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A train song is a song referencing passenger or freight railroads, often using a syncopated beat resembling the sound of train wheels over train tracks.Trains have been a theme in both traditional and popular music since the first half of the 19th century and over the years have appeared in nearly all musical genres, including folk, blues, country, rock, jazz, world, classical and avant-garde.
Toy Train (song) Train (3 Doors Down song) Train (Goldfrapp song) The Train Is Coming; Train Kept A-Rollin' Train on a Track; Train-Train; Train, Train (The Count Bishops song) Trains and Boats and Planes; Trains to Brazil; Trans-Europe Express (song) Tre gringos; Trem das Onze; I treni di Tozeur; Trenulețul; The Trolley Song; Trouble in Mind ...
Songs about trains (1 C, 137 P) V. Vehicle wreck ballads (3 C, 24 P) Pages in category "Songs about transport" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 ...
Whether deliberately copied or not, the melody of "Down by the Station" is closely related to the chorus of the French-Canadian folk song "Alouette". [3] [better source needed] Some have pointed out that though the first line is similar to "Alouette", it is closer to the tune of "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider," with the first two lines being similar.
The song was initially released in 1938 by Columbia Records on a 10" single as the B-side to "Vous Êtes Jolie". [ 3 ] Its light, irreverent lyrics express a joie de vivre typical in French popular music produced during the late 1930s, [ 4 ] reflecting the political unrest and economic uncertainty of that time.
Le chemin de fer likely was the first musical representation of train departure and arrival.. In 1844, French classical pianist Charles-Valentin Alkan composed Le chemin de fer ("The Railroad"), a programmatic étude for piano designed to depict the happy journey of train passengers from departing a train station to portraying the train pulling into a second station.
Released on 30 June 2017, "Mi Gente" became the first music video by a French artist to reach one billion views, although this version of the song is not in French. Only three French-language videos, " Dernière Danse ", " Papaoutai " and " Ego " have hit the 1 billion view mark, the most recent occurring on 14 September 2023.
The Canadian French singer Garou that year's main campaign sponsor (parrain) recorded Graeme Allwright's French version "Petit garçon" with Ryan, a young French singer for official release. The song was included in Garou's new album It's Magic released 1 December 2014 in France. [ 6 ]