Song · The Waifs
“Bridal Train” by The Waifs
Released 2004
“Bridal Train” by The Waifs appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2004. It was first released in 2004. Its best result is #54 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #468 alternative song of 2004.
"Bridal Train" was the first single from A Brief History..., the Australian folk-rock band The Waifs' first live album, when it came out on Jarrah Records in March 2004, and it carries a piece of family history. Explaining the song to Andrew Denton in 2007, Vikki Thorn said her grandmother had been a war bride after the Second World War, marrying an American sailor she met in Perth after a short engagement, before he was sent away.
The song rides with women like her on the bride trains of 1945 and 1946, which hauled war brides from Perth to Sydney and Brisbane so they could go on to join husbands in the United States. It's storytelling folk, history told at eye level, and it traveled well: in 2006 it won the Folk category of the USA Songwriting Competition and the overall first prize too.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 54 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004 | 100 |
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