Downtown Train

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"Downtown Train"
Single by Tom Waits
from the album Rain Dogs
Released	1985
Genre	Rock
Length	3:53
Label	Island
Writer(s)	Tom Waits
Producer(s)	Tom Waits

"Downtown Train"

Single by Rod Stewart

from the album The Best of Rod Stewart

Released

1989

Rod Stewart singles chronology

"This Old Heart of Mine"
(1989)

"Downtown Train"
(1989)

"I Don't Want to Talk About It"
(1990)

"Downtown Train" is a song by Tom Waits released on his album Rain Dogs in 1985.

The promo video for the song was directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino and features the boxer Jake LaMotta.

Rod Stewart recorded a cover version that became a #3 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart after being released as a single in late 1989, and was also a number-one single on the album rock and adult contemporary charts.^[1] The song went to number-one in Canada and made the top ten on the UK Singles Chart in 1990. Stewart received a Grammy nomination for the song in the category Best Male Pop Vocal performance.^[2] Stewart's cover featured the slide guitar playing of Jeff Beck, who also appeared on the music video.

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. Everything But the Girl produced an acoustic cover of the song. Bob Seger recorded a cover in 1989, but opted not to release it because Stewart's version had been released earlier. On February 28, 2011, Seger finally released his version of the song as a single, which appears on the retrospective album Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets. The German band The Piano Has Been Drinking included a version of Downtown Train (Rude Jolf) on their 1990 album The Piano Has Been Drinking which only consists of cover versions of Tom Waits songs in Kölsch dialect (Colognian).

The Swedish artist Moneybrother released a Swedish version of the song; it is included on his album Pengabrorsan. Austrian hardcore/punk band Rentokill recorded a cover of the track for their 2009 EP The O.S.E.

Chart performance

Patty Smyth version

Chart (1987)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	95
US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	40

Rod Stewart version

Chart (1989-1990)	Peak position
Canadian Singles Chart	1
German Singles Chart	39
Irish Singles Chart	13
Dutch Single Chart	42
New Zealand Singles Chart	30
UK Singles Chart	10
US Billboard Hot 100	3
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	1
US Billboard Album Rock Tracks	1

Bob Seger version

Chart (2011)	Peak position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^{[ 1]}	17

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 605.
↑ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 355.

External links

AllMusic.com track review

v t e Tom Waits

Studio albums	Closing Time The Heart of Saturday Night Small Change Foreign Affairs Blue Valentine Heartattack and Vine Swordfishtrombones Rain Dogs Franks Wild Years Bone Machine The Black Rider Mule Variations Blood Money Alice Real Gone Bad as Me

Live albums	Nighthawks at the Diner Big Time Romeo Bleeding: Live from Austin Glitter and Doom Live

Soundtracks	One from the Heart Night on Earth

Compilations	Bounced Checks Anthology of Tom Waits Asylum Years The Early Years, Volume One The Early Years, Volume Two Beautiful Maladies Used Songs 1973–1980 Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards

Notable songs	"Ol' '55" "Tom Traubert's Blues" "The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King)" "Somewhere" "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" "Romeo Is Bleeding" "Kentucky Avenue" "Heartattack and Vine" "Jersey Girl" "Jockey Full of Bourbon" "Downtown Train" "Way Down in the Hole" "Young at Heart" "Bad as Me" "Back in the Crowd"

Tours	Real Gone Tour The Orphans Tour Glitter and Doom Tour

Related articles	Discography Kathleen Brennan Greg Cohen Bones Howe Rickie Lee Jones Marc Ribot Larry Taylor Chuck E. Weiss Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits New Coat of Paint

Portal:Rock music Commons:Tom Waits

v t e Rod Stewart singles

1970s	"It's All Over Now" (1970) "Reason to Believe"/"Maggie May" (1971) "Every Picture Tells a Story"/"Reason to Believe" (1971) Spain only "(I Know) I'm Losing You"/"Mandolin Wind" (1971) "Handbags and Gladrags" (1972) "You Wear It Well" (1972) "Angel" (1972) "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" (1972) "Twistin' the Night Away" (1973, 1987) "Oh! No Not My Baby" (1973) "Farewell" / "You Send Me" (1973) "Mine for Me" (1974) "You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything" (1974) Stewart/Faces "Sailing" (1975) "This Old Heart of Mine" (1975) "Tonight's the Night" (1975) "The Killing of Georgie" (1976) "Get Back" (1976) "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (1977) "I Don't Want to Talk About It" (1977, 1990) "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" (1978) "Hot Legs" (1978) "I Was Only Joking" (1978) "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (1978, 1997) "Ain't Love a Bitch" (1979) "Blondes (Have More Fun)" (1979)

1980s	"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" (1980) "Young Turks" (1982) "How Long?" (1982) "Baby Jane" (1983) "That's What Friends Are For" (1983) "Infatuation" (1984) "Some Guys Have All the Luck" (1984) "All Right Now" (1984) "People Get Ready" (1985, 1991, 1993) Stewart/Beck "Love Touch" (1986) "In My Life" (1987) "Forever Young" (1988) "My Heart Can't Tell You No" (1988) "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" (1989)Stewart/Isley "Downtown Train" (1989)

1990s	"It Takes Two" (1990)Stewart/Turner "Rhythm of My Heart" (1991) "The Motown Song" (1991) "Your Song" (1992) "Ruby Tuesday" (1993) "Have I Told You Lately" (1993) "Reason to Believe" (unplugged, 1993) "All for Love" (1993) Stewart/Adams/Sting "Lady Luck" (1996) "Ooh La La" (1998) "Rocks" (1998) "Cigarettes and Alcohol" (1998) "Faith of the Heart" (1999)

2000s	"These Foolish Things" (2002) "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (2003) "Time After Time" (2003) "What a Wonderful World" (2004) "Blue Moon" (2004) "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (2005) "I've Got a Crush on You" (2005) "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (2006) "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" (2006)

2010s	"Everybody Hurts" (2010) "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (2012) "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (2012) "She Makes Me Happy" (2013) "It's Over" (2013) "Brighton Beach" (2013)

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The Bob Seger System albums	Ramblin' Gamblin' Man Noah Mongrel

Bob Seger solo albums	Brand New Morning Smokin' O.P.'s Back in '72 Seven Beautiful Loser Face the Promise

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band albums	Night Moves Stranger in Town Against the Wind The Distance Like a Rock The Fire Inside It's a Mystery

Live albums	Live Bullet Nine Tonight

Compilations	The Bob Seger Collection Greatest Hits Greatest Hits 2 Early Seger Vol. 1 Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets

Singles	"East Side Story" "Heavy Music" "2 + 2 = ?" "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" "Lucifer" "Turn the Page" "Get Out of Denver" "Katmandu" "Nutbush City Limits" "Night Moves" "Mainstreet" "Hollywood Nights" "We've Got Tonite" "Old Time Rock and Roll" "Fire Lake" "Against the Wind" "You'll Accomp'ny Me" "Tryin' To Live My Life Without You" "Shame on the Moon" "Roll Me Away" "Fortunate Son" "Like a Rock" "Shakedown" "Landing in London" (with 3 Doors Down) "Wait for Me" "Downtown Train"

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v t e Patty Smyth

Studio albums	Never Enough Patty Smyth

Singles	"Downtown Train" "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough"

Record labels	Columbia Records MCA Records

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