Song · Imogen Heap
“First Train Home” by Imogen Heap
From the album Ellipse (2009)
“First Train Home” by Imogen Heap appears on 10 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2009 and 2023. It was first released in 2009 on the album Ellipse. Its best result is #40 on the WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #400 alternative song of 2009.
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"First Train Home" was the only single Imogen Heap pulled from Ellipse, her third solo album, in 2009, and it's hers from top to bottom: she wrote the words and the music, produced it and engineered it herself.
The song grew out of a rotten night. Heap was deep in the stress of project-managing her studio along with a house move, a first for her, when a friend talked her into coming down to Brighton. She spent the whole train ride on the phone, wishing she were back home working, then went along to a festival and found that being around music only made her more jittery about the work she wasn't doing. By the time she wanted out it was too late to get back, with home three hours away.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 86 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2009 | 89 |
| 2009 | 73 | 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT | 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2009 | 103 |
| 2009 | 48 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2009 | 106 |
| 2009 | 56 | 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA | 106.1 The Corner Top 106 Songs of 2009 | 106 |
| 2009 | 58 | WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA | WRSI Top 93 Songs of 2009 | 93 |
| 2009 | 40 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2009 | 89 |
| 2009 | 65 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2009 | 100 |
| 2010 | 64 | WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA | WRSI Top 94 Songs of 2010 | 93 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1109 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2023 | 986 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
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