Last Train to London

"Last Train to London"
UK single
Single by Electric Light Orchestra
from the album Discovery
A-side"Confusion" (UK)
B-side"Down Home Town" (US)
Released9 November 1979 (UK)
January 1980 (US)
Recorded1979
StudioMusicland Studios, Munich, West Germany
Genre
Length4:31
LabelJet
Songwriter(s)Jeff Lynne
Producer(s)Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology
"Don't Bring Me Down"
(1979)
"Last Train to London"
(1979)
"I'm Alive"
(1980)
Discovery track listing
9 tracks
Side one
  1. "Shine a Little Love"
  2. "Confusion"
  3. "Need Her Love"
  4. "The Diary of Horace Wimp"
Side two
  1. "Last Train to London"
  2. "Midnight Blue"
  3. "On the Run"
  4. "Wishing"
  5. "Don't Bring Me Down"
Music video
"Last Train to London" on YouTube

"Last Train to London" is a song from the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), the fifth track from their album Discovery.

The song was released in 1979 in the UK as a double A-side single with "Confusion". It peaked at number 8 in the UK Singles Chart.[1] However, in the US the two songs charted separately, with "Confusion" in late 1979 followed by "Last Train to London" in early 1980. It peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

  1. ^ "Electric Light Orchestra". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Electric Light Orchestra - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 March 2013.