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Last Train to London
"Last Train to London"

UK single
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Discovery
A-side "Confusion" (UK)
B-side "Down Home Town" (United States)
Released November 1979
Format 7" vinyl
Recorded 1979, Musicland Studios, Munich
Genre Symphonic rock, Disco
Length 4:31
Label Jet
Writer(s) Jeff Lynne
Producer Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Don't Bring Me Down"
(1979)		 "Last Train to London" /
"Confusion"
(1979)		 "I'm Alive"
(1980)

"Last Train to London" is the fifth track from the Electric Light Orchestra album Discovery.

The song was released in 1980 in the UK as a double A-side single with "Confusion". It peaked at #8 in the UK Singles Chart.[1] 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 #39 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] In Spain the single was released with the Spanish title "Ultimo tren a Londres".

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Chart positions

Chart (1979/80) Peak
Position
French SNEP Singles Chart 3
Irish Singles Chart 9
UK Singles Chart[1] 8
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 39
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Singles 36

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 #2 in the UK.
  • In 2008 Alex Barattini released an extended remix of the original recording for Gardenia Records.

References

  1. ^ a b "Chart Stats - Electric Light Orchestra - Confusion/Last Train To London". http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=8542. Retrieved 26 March 2009 (2009-03-26). 
  2. ^ "The Billboard Hot 100 - Last Train to London - Electric Light Orchestra". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3071084&cdi=8890764&cid=02%2F16%2F1980. Retrieved 26 March 2009 (2009-03-26). 

External links

Electric Light Orchestra singles discography
1970s
1972: "10538 Overture" • "Mr. Radio" • 1973: "Roll Over Beethoven" • "Showdown" • 1974: "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle/Daybreaker" • "Can't Get It Out of My Head" • 1975: "Boy Blue" • "Evil Woman" • 1976: "Nightrider" • "Strange Magic" • "Livin' Thing" • 1977: "Rockaria!" • "Do Ya • "Telephone Line" • "Turn to Stone" • 1978: "Mr. Blue Sky" • "Wild West Hero • "Sweet Talkin' Woman" • "It's Over" • "The ELO EP" • 1979: "Shine a Little Love" • "The Diary of Horace Wimp" • "Don't Bring Me Down" • "Confusion"/"Last Train to London"
1980s
1990s
2000s
2001: "Alright" • "Moment in Paradise" • 2006: "Surrender" • 2007: "Latitude 88 North"


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