{{Short description|1973 single by the Doobie Brothers}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}} {{hatnote|This song's title is sometimes mistakenly thought to be "Without Love." For other uses, see Without Love (disambiguation).}} {{Infobox song | name = Long Train Runnin{{'-}} | image = Long Train Runnin' by Doobie Brothers US vinyl.png | alt = | caption = Side A of US single | type = single | artist = the Doobie Brothers | album = The Captain and Me | B-side = Without You | released = March 28, 1973<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin' - dutchcharts.nl |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Doobie+Brothers&titel=Long+Train+Runnin'&cat=s |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=dutchcharts.nl}}</ref> | recorded = 1972–1973 | studio = Warner Bros. Studios, North Hollywood, California<ref name="notes">{{cite AV media notes|title= The Captain and Me |others= The Doobie Brothers |year= 1994 |url= https://www.discogs.com/release/2297992-The-Captain-And-Me/images |access-date= August 16, 2016 |type= liner notes |publisher= Warner Bros.}}</ref> | venue = | genre = * Country rock<ref>{{cite web |first= Chelsey |last= Stuyt |title= The Doobie Brothers' 'Southbound' a Jukebox of Greatest Hits |work= Vancouver Weekly |date= November 17, 2014 |access-date= April 28, 2019 |url= https://vancouverweekly.com/doobie-brothers-southbound-jukebox-greatest-hits/ |archive-date= November 10, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201110224632/https://vancouverweekly.com/doobie-brothers-southbound-jukebox-greatest-hits/ |url-status= dead }}</ref> * Southern rock<ref name="Molanphy 2021">{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2020/07/yacht-rock-was-smooth-music-played-by-70s-80s-studio-pros|title= What a Fool Believes Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=Slate|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date= July 31, 2021|access-date= February 22, 2024}}</ref> * boogie rock<ref name="Molanphy 2021"/><ref name= "Breihan 2019">{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: The Doobie Brothers' "Black Water"|website= Stereogum |date= July 3, 2019 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2049882/the-number-ones-the-doobie-brothers-black-water/columns/the-number-ones/|quote= They grew their fanbase...reaching the top 10 with 1973’s percussive acoustic boogie jam “Long Train Runnin’".|accessdate= June 22, 2023}}</ref> * pop rock<ref name="Breithaupt 1996">{{cite book|title= Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s|first1=Don|last1=Breithaupt|first2= Jeff|last2= Breithaupt|date= October 15, 1996|chapter= Dancing in the Moonlight: Seventies Pop|page= 38|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=031214704X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RMPCAwAAQBAJ}}</ref> | length = 3:27 | label = Warner Bros. | writer = Tom Johnston | producer = Ted Templeman | prev_title = Jesus Is Just Alright | prev_year = 1972 | next_title = China Grove | next_year = 1973 | misc = {{External music video | 1 = [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVsLEI-hCXw "Long Train Runnin{{'"}}] on YouTube | header = Official audio}} }}
"'''Long Train Runnin{{'-}}'''" (or "'''Long Train Running'''") is a song recorded by American rock band the Doobie Brothers and written by band member Tom Johnston. It was included on the band's third album, ''The Captain and Me'' (1973), and was released as a single by Warner Bros., becoming a hit and peaking at No. 8 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="Billboard"/>
It was covered by the Italian band Traks in 1982, and then by the British girl group Bananarama in 1991. In 1993, the Doobie Brothers' version was remixed and charted again in several countries, including reaching No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart.
==Origin== The tune evolved from an untitled and mostly ad-libbed jam that the Doobies developed onstage years before it was finally recorded.<ref name=ucr/> Its working title, according to Johnston, 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. Teddy [Templeman], on the other hand, thought it had some." Templeman convinced Johnston to write words to the song.
Johnston performed the lead vocal and the rhythmic guitar strumming that propels the song and also performs the harmonica solo.
==Reception== thumb|left|The Doobie Brothers, led by writer Tom Johnston (center, at microphone stand), performing "Long Train Runnin'" in 2025 ''Billboard'' magazine described it as "good-timey, good-harmony AM cooker."<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Radio Action & Pick Singles |magazine= Billboard |date= April 14, 1973 |access-date= July 28, 2020 |page= 54 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1973/Billboard%201973-04-14.pdf}}</ref> ''Cash Box'' named it one of the Picks of the Week, praising the Doobies' "fine harmony and musical prowess."<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Record Reviews > Picks of the Week |magazine= Cash Box |volume= XXXIV |issue= 43 |page= 20 |date= April 14, 1973 |accessdate= December 11, 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1973/Cash-Box-1973-04-14.pdf}}</ref> ''Record World'' said that the "pulsating rocker should take the honors in 1973."<ref name=rw>{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=April 14, 1973|accessdate=2023-03-23|title=Single Picks|page=8|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/73/RW-1973-04-14.pdf}}</ref> Upon the release of the 1993 remix, Charles Aaron from ''Spin'' wrote, "This early-'70s, blue-eyed R&B annoyance always had a hair-raising guitar break (copied by X on 'True Love Pt. #2'), and the raving remix recasts it as the sinuously funky friend you never knew you missed. The harp bite is a setup, along with traces of the proto-techno intro to Sweet's 'Fox on the Run'."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Charles|last=Aaron|title=Singles|magazine=Spin|date=March 1994|page=80|accessdate=June 24, 2025|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-GJOt0bM2-YC|author-link=Charles Aaron}}</ref>
''Ultimate Classic Rock'' critic Michael Gallucci rated "Long Train Runnin{{'"}} the Doobie Brothers' second-greatest song, especially praising the guitar riff.<ref name=ucr>{{cite web|title=Top 10 Doobie Brothers songs|author=Gallucci, Michael|accessdate=2022-06-15|publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=February 12, 2013|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/doobie-brothers-songs/}}</ref> The staff of ''Billboard'' rated it as the Doobie Brothers' sixth-best song, noting how Johnston's and Patrick Simmons' "punchy guitars" contrast with "the jammy polyrhythms" in the bass and drums.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Doobie Brothers' 10 Best Songs: Staff Picks|author=Graff, Gary|accessdate=2022-06-15|publisher=Billboard|date=November 6, 2020|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/the-doobie-brothers-best-songs-9377444/}}</ref>
==Personnel== Source:<ref name="notes"/>
*Tom Johnston – lead guitar, harmonica, ARP synthesizer, vocals *Patrick Simmons – guitar, ARP synthesizer, vocals *Tiran Porter – bass, vocals *John Hartman – drums, percussion, vocals *Michael Hossack – drums, congas, timbales
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-break}}
===Original release=== ====Weekly charts==== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1973) !Peak<br/>position |- |Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |author-link= David Kent (historian) |title= Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= St Ives, N.S.W. |year= 1993 |page= 92 |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}</ref> |align="center"|58 |- {{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|20|chartid=4849|access-date=July 29, 2013}} |- {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|8|chartid=4840|access-date=July 29, 2013}} |- {{single chart|Dutch40|12|year=1973|week=20|access-date=July 29, 2013}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|10|artist=The Doobie Brothers|song=Long Train Runnin'|access-date=July 29, 2013}} |- |New Zealand (''Listener'')<ref>{{cite web |title= flavour of new zealand – search listener |website= Flavour of New Zealand |access-date= June 12, 2018 |url= http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=868#n_view_location |archive-date= January 15, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220115062748/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=868#n_view_location |url-status= dead }}</ref> |align="center"|15 |- |South Africa (Springbok Radio)<ref>{{cite web|title= South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (D) |website= Rock.co.za |access-date= July 29, 2013 |url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(D).html}}</ref> |align="center"|11 |- |US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="Billboard">{{cite web|title= The Captain and Me – Awards |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= June 5, 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-captain-and-me-mw0000650086/awards}}</ref> |align="center"|8 |}
====Year-end charts==== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1973) !Position |- |Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Top 100 Singles of '73 |volume= 20 |issue= 20 |date= December 29, 1973 |magazine= RPM |publisher= Library and Archives Canada |access-date= June 12, 2018 |url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.100214&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.100214.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.100214}}</ref> |align="center"|85 |- |US ''Billboard'' Year-End<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Top Pop Singles |magazine= Billboard |page= TA-28 |date= December 29, 1973 |access-date= June 6, 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1973/Billboard%201973-12-29-II-Talent-in-Action.pdf}}</ref> |align="center"|41 |} {{col-break}}
===Remixes=== ====Weekly charts==== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1993–1994) !Peak<br>position |- |Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|title= The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 17 Apr 1994 |via= Imgur |access-date= March 3, 2016 |url= http://i.imgur.com/1AHOGh3.jpg}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first= Gavin |last= Ryan |title= Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 |year= 2011 |publisher= Moonlight Publishing |location= Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}</ref> |align="center"|67 |- {{single chart|Flanders|32|artist=The Doobie Brothers|song=Long Train Runnin' (Locomotive Remixes '93)|access-date=July 29, 2013}} |- |Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-12-11.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=50|date=December 11, 1993|page=23|access-date=March 24, 2024}}</ref> |align="center"|32 |- |Europe (European Dance Radio)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-01-15.pdf|title=European Dance Radio Top 25|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=3|date=January 15, 1994|page=21|access-date=May 23, 2023}}</ref> |align="center"|16 |- |Europe (European Hit Radio)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-06-05.pdf|title=EHR Top 40|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=23|date=June 5, 1993|page=22|access-date=April 10, 2024}}</ref> |align="center"|30 |- |Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=66|first=Timo |last=Pennanen |year=2021 |title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 |section=Doobie Brothers|page=66|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava |location=Helsinki|access-date=June 21, 2022}}</ref> |align="center"|15 |- {{single chart|Germany|64|artist=The Doobie Brothers|song=Long Train Runnin'|songid=233289|access-date=July 29, 2013}} |- {{single chart|Ireland2|14|song=Long Train|access-date=July 29, 2013}} |- {{single chart|UK|7|date=19931204|refname=UK7|access-date=July 29, 2013}} |- |UK Airplay (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-12-11.pdf|title=The Airplay Chart|magazine=Music Week|date=December 11, 1993|page=26|access-date=May 4, 2024}}</ref> |align="center"|3 |- |UK Dance (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Dance Singles |magazine= Music Week |page= 28 |date= November 27, 1993 |accessdate= April 9, 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-11-27.pdf}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- |UK Club Chart (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The ''RM'' Club Chart|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=November 13, 1993|page=4|accessdate=May 12, 2023|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-11-13.pdf}}</ref> |align="center"|6 |}
====Year-end charts==== {|class="wikitable" !Chart (1993) !Position |- |UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Top 100 Singles 1993 |magazine= Music Week |page= 24 |date= January 15, 1994}}</ref> |align="center"|90 |- |UK Club Chart (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|first= |last= |title=The ''RM'' Club Chart 93|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert)|date=December 25, 1993|page=4|accessdate=February 3, 2023|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-12-25.pdf}}</ref> |align="center"|52 |} {{col-break}}
===Other reissues=== {|class="wikitable" !Chart (2011) !Peak<br>position |- {{single chart|France|91|artist=The Doobie Brothers|song=Long Train Runnin'|access-date=July 29, 2013}} |} {|class="wikitable" !Chart (2013) !Peak<br>position |- {{single chart|France|104|artist=The Doobie Brothers|song=Long Train Runnin'|access-date=July 29, 2013}} |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Platinum|number=3|artist=The Doobie Brothers|title=Long Train Runnin'|type=single|relyear=1973|certyear=2025|source=radioscope|access-date=December 16, 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry |region=Spain|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1973|certyear=2024|artist=The Doobie Brothers|title=Long Train Runnin'|accessdate=June 5, 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Doobie Brothers|title=Long Train Runnin|award=Gold|relyear=2007|certyear=2024|access-date=December 6, 2024|id=15954-2067-1}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
==Traks version== {{Infobox song | name = Long Train Runnin{{'-}} | cover = Traks - Long Train Runnin'.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Traks | album = Long Train Runnin' | B-side = Drums Power | released = August 1982<ref>{{Cite web |title=Traks - Long Train Runnin' - germancharts.de |url=https://germancharts.de/showitem.asp?interpret=Traks&titel=Long+Train+Runnin%27&cat=s}}</ref> | recorded = | studio = | genre = Disco<ref>{{Citation |title=Long Train Running - Single by Traks on Apple Music |date=1982-01-01 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/long-train-running-single/1608614910 |access-date=2026-05-15 |language=en-US}}</ref> | length = * 3:30 * 7:02 (album version) | label = {{hlist|Polydor|Savoir-Faire}} | writer = Tom Johnston | producer = Traks | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Get Ready | next_year = 1983 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|pR9O8ucewnY|"Long Train Running"}}}} }}
In 1982, Italian band Traks covered the song. This version charted in France and in West Germany, where it peaked at No. 62 and No. 18, respectively.
===Track listing=== * '''7" single Polydor 2040 365''' #"Long Train Runnin{{'"}} (short version) – 3:30 #"Drums Power" – 4:27
===Charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1982) !Peak<br>position |- |France (IFOP)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_T.php |title= InfoDisc : Tous les Titres par Artiste |website= InfoDisc |id= Select "Traks" from the artist drop-down menu |access-date= July 29, 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130920092618/http://infodisc.fr/Bilan_T.php |archive-date= September 20, 2013 |language= fr}}</ref> |align="center"|62 |- {{single chart|West Germany|18|artist=Traks|song=Long Train Runnin'|songid=75713|access-date=July 29, 2013|refname="GER"}} |}
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==Bananarama version== {{Infobox song | name = Long Train Running | cover = Bananarama - Long Train Running.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Bananarama | album = Pop Life | B-side = Outta Sight | released = {{start date|1991|4|8}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = Dance-pop<ref name="AM">{{cite web|first= Stewart |last= Mason |title= Bananarama – Pop Life |publisher= AllMusic |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/pop-life-mw0000267230 |access-date= July 29, 2013}}</ref> | length = 3:31 | label = London | writer = Tom Johnston | producer = Youth | prev_title = Preacher Man | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = Tripping on Your Love | next_year = 1991 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|xVPqlVOeh8s|"Long Train Running"}}}} }}
The English pop trio Bananarama's version of "Long Train Runnin'" appeared on their fifth studio album, ''Pop Life'' (1991),<ref name="AM"/> and was released as the album's third single in the UK in April 1991 by London Records. The group discovered the song when they were browsing through the record collection of Youth, producer of the ''Pop Life'' album. They needed one more tune to complete ''Pop Life'' and decided to go with a cover. The song reached No. 6 in Israel, No. 10 in Portugal, No. 18 in Ireland and No. 30 in the UK.
===Critical reception=== Larry Flick from ''Billboard'' magazine wrote, "Bananarama offers a pop/house version of the Doobie Brothers' classic rocker [...]. Produced by Youth, this first single from the forthcoming ''Pop Life'' album features guitar work from the Gipsy Kings, which provides a tough, rustic edge to an otherwise light and campy track. A fun one that could cross into radio territory."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Flick |author-link= Larry Flick |title= Hi-NRG Awards Set; Waters Flowing; Princely Track |magazine= Billboard |volume= 103 |issue= 25 |page= 31 |date= June 22, 1991 |access-date= October 11, 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-06-22.pdf}}</ref> Chuck Eddy from ''Entertainment Weekly'' said that "those techno-flamenco gods" help engineer the song "into a scary locomotive blues."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Chuck |last= Eddy |author-link= Chuck Eddy |title= Pop Life |magazine= Entertainment Weekly |date= July 12, 1991 |access-date= November 11, 2020 |url= https://ew.com/article/1991/07/12/pop-life/}}</ref> Everett True from ''Melody Maker'' commented, "They have a new single out. They've thought up a new, crap, out-of-time dance routine and they're gonna have another hit. All in all, Bananarama give this rather chaotic world a reassuring sense of order, don't they?"<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Everett|last=True|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52330069249/|title=Singles|magazine=Melody Maker|date=April 13, 1991|page=34|access-date=April 29, 2023|author-link=Everett True}}</ref>
===Music video=== The Bananarama music video for "Long Train Running", directed by British visual design artist and director Nick Egan, features the group members dressed in Spanish gowns while attending a soirée with various guests at a castle.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7094366/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0|title=Bananarama: Long Train Running|website=IMDb|access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref> Scenes at a decorated dining table alternate with shots from bedrooms.
===Track listing=== * '''UK CD single NANCD 24''' #"Long Train Running" (radio version) – 3:31 #:<small>Remixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent</small> #"Long Train Running" (Alma De Noche Mix) – 6:40 #:<small>Remixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent</small> #"Long Train Running" (Flamenco CD Mix) – 4:57 #"Outta Sight" – 4:30
===Charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ Weekly chart performance for "Long Train Runnin'" !Chart (1991) !Peak<br>position |- |Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|title= Re: ARIA Charts Peak |url= http://i.imgur.com/9AQCjII.jpg |date= 17 June 2014 |via= Imgur |access-date= 19 September 2015 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141129020821/http://i.imgur.com/9AQCjII.jpg |archive-date= November 29, 2014}}</ref> |align="center"|179 |- |Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-05-04.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|date=4 May 1991|volume=8|issue=18|page=25|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History|accessdate=24 September 2025}}</ref> |align="center"|64 |- |Europe (European Airplay Top 50)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-05-25.pdf|title=European Airplay Top 50|magazine=Music & Media|date=25 May 1991|volume=8|issue=21|page=27|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History|accessdate=24 September 2025}}</ref> |align="center"|43 |- |Europe (European Hit Radio)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-06-01.pdf|title=European Hit Radio|magazine=Music & Media|issue=22|volume=8|date=1 June 1991|page=26|access-date=17 November 2025}}</ref> |align="center"|15 |- {{single chart|Flanders|47|artist=Bananarama|song=Long Train Running|access-date=July 29, 2013}} |- |Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)<ref name="Finland">{{cite book |url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=241|first=Timo |last=Pennanen |year=2021 |title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 |section=Bananarama|page=25|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava |location=Helsinki|access-date=April 22, 2025}}</ref> |align="center"|13 |- {{single chart|Germany|45|artist=Bananarama|song=Long Train Running|songid=52009|access-date=July 29, 2013}} |- {{single chart|Ireland2|18|song=Long Train|access-date=July 29, 2013}} |- |Israel (Israeli Singles Chart)<ref>[https://pizmonet.co.il/wiki/16.6.1991 Israeli Singles Chart. June 16, 1991.]</ref> |align="center"|6 |- |Luxembourg (Radio Luxembourg)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=F&ChDay=&ChMonth=&ChYear=&ChBand=Bananarama&ChSong= |title=Radio Luxembourg Singles |publisher=umdmusic.com|access-date=27 April 2025}}</ref> |align="center"|12 |- |Portugal (AFP)<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Top 10 Sales in Europe |magazine= Music & Media |volume= 8 |issue= 28 |date= July 13, 1991 |page= 26 |access-date= March 22, 2018 |url= https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-07-13.pdf}}</ref> |align="center"|10 |- {{single chart|UK|30|date=19910427|refname=UK30|access-date=July 29, 2013}} |- |UK Airplay (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1991/MW-1991-05-11.pdf|title=Playlist Chart|magazine=Music Week|date=May 11, 1991|page=16|access-date=October 15, 2025}}</ref> |align="center"|11 |- |UK Dance (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Top 60 Dance Singles |magazine= Music Week |page= 24 |date= April 27, 1991 |access-date= September 27, 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1991/MW-1991-04-27.pdf}}</ref> |align="center"|57 |}
===Release history=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row" rowspan="2"|United Kingdom |April 8, 1991 |{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|12-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}} |rowspan="5"|London |<ref>{{cite magazine|title= New Releases: Singles |magazine= Music Week |page= 19 |date= April 6, 1991}}</ref> |- |May 7, 1991 |10-inch vinyl |<ref>{{cite magazine|title= New Releases: Singles |magazine= Music Week |page= 31 |date= May 4, 1991}}</ref> |- !scope="row" rowspan="2"|Japan |May 10, 1991 |Mini-CD |<ref>{{cite web|title= バナナラマ {{!}} ロング・トレイン・ランニン |trans-title= Bananarama {{!}} Long Train Running |publisher= Oricon |access-date= September 18, 2025 |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/127544/products/203957/1/ |language= ja}}</ref> |- |May 25, 1991 |CD |<ref>{{cite web|title= バナナラマ {{!}} ロング・トレイン・ランニン |trans-title= Bananarama {{!}} Long Train Running |publisher= Oricon |access-date= September 18, 2025 |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/127544/products/190440/1/ |language= ja}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Australia |July 8, 1991 |{{hlist|CD|cassette}} |<ref>{{cite magazine|title= New Release Summary – Product Available from : 8/07/91: Singles |magazine= The ARIA Report |issue= 76 |page= 19 |date= July 7, 1991}}</ref> |}
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