Artist · chart history
Zion Train
Band London United Kingdom Formed 1990
Zion Train formed in 1990 in London, United Kingdom. Zion Train has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1995–1996. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Dance Of Life”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #14. The station that charted Zion Train most often is John Peel (BBC Radio 1), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1995.
A British dub outfit, Zion Train have been making records and touring since 1992, and in the early 1990s their blend of reggae and dance music was genuinely new. Neil Perch, Colin Cod, Dave Hake and David Tench are part of the long-running crew, and the collective has kept shifting over the years, with Dubdadda, Sebastian "Bigga" Harzmann, Forkbeard and Molara among those who have come aboard.
Homegrown Fantasy, from 1995, is the sound of the sound system meeting the rave: deep, rumbling bass, echo-drenched effects and skanking rhythms set to a dance-floor pulse, with "Dance of Life" floating out on top. Grow Together followed in 1996 with "Babylon's Burning", and the formula held: dub's cavernous space and electro's machine beat, woven into something that works as well at 3 a.m. as on a Sunday afternoon.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Zion Train on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dance Of Life | 1 | #14 | – | 1995 | |
| 2 | Babylon's Burning | 1 | #32 | – | 1996 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 32 | Babylon's Burning | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1996 |
| 1995 | 14 | Dance Of Life | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1995 |
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