# Track

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**Track** or **Tracks** may refer to:

## Routes or imprints

- [Ancient trackway](/source/Ancient_trackway), any track or trail whose origin is lost in antiquity
- [Animal track](/source/Animal_track), imprints left on surfaces that an animal walks across
- [Desire path](/source/Desire_path), a line worn by people taking the shortest/most convenient route across fields, parks or woods
- [Forest track](/source/Forest_track), a track (unpaved road) or trail through a forest
- [Fossil trackway](/source/Fossil_trackway), a type of trace fossil, usually preserving a line of animal footprints
- [Trackway](/source/Trackway), an ancient route of travel or track used by animals
- [Trail](/source/Trail)
- [Vineyard track](/source/Vineyard_track), a land estate (defined by law) meant for the growing of vine grapes

## Arts, entertainment, and media

### Films

- [*Tracks* (1922 film)](/source/Tracks_(1922_film)), an American silent Western film
- [*Tracks* (1976 film)](/source/Tracks_(1976_film)), an American film starring Dennis Hopper
- [*Tracks* (2003 film)](/source/Tracks_(2003_film)), an animated short film
- [*Tracks* (2013 film)](/source/Tracks_(2013_film)), an Australian film starring Mia Wasikowska
- [*The Track* (1975 film)](/source/The_Track_(1975_film)), a French thriller–drama film
- [*The Track* (2025 film)](/source/The_Track_(2025_film)), a Canadian documentary film

### Literature

- [*Tracks* (novel)](/source/Tracks_(novel)), written by Native American author Louise Erdrich
- *Tracks*, a 1980 book by Australian writer [Robyn Davidson](/source/Robyn_Davidson), source of the 2013 film in the section above
- *The Tracks*, a young adult novel series by [J. Gabriel Gates](/source/J._Gabriel_Gates) and Charlene Keel

### Music

- [Album track](/source/Album_track), a song or other unit of play on an album
- [Soundtrack](/source/Soundtrack), recorded audio played in synchronisation with something
- [Track Records](/source/Track_Records), a record label founded in 1966 in London, England

#### Albums

- [*Tracks* (Oscar Peterson album)](/source/Tracks_(Oscar_Peterson_album)), 1970
- [*Tracks* (Liverpool Express album)](/source/Tracks_(Liverpool_Express_album)), 1976
- [*Tracks* (Bruce Springsteen album)](/source/Tracks_(Bruce_Springsteen_album)), 1998
- [*Tracks* (Collin Raye album)](/source/Tracks_(Collin_Raye_album)), 2000
- [Tracks (Vasco Rossi album)](/source/Tracks_(Vasco_Rossi_album)), 2002

#### Songs

- "Track #1", the original title of "[Stinkfist](/source/Stinkfist)", at the time of its release to avoid removal from the band Tool
- "Tracks", by Gary Numan on his album *[The Pleasure Principle](/source/The_Pleasure_Principle_(Gary_Numan_album))*
- "Tracks", by Juliana Hatfield on her album *[Wild Animals](/source/Wild_Animals_(Juliana_Hatfield_album))*
- "Tracks", by Roam on their album *[Backbone](/source/Backbone_(Roam_album))*

#### Music production

- [Audio signal](/source/Audio_signal) or Audio channel, recorded in a recording studio
- [Music track](/source/Music_track), a recorded piece of music

### Television

- ["Tracks" (*Law & Order: UK*)](/source/Tracks_(Law_%26_Order:_UK)), a 2013 episode on the television series *Law and Order: UK*
- "Tracks", a 1999 episode of the television series *[Zoboomafoo](/source/Zoboomafoo)*
- "[T.R.A.C.K.S.](/source/T.R.A.C.K.S.)", an episode of Marvel TV show *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.*
- [*The Track* (TV series)](/source/The_Track_(TV_series)), an Australian documentary television series

### Other arts, entertainment, and media

- [*Tracks* (magazine)](/source/Tracks_(magazine)), an Australian surf magazine published since 1970
- [*Tracks* (podcast)](/source/Tracks_(podcast)), a British thriller-mystery fiction podcast released from 2016 to 2020
- *[Tracks – The Train Set Game](/source/Tracks_%E2%80%93_The_Train_Set_Game)*, a 2017 video game developed by Whoop Games, commonly referred to as *Tracks*
- [*Track* (game)](/source/Track_(game)), also called *The Power Game*, a board game published in 1975
- [Tracks (Transformers)](/source/Tracks_(Transformers)), a *Transformers* character

## Electronics and computing

- [Track (optical disc)](/source/Track_(optical_disc)), consecutive set of sectors on the disc containing a block of data
- [Track (disk drive)](/source/Track_(disk_drive)), a circular path on the surface of a disk or diskette on which information is recorded and read
- Tracks in [magnetic stripe card](/source/Magnetic_stripe_card)
- [Track (moving medium)](/source/Track_(moving_medium)), a path on a recording medium

## Sport

- All-weather [running track](/source/Running_track), a rubberized surface for track and field competitions
- [Cinder track](/source/Cinder_track), generally a refined dirt running track for track and field competitions
- First tracks, in [winter sports](/source/Winter_sport), cutting through fresh snow or ice before anyone else does
- [List of bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks](/source/List_of_bobsleigh,_luge,_and_skeleton_tracks)
- [Long track speed skating](/source/Long_track_speed_skating)
- [Race track](/source/Race_track), racing
- [Tartan track](/source/Tartan_track), a brand of all-weather running track that has become genericized
- [The Track (stadium)](/source/The_Track_(stadium)), a multi-use stadium in Saint Sampson, Guernsey
- [Track and field](/source/Track_and_field) athletics
- [Track cycling](/source/Track_cycling)
- [Velodrome](/source/Velodrome), a track for bicycles, track cycling competitions

## Transportation

- [Railway track](/source/Railway_track), metal tracks on which trains ride - [Track gauge](/source/Track_gauge), the distance between rails
- Bus track, a track for certain buses, like the [O-Bahn](/source/O-Bahn) buses
- [Axle track](/source/Axle_track), the distance between centres of roadwheels on an axle of a motor vehicle
- [Continuous track](/source/Continuous_track), a belt providing motive traction for a tracked vehicle such as a tank or a bulldozer
- [Track (navigation)](/source/Track_(navigation)), the path a vessel or aircraft plots over the surface of the Earth - [Ground track](/source/Ground_track), the path on the surface of the Earth directly below an aircraft or satellite - Ocean track, in [flight planning](/source/Flight_planning), the path of an aircraft as determined by heading, slip, and wind effects

## Other uses

- [Conference track](/source/Conference_track), a group of talks on a certain topic that are usually made in parallel with others
- [Green track](/source/Green_track), a type of railway track in which the track bed and surrounding area are planted with grass turf or other vegetation as ground cover
- [Tracks Inc](/source/Tracks_Inc) (Tracks Dance Theatre), based in Darwin, Australia
- A recording of one [song](/source/Song) or piece of music

## See also

- [Sidetrack (disambiguation)](/source/Sidetrack_(disambiguation))
- [Sidetracked (disambiguation)](/source/Sidetracked_(disambiguation))
- [TRAC (disambiguation)](/source/TRAC_(disambiguation))
- [Track and trace](/source/Track_and_trace)
- [Tracker (disambiguation)](/source/Tracker_(disambiguation))
- [Tracking (disambiguation)](/source/Tracking_(disambiguation))
- [Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools](/source/Transnational_Association_of_Christian_Colleges_and_Schools) (TRACCS)
- [Trek (disambiguation)](/source/Trek_(disambiguation))

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