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"Party Train" is a 1983 song by The Gap Band, released on their seventh album, Gap Band V: Jammin'. It peaked at #3 on the R&B charts. The original release had "I'm Ready (If You're Ready)" on the A-side and "Party Train" on the B-side. Later, "Party Train was placed on the A-side, and a special dance mix was placed on the B-side. [2]
The song was a hit again when Robert Palmer covered it in 1988. This version peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is to date the highest charting version of the song on that chart. [5] Cash Box said that Palmer "creates a Volga River Boatman-like chorus that clearly illustrates his image of early morning loneliness." [6]
Live & Well is a live album by The Gap Band, released in 1996. The songs "Gotta Get Up" and "Drop the Bomb" are both special live versions of "Early in the Morning" and "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" with similar instrumentations but modified lyrics. [1] [2]
The Gap Band was an American R&B and funk band that rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s. The band consisted of three brothers: Charlie , Ronnie, and Robert Wilson, along with other members; it was named after streets (Greenwood, Archer, and Pine) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] in the historic Greenwood neighborhood in the brothers' hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma .
"Someday" (a loose cover of the Donny Hathaway song "Someday We'll All Be Free") and the single remix of "Shake A Leg" as a form of a dub version was on the Party train maxi single. With the exception of "Party Train" and "Smile" (which were co-produced by label owner Lonnie Simmons), the album was produced by oldest brother Ronnie Wilson.
"Early in the Morning", a song (listed as traditional), on the 1965 album The Sound of '65 by The Graham Bond Organisation and on the 1970 album Ginger Baker's Air Force "Early in the Morning", a 1979 song on the album Desolation Angels by Bad Company. "Early in the Morning" (Gap Band song), a 1982 single by The Gap Band. Remake: Early in the ...
The Gap Band III: 1981 "Humpin'" — 60 19 36 "Yearning for Your Love" 60 5 — 47 1982 "Early in the Morning" 24 1 13 55 Gap Band IV "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" 31 2 39 — "Outstanding" 51 1 24 68 1983 "Party Train" 101 3 — — Gap Band V: Jammin' "Jam the Motha" — 16 — — 1984 "Someday" — — — 17 "I'm Ready (If You're Ready ...
The album produced the singles "Early in the Morning" (#1 Black Singles, #13 Club Play Singles, #24 Pop Singles), "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" (#2 Black Singles, #39 Club Play Singles, #31 Pop Singles), and "Outstanding" (#1 Black Singles, #24 Club Play Singles, #51 Pop Singles). It also achieved a rare feat in which every song on the album ...