Song · The O'Jays
“Love Train” by The O'Jays
Released 1974
“Love Train” by The O'Jays appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2020 and 2025. It was first released in 1974. Its best result is #139 on the WYEP 2021 Labor Day Countdown. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,419 indie & aaa song of all time and #272 of the '70s.
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Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff wrote "Love Train" for the O'Jays' 1972 album Back Stabbers, and it steams out of Philadelphia's Sigma Sound Studios with the house band MFSB stoking the engine. This is the Philadelphia International sound at full throttle, sleek and propulsive, and some count it among the very first disco records.
The message is one-world togetherness, with a roll call of England, Russia, China, Egypt, Israel and the whole of Africa, and the timing was uncanny: it broke into the top 40 of the Hot 100 on January 27, 1973, which happened to be the day the Paris Peace Accords were signed. It topped the R&B chart that February and the Hot 100 in March, the O'Jays' first and only pop number one, went gold, reached 9 in the UK, and entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 795 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2021 | 139 | WYEP | WYEP 2021 Labor Day Countdown | 168 |
| 2022 | 273 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
| 2025 | 441 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
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