| “Downtown Train” | ||
|---|---|---|
| Single by Tom Waits from the album Rain Dogs |
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| Released | 1985 | |
| Label | Island | |
"Downtown Train" is a song by Tom Waits released on his album Rain Dogs in 1985. Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. Rain Dogs is an album by Tom Waits, released in August 1985. It peaked at #188 on Billboard 's Top 200 albums chart In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. Rain Dogs is an album by Tom Waits, released in August 1985. It peaked at #188 on Billboard 's Top 200 albums chart Rod Stewart recorded a cover version that became a top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 after being released as a single in 1989, and was also a UK Top 10 hit in 1990. Roderick "Rod" David Stewart, CBE (born 10 January 1945 is a Singer and Songwriter born and raised in London England and currently The Rod Stewart cover featured the slide guitar playing of Jeff Beck, who also appeared on the video. Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the Guitar. Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck (born June 24, 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck in Wallington, England) is an English
Other artists who have covered "Downtown Train" include Mary-Chapin Carpenter, who included it on her debut album Hometown Girl in 1987, and Patty Smyth, who released a version that same year that reached #95 on the Billboard Hot 100. Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958) is an American Country music artist Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Patty Smyth (born 26 June 1957, New York City) first enjoyed mainstream success in 1982 as lead Singer of the band Scandal Everything But the Girl also produced a cover of the song, in their case, an acoustic version. Everything but the Girl ( EBTG) are a two-person English band formed in Hull in 1982, consisting of lead singer and sometime- Guitarist
Bob Seger also recorded a cover version of "Downtown Train" in 1989, but it was never released because Rod Stewart had beaten him to it in that same year. Robert Clark "Bob" Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American Rock and roll Singer-songwriter and Musician.
It has also been covered by Swedish artist Moneybrother ,who did a Swedish version of it, and is included on his album Pengabrorsan (Means Moneybrother in Swedish), that also has several other songs covered in Swedish. Anders Wendin is a Swedish pop Musician, best known for his solo project Moneybrother.
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