Downtown Train

"Downtown Train"
Single by Tom Waits
from the album Rain Dogs
B-side"Tango Till They're Sore"
ReleasedNovember 1985
Recorded1985 (1985)
StudioRCA (New York City)
Length3:53
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)Tom Waits
Producer(s)Tom Waits
Tom Waits singles chronology
"Hang Down Your Head"
(1985) 		"Downtown Train"
(1985) 		"Hang on St. Christopher"
(1987)

"Downtown Train" is a song by Tom Waits and taken from his ninth studio album Rain Dogs. In 1989 it was covered by Rod Stewart and topped the single charts in Canada. It went to number 3 in the United States, number 10 in the United Kingdom, number 13 in Ireland, number 16 in Finland, number 29 in Australia and number 30 in New Zealand. It also been covered by Patty Smyth and Bob Seger.