. They include ancient track ...

, any track or trail whose origin is lost in antiquity *

Animal track __notoc__ An animal track is an imprint left behind in soil, snow, or mud, or on some other ground surface, by an animal walking across it. Animal tracks are used by hunters in tracking their prey and by naturalists to identify animals living ...

, imprints left on surfaces that an animal walks across *

Desire path A desire path, also known as desire line in transportation planning and many other names, is an unplanned small trail formed by erosion caused by human or animal traffic. The path usually represents the shortest or the most easily navigated rout ...

, a line worn by people taking the shortest/most convenient route across fields, parks or woods * Forest track, a track (unpaved road) or trail through a forest *

Fossil trackway A fossil track or ichnite ( Greek "''ιχνιον''" (''ichnion'') – a track, trace or footstep) is a fossilized footprint. This is a type of trace fossil. A fossil trackway is a sequence of fossil tracks left by a single organism. Over the ye ...

, a type of trace fossil, usually preserving a line of animal footprints *

Trackway Historic roads (or historic trails in the US and Canada) are paths or routes that have historical importance due to their use over a period of time. Examples exist from prehistoric times until the early 20th century. They include ancient track ...

, an ancient route of travel or track used by animals *

Trail A trail, also known as a path or track, is an unpaved lane or a small paved road (though it can also be a route along a navigable waterways) generally not intended for usage by motorized vehicles, usually passing through a natural area. Ho ...

Vineyard track A vineyard track () is a term used in the legislature of the Czech Republic, meaning a site suitable for vineyards growing. Definition By definition of the law no. 321/2004

, a land estate (defined by law) meant for the growing of vine grapes

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Tracks'' (1922 film), an American silent Western film * ''Tracks'' (1976 film), an American film starring Dennis Hopper * ''Tracks'' (2003 film), an animated short film * ''Tracks'' (2013 film), an Australian film starring Mia Wasikowska * ''The Track'' (film), a 1975 French thriller–drama film

Literature

* ''Tracks'' (novel), written by Native American author Louise Erdrich * ''Tracks'', a 1980 book by Australian writer Robyn Davidson, source of the 2013 film in the section above * ''The Tracks'', a young adult novel series by J. Gabriel Gates and Charlene Keel

Music

Track Records Track Record (a.k.a. Track Records) was founded in 1966 in London by Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, then managers of the rock group The Who. It was one of the first British-owned independent record labels in the United Kingdom. The most succ ...

, a record label founded in 1966 in London, England *

Soundtrack A soundtrack is a recorded audio signal accompanying and synchronised to the images of a book, drama, motion picture, radio program, television show, television program, or video game; colloquially, a commercially released soundtrack album of m ...

, a recorded song

Albums

* ''Tracks'' (Oscar Peterson album), 1970 * ''Tracks'' (Liverpool Express album), 1976 * ''Tracks'' (Bruce Springsteen album), 1998 * ''Tracks'' (Collin Raye album), 2000 *

Tracks (Vasco Rossi album) ''Tracks'' is the first compilation album by Italian singer-songwriter Vasco Rossi, released by EMI Records on 22 November 2002. ''Tracks'' was released as a double album featuring 24 songs, including hits released by Vasco Rossi at the beginn ...

, 2002

Songs

* "Track #1", the original title of "

Stinkfist "Stinkfist", also referred to as ''Track #1'' due to the perceived offensiveness of the actual title, is a song by American rock band Tool A tool is an Physical object, object that can extend an individual's ability to modify features of the ...

", at the time of its release to avoid removal from the band Tool * "Tracks", by Gary Numan on his album '' The Pleasure Principle'' * "Tracks", by Juliana Hatfield on her album ''

Wild Animals Wildlife refers to undomesticated animals and uncultivated plant species which can exist in their natural habitat, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. Wildlife was also ...

'' * "Tracks", by Roam on their album '' Backbone''

Music production

Audio signal An audio signal is a representation of sound, typically using either a changing level of electrical voltage for analog signals or a series of binary numbers for Digital signal (signal processing), digital signals. Audio signals have frequencies i ...

or Audio channel, recorded in a recording studio *

Music track An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

, a recorded piece of music

Television

* "Tracks" (''Law & Order: UK''), a 2013 episode on the television series ''Law and Order: UK'' * "Tracks", a 1999 episode of the television series ''

Zoboomafoo ''Zoboomafoo'' is a live-action/animated children's television series that originally aired on PBS from January 25, 1999, to November 21, 2001. After the original run on public television, reruns were shown on Universal Kids#As PBS Kids Sprout/S ...

'' * " T.R.A.C.K.S.", an episode of Marvel TV show ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Tracks'' (magazine), an Australian surf magazine published since 1970 * ''Tracks'' (podcast), a British thriller-mystery fiction podcast released from 2016 to 2020 * '' Tracks – The Train Set Game'', a 2017 video game developed by Whoop Games, commonly referred to as ''Tracks'' * Tracks (Transformers), a ''Transformers'' character

Electronics and computing

* Track (optical disc), consecutive set of sectors on the disc containing a block of data *

Track (disk drive) A disk drive track is a circular path on the surface of a disk or diskette on which information is magnetically recorded and from which recorded information is read. A track is a physical division of data in a disk drive, as used in the Cylinde ...

, a circular path on the surface of a disk or diskette on which information is recorded and read * Tracks in

magnetic stripe card The term digital card can refer to a physical item, such as a memory card on a camera, or, increasingly since 2017, to the digital content hosted as a virtual card or cloud card, as a digital virtual representation of a physical card. They shar ...

Sport

* All-weather

running track An all-weather running track is a rubberized, artificial running surface for track and field athletics. It provides a consistent surface for competitors to test their athletic ability unencumbered by adverse weather conditions. Historically, v ...

, a rubberized surface for track and field competitions * Cinder track, generally a refined dirt running track for track and field competitions * First tracks, in winter sports, cutting through fresh snow or ice before anyone else does *

List of bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks There are a total of 16 bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks around the world in use for competitions. All of the current tracks on this list are constructed of reinforced concrete and use artificial refrigeration to keep the track cool enough duri ...

* Long track speed skating *

Race track A race track (racetrack, racing track or racing circuit) is a facility built for racing of vehicles, athletes, or animals (e.g. horse racing or greyhound racing). A race track also may feature grandstands or concourses. Race tracks are also us ...

, racing *

Tartan track Tartan track is a trademarked all-weather synthetic track surfacing made of polyurethane used for track and field competitions, manufactured by 3M. The original production was in 1967, and the product was later reformulated to eliminate the u ...

, a brand of all-weather running track that has become genericized * The Track, a multi-use stadium in Saint Sampson, Guernsey *

Track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

athletics *

Track cycling Track cycling is a Cycle sport, bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its i ...

Velodrome A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights. The straights transition to the circular turn through a moderate easement ...

, a track for bicycles, track cycling competitions

Transportation

Railway track Railway track ( and UIC terminology) or railroad track (), also known as permanent way () or "P way" ( and Indian English), is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, sleepers ( railroad ties in American ...

, metal tracks on which trains ride **

Track gauge In rail transport, track gauge is the distance between the two rails of a railway track. All vehicles on a rail network must have Wheelset (rail transport), wheelsets that are compatible with the track gauge. Since many different track gauges ...

, the distance between rails * Bus track, a track for certain buses, like the O-Bahn buses *

Axle track In Car, automobiles (and other wheeled vehicles which have two wheels on an axle), the axle track is the distance between the hub Flange, flanges on an axle. Wheel track, track width or simply track refers to the distance between the centerline of ...

, the distance between centres of roadwheels on an axle of a motor vehicle *

Continuous track Continuous track or tracked treads are a system of vehicle propulsion used in tracked vehicles, running on a continuous band of treads or track plates driven by two or more wheels. The large surface area of the tracks distributes the w ...

, a belt providing motive traction for a tracked vehicle such as a tank or a bulldozer * Track (navigation), the path a vessel or aircraft plots over the surface of the Earth **

Ground track A satellite ground track or satellite ground trace is the path on the surface of a planet directly below a satellite's trajectory. It is also known as a suborbital track or subsatellite track, and is the vertical projection of the satellite's ...

, the path on the surface of the Earth directly below an aircraft or satellite ** Ocean track, in

flight planning Flight planning is the process of producing a flight plan to describe a proposed aircraft flight. It involves two safety-critical aspects: fuel calculation, to ensure that the aircraft can safely reach the destination, and compliance with air t ...

, the path of an aircraft as determined by heading, slip, and wind effects

Other uses

* Conference track, a group of talks on a certain topic that are usually made in parallel with others * Green track, a type of railway track in which the track bed and surrounding area are planted with grass turf or other vegetation as ground cover * Tracks Inc (Tracks Dance Theatre), based in Darwin, Australia * A recording of one

song A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usu ...

or piece of music