jomel77 - Long Train Running
jomel77
Jul 20, 2024 12:17am
<p>"<strong>Long Train Runnin'</strong>" (or "<strong>Long Train Running</strong>") is a song recorded by American rock band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doobie_Brothers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Doobie Brothers</a> and written by band member <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Johnston_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tom Johnston</a>. It was included on the band's third album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Captain_and_Me" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Captain and Me</em></a> (1973), and was released as a single by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Warner Bros.</a>, becoming a hit and peaking at No. 8 on the US <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Train_Runnin%27#cite_note-Billboard-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[6]</sup></a></p><p>The Italian band <a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traks" target="_blank" style="background-color: white;">Traks</a> covered it in 1982, and then the British girl group <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananarama" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bananarama</a> in 1991. In 1993, the Doobie Brothers' version was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">remixed</a> and charted again in several countries, including reaching No. 7 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK Singles Chart</a>.</p><p>The tune evolved from an untitled and mostly ad-libbed jam that the Doobies developed onstage years before it was finally recorded.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Train_Runnin%27#cite_note-ucr-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[7]</sup></a> According to Johnston, its working title was "Rosie Pig Moseley" and later "Osborn." "I didn't want to cut it," Johnston later confessed. "...I just considered it a bar song without a lot of merit. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Templeman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Teddy</a> [Templeman], on the other hand, thought it had some." Templeman convinced Johnston to write words to the song.</p><p>Johnston sang the lead vocal and the rhythmic guitar strumming that propels the song, as well as the harmonica solo.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em></a> described it as "good-timey, good-harmony <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AM_radio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AM</a> cooker."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Train_Runnin%27#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[8]</sup></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashbox_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Cash Box</em></a> praised the Doobies' "fine harmony and musical prowess."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Train_Runnin%27#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[9]</sup></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_World" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Record World</em></a> said that the "pulsating rocker should take the honors in 1973."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Train_Runnin%27#cite_note-rw-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[10]</sup></a></p><p><em>Ultimate Classic Rock</em> critic Michael Gallucci rated "Long Train Runnin'" the Doobie Brothers' second-greatest song, especially praising the guitar <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riff_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">riff</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Train_Runnin%27#cite_note-ucr-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[7]</sup></a> The staff of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em></a> rated it as the Doobie Brothers' sixth-best song, noting how Johnston's and Patrick Simmons' "punchy guitars" contrast with "the jammy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyrhythm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">polyrhythms</a>" in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_guitar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bass</a> and drums.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Train_Runnin%27#cite_note-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[11]</sup></a></p>