Albert Hammond

Artiestinformatie

Geboortedatum	18-05-1944
Land	Verenigd Koninkrijk

Singer-songwriter Albert Hammond wordt op 18 mei 1944 geboren in Londen, maar woont al bijna zijn hele leven in Gibraltar.

Als tiener trekt hij naar Amerika. In 1966 vormt hij met Steve Rowland de groep The Family Dogg, die in 1970 Steve Rowland & The Family Dogg gaat heten.

Hammond is bekend als tekstschrijver voor onder anderen Tina Turner, Whitney Houston en The Hollies. Zelf scoort hij in Nederland acht hits, waarvan er vier in de top 10 belanden. Hammonds grootste hit is niet één van zijn drie Alarmschijven, maar Air Disaster // I Don't Wanna Die In An Air Disaster uit 1974.

Songtekst

Look at me, I'm a train, I'm a track, I'm a train, I'm a train
I'm a ticket-train, yeah...
Look at me, got a load on my back, I'm a train, I'm a train,
I'm a ticket-train, yeah...
Look at me, I'm goin' somewhere, I'm a train, I'm a train,
I'm a ticket-train yeah...
Look at me, I'm goin' somewhere, I'm a train, I'm a train,
I'm a ticket-train, yeah, been a...
Hard day, yes it has been a hard day, yes it has been a hard day,
Yes, it has, I'm a train, I'm a ticket-train, I'm a ticket-train,
I'm a train, I'm a ticket-train, ticket-train...yeah!

Look at me, I'm a train, I'm a line, I'm a train, I'm a train,
I'm a ticket-train, yeah...
Look at me for the very last time, I'm a train, I'm a train,
I'm a ticket-train, yeah...
It's been a life that's long and hard, I'm a train, I'm a train,
I'm a ticket-train, yeah...
I'm going down to the breaker's yard, I'm a train, I'm a train,
I'm a ticket-train, yeah, been a...
Hard day, yes it has been a hard day, yes it has been a hard day,
Yes, it has, I'm a train, I'm a ticket-train, I'm a ticket-train,
I'm a train, I'm a ticket-train, ticket-train...yeah!

It's been a life that's long and hard, I'm a train, I'm a train,
I'm a ticket-train, yeah...
I'm going down to the breaker's yard, I'm a train, I'm a train,
I'm a ticket-train, yeah, been a...
Hard day, yes it has been a hard day, yes it has been a hard day,
Yes it has, I'm a train, I'm a ticket-train, I'm a ticket train,
I'm a train, I'm a ticket-train, I'm a ticket-train,
I'm a train, I'm a ticket-train, I'm a ticket-train,
I'm a train, I'm a ticket-train...

Songinformatie

	A-kant
Artiest	Albert Hammond
Titel	I'm A Train
Lengte	3:16
Componist(en)	Albert Hammond, Michael Hazlewood
Producer(s)	Albert Hammond, Roy Halee
Engineer(s)	Roy Halee
	B-kant
Titel	Brand New Day
Lengte	3:15
Componist(en)	Albert Hammond, Michael Hazlewood
Producer(s)	Albert Hammond, Roy Halee
Engineer(s)	Roy Halee
Platenlabel	Epic
Catalogusnr	EPC 2150
Hoogste positie UK	-
Hoogste positie US	31
Album	Albert Hammond