Train of Thought (Cher song)

"Train of Thought"
"Train of Thought"
Single by Cher
from the album Dark Lady
B-side	"Dixie Girl"
Released	May 1974
Recorded	1973–1974
Genre	Rock
Length	2:33
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Alan O'Day
Producer(s)	Snuff Garrett
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Alternative covers
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"Train of Thought" is the second single released by an American singer/actress Cher from her 1974 album Dark Lady. It reached number No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 9 on the Adult Contemporary chart.^[1] AllMusic retrospectively described this song as "raw and fast-moving rock."^[2] In 1976, the song was covered by American singer-songwriter and musician Gene Pitney.

Weekly Charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Australian Singles (Kent Music Report)^[3]	84
Canadian Singles Chart	18
Israeli Singles Chart	3
Quebec (ADISQ)^[4]	15
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	27
US Adult Contemporary^[6]	9
US Cash Box Top 100^[7]	18

References

^ Dark Lady at AllMusic
^ Review by AllMusic, Retrieved October 14, 2013
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 61. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec" (in French). BAnQ. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
^ "Cher". Billboard. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
^ "Cher". Billboard. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
^ "Cash Box 100 Singles chart

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[DarkLady-1] Dark Lady at AllMusic

[2] Review by AllMusic, Retrieved October 14, 2013

[aus-3] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 61. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[4] "Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec" (in French). BAnQ. Retrieved September 11, 2019.

[5] "Cher". Billboard. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

[6] "Cher". Billboard. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

[7] "Cash Box 100 Singles chart

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1960s singles	"All I Really Want to Do" "Where Do You Go" "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" "Alfie" "I Feel Something in the Air" "Sunny" "Behind the Door" "Mama (When My Dollies Have Babies)" "Hey Joe" "You Better Sit Down Kids" "The Click Song" "Take Me for a Little While" "Yours Until Tomorrow" "Chastity's Song (Band of Thieves)" "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" "For What It's Worth"
1970s singles	"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" "The Way of Love" "Living in a House Divided" "Don't Hide Your Love" "Am I Blue?" "Half-Breed" "Dark Lady" "Train of Thought" "I Saw a Man and He Danced with His Wife" "Rescue Me" "Geronimo's Cadillac" "Long Distance Love Affair" "Pirate" "War Paint and Soft Feathers" "Take Me Home" "Wasn't It Good" "It's Too Late to Love Me Now" "Hell on Wheels"
1980s singles	"I Paralyze" "I Found Someone" "We All Sleep Alone" "Skin Deep" "After All" "If I Could Turn Back Time" "Just Like Jesse James"
1990s singles	"Heart of Stone" "You Wouldn't Know Love" "Baby I'm Yours" "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" "Love and Understanding" "Save Up All Your Tears" "Love Hurts" "Could've Been You" "When Lovers Become Strangers" "Oh No Not My Baby" "Whenever You're Near" "Many Rivers to Cross" "Walking in Memphis" "One by One" "Not Enough Love in the World" "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" "Paradise Is Here" "Believe" "Strong Enough" "All or Nothing" "Dov'è l'amore"
2000s singles	"The Music's No Good Without You" "Song for the Lonely" "Alive Again" "A Different Kind of Love Song" "When the Money's Gone" "Love One Another"
2010s singles	"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" "Woman's World" "I Hope You Find It" "Take It Like a Man" "I Walk Alone" "Fernando" "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" "SOS"
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Other songs	"Our Day Will Come" "Fernando" "Dressed to Kill"
Guest singles	"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" "Dead Ringer for Love" "I Got You Babe" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "Love Can Build a Bridge" "Più che puoi" "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" "Stop Crying Your Heart Out"
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