Peace Train

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"Peace Train" is Track 10 on Cat Stevens' album Teaser and the Firecat. The song climbed to #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the week of October 9, 1971. It is also featured on The Very Best of Cat Stevens.

Along with John Lennon's "Give Peace A Chance," it is reputedly one of the most famous war-protest songs in history.

Recently, the plight of war-ravaged Iraqi children has drawn the quiet Muslim convert out of reclusion and once again into the national spotlight. According to Stevens, "Peace Train is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again. As a member of humanity and as a Muslim, this is my contribution to the call for a peaceful solution."

He re-recorded the song for War Child in 2003. The song has also been covered by Tony Melendez and 10,000 Maniacs in 1987, Dolly Parton in 1996, and Jann Arden in 2007.

The author deems "Peace Train" still acceptable because of its positive moral message[1].