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| - Length: 3:09 Vocals: Mick Jones
* Kris Needs: "On the Saturday Mick came in with a new song. They learnt it, laid it down and by Monday night 'Train In Vain' was finished."
* Kris Needs: "One afternoon in November [1979] I rang Mick to see how the album was going. He said they might have it finished that night and invited me over [...] I'd gone along expecting a mixing session, but walked in and Mick was in the vocal booth, singing passionately over a contagious funky guitar groove: "Stand by me or not at all!" He'd only written 'Train In Vain' the day before, then recorded the backing track with the band in the evening, and was now putting on the vocals. Later on he mixed it with Bill [Price]."
* Train in Vain was written and recorded after the London Calling artwork went to the
- "Train in Vain" is a song by the British punk rock band The Clash. It was released as the third and final single from their third studio album, London Calling (1979). The song was not originally listed on the album's track listing,[1][2] appearing as a hidden track at the end of the album. This was because the track was added to the record at the last minute, when the sleeve was already in production. Some editions include the song in the track listing. It was the first Clash song to reach the United States Top 30 charts[1][2] and in 2004, the song was ranked number 298 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[3][4]
- "Train in Vain" is a song by the British punk rock band The Clash. It was released as the third and final single from their third studio album, London Calling (1979). The song was not originally listed on the album's track listing, appearing as a hidden track at the end of the album. This was because the track was added to the record at the last minute, when the sleeve was already in production. Some editions include the song in the track listing. It was the first Clash song to reach the United States Top 30 charts and in 2004, the song was ranked number 298 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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| - Length: 3:09 Vocals: Mick Jones
* Kris Needs: "On the Saturday Mick came in with a new song. They learnt it, laid it down and by Monday night 'Train In Vain' was finished."
* Kris Needs: "One afternoon in November [1979] I rang Mick to see how the album was going. He said they might have it finished that night and invited me over [...] I'd gone along expecting a mixing session, but walked in and Mick was in the vocal booth, singing passionately over a contagious funky guitar groove: "Stand by me or not at all!" He'd only written 'Train In Vain' the day before, then recorded the backing track with the band in the evening, and was now putting on the vocals. Later on he mixed it with Bill [Price]."
* Train in Vain was written and recorded after the London Calling artwork went to the printer. They decided to put it on the album at the last minute, so the track listing ended at the 18th track (Revolution Rock). This has led to some debate of whether or not the song was intended to be a hidden track.
* released as a single in the USA (12/2/1980, it became a Top 40 single peaking at #23) and in the Netherlands (6/1980)
* live premiere at the band's three X-mas gigs in London in December 1979
- "Train in Vain" is a song by the British punk rock band The Clash. It was released as the third and final single from their third studio album, London Calling (1979). The song was not originally listed on the album's track listing,[1][2] appearing as a hidden track at the end of the album. This was because the track was added to the record at the last minute, when the sleeve was already in production. Some editions include the song in the track listing. It was the first Clash song to reach the United States Top 30 charts[1][2] and in 2004, the song was ranked number 298 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[3][4] In the US, the song's title is expanded to "Train in Vain (Stand by Me)", as the words "stand by me" dominate the chorus. It was titled "Train in Vain" in part to avoid confusion with Ben E. King's signature song "Stand by Me".
- "Train in Vain" is a song by the British punk rock band The Clash. It was released as the third and final single from their third studio album, London Calling (1979). The song was not originally listed on the album's track listing, appearing as a hidden track at the end of the album. This was because the track was added to the record at the last minute, when the sleeve was already in production. Some editions include the song in the track listing. It was the first Clash song to reach the United States Top 30 charts and in 2004, the song was ranked number 298 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the US, the song's title is expanded to "Train in Vain (Stand by Me)", as the words "stand by me" dominate the chorus. It was titled "Train in Vain" in part to avoid confusion with Ben E. King's signature song "Stand by Me".
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