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Last Train to London
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Last Train to London
| cover = Last train to london.jpg
| alt =
| caption = UK single
| type = single
| artist = Electric Light Orchestra
| album = Discovery
| A-side = "Confusion" (UK)
| B-side = "Down Home Town" (US)
| released = 9 November 1979 (UK)
January 1980 (US)
| recorded = 1979, Musicland Studios, Munich, West Germany
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 4:31
| label = Jet
| writer = Jeff Lynne
| producer = Jeff Lynne
| prev_title = Don't Bring Me Down
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = I'm Alive
| next_year = 1980
| misc =
}}
"'Last Train to London'" is a song from the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), the fifth track from their album 'Discovery'.
The song was released in 1979 in the UK as a double A-side single with "Confusion". It peaked at number 8 in the UK Singles Chart. However, in the US the two songs charted separately, with "Confusion" in late 1979 followed by "Last Train to London" in early 1980. It peaked at number 39 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100. 'Billboard Magazine' described the song as having a "catchy pop melody with Beatlesque vocal qualities and a smooth layered sound." 'Cash Box' said that the song has "a frothy pop melody" and "a bouncy R&B-tinged rhythm line," making it sound somewhat like Heatwave's 1977 single "Boogie Nights." In Spain the single was released with the Spanish title "ltimo tren a Londres".
Chart history
Cover versions
* In 2002 British girl group Atomic Kitten sampled the hook of the song in their single "Be with You". The song was released as a double A-side with the song "The Last Goodbye". The single peaked at No. 2 in the UK.
References
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