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| "Peace Train" | ||||
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 German vinyl single | ||||
| Single by Cat Stevens | ||||
| from the album Teaser and the Firecat | ||||
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| Recorded | March 1971 | |||
| Studio | Morgan, Willesden, London | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Cat Stevens | |||
| Producer(s) | Paul Samwell-Smith | |||
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"Peace Train" is a 1971 song by Cat Stevens, taken from his album Teaser and the Firecat. The song climbed to No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the week of November 6, 1971, becoming Stevens' first US Top 10 hit.[3] The song also spent three weeks at No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart.[4] It is also featured on The Very Best of Cat Stevens compilation album. He re-recorded the song for the charity War Child in 2003.
Record World called it a "beautiful follow-up to 'Moon Shadow' and 'Wide World' [sic]" and praised the "delightful production."[5]
In the album version, the instrumental ending features a string section which drops out leaving the solo acoustic guitar playing of Cat Stevens, before the song's fade.
- ^ "VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. SpinMedia. May 31, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding?: Utopian Pop". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 75. ISBN 031214704X.
- ^ "Hot 100 - Week of November 6, 1971". Billboard. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
- ^ "Picks of the Week" (PDF). Record World. September 18, 1971. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
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