Train (band)

Train
General information
Genre (s)	Alternative , roots rock , pop rock , pop music
founding	1994
Website	http://savemesanfrancisco.com/
Founding members
singing	Patrick Monahan
guitar	Rob Hotchkiss (1994-2002)
Current occupation
singing	Patrick Monahan
guitar	Jimmy Stafford
Keyboard	Brandon Bush (since 2004)
bass	Johnny Colt (since 2004)
Drums	Scott Underwood
former members
bass	Charlie Colin (1994-2003)
Keyboard	Brandon Bush (-2004)
bass	Johnny Colt (-2004)

Train's Pat Monahan and Jimmy Stafford in one appearance (January 2011)

Train is an American alternative - band that in 1994 San Francisco was founded. Their music style is made up of country , rock and other genres.

Band history

The band was founded in 1994 in San Francisco by Rob Hotchkiss and Patrick Monahan. After they had decided to form a full band out of the duo, Jimmy Stafford came on as guitarist, Charlie Colin as bassist and later Scott Underwood on drums. In 1997 Train went on tour as the opening act with the Barenaked Ladies and the Counting Crows . Her first successful song was Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me) in 2001 , which won the awards for best rock song and best instrumental arrangement with vocal accompaniment at the 2002 Grammy Awards .

At the end of 2009 the fifth studio album called Save Me San Francisco was released . The first single was called Hey, Soul Sister and reached top positions in the international charts. From July 16, 2010, she toured the United States and Canada with John Mayer . In the 11th episode of the 6th season of CSI: NY the band came to a guest appearance, where they played their single Hey, Soul Sister in a studio . The singer Patrick Monahan played one of the main suspects. The episode, in which Kim Kardashian , Vanessa Minnillo and LaLa Vasquez, among others, had a guest appearance, was broadcast on ORF 1 for the first time on November 22, 2010 . At the end of the episode, which bears the title Overrolled , the band also played their 2003 single Calling All Angels . Train also has a guest appearance in series 90210 , season 4, episode 18. The sixth studio album, California 37 , was released on April 17, 2012 . The first single Drive By was previously released. Another three years later, the seventh studio album, Bulletproof Picasso, appeared with the hit single Angel in Blue Jeans . Another single, Play That Song , was released in 2016 . The accompanying album A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat was released in 2017.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1998	Train	-	-	-	-	US76 platinum (32 weeks)US	First published: February 24, 1998
2001	Drops of Jupiter	DE35 (12 weeks) DE	AT35 (7 weeks) AT	CH32 (14 weeks) CH	UK8th gold (13 weeks)UK	US6th × 2 Double platinum (64 weeks)US	First published: March 27, 2001
2003	My private nation	-	-	CH91 (2 weeks) CH	UK100 (1 week) UK	US6th platinum (45 weeks)US	First published: June 3, 2003
2006	For me, it's you	-	-	-	-	US10 (15 weeks) US	First published: January 31, 2006
2009	Save Me San Francisco	DE43 (5 weeks) DE	AT27 (6 weeks) AT	CH34 (10 weeks) CH	UK33 gold (4 weeks)UK	US17th platinum (110 weeks)US	First published: October 27, 2009
2012	California 37	DE25 (5 weeks) DE	AT22 (3 weeks) AT	CH14 (6 weeks) CH	UK7th gold (38 weeks)UK	US4th gold (55 weeks)US	First published: April 13, 2012
2014	Bulletproof Picasso	DE46 (1 week) DE	AT44 (1 week) AT	CH15 (4 weeks) CH	UK9 (4 weeks) UK	US5 (7 weeks) US	First published: September 12, 2014
2017	A girl, a bottle, a boat	-	-	CH54 (1 week) CH	UK13 (9 weeks) UK	US8 (19 weeks) US	First published: January 27, 2017

More albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2004	Alive at last	-	-	-	-	US48 (4 weeks) US	First release: October 19, 2004 live album
2010	iTunes session	-	-	-	-	US84 (1 week) US	First published: September 10, 2010 EP
2015	Christmas in Tahoe	-	-	-	-	US151 (2 weeks) US	First release: November 13, 2015 Christmas album
2016	Does Led Zeppelin II	-	-	-	-	US71 (1 week) US	First release: June 3rd, 2016 cover album
2018	Greatest hits	-	-	-	-	US105 (9 weeks) US	First published: November 9, 2018 compilation

More publishments:

• 1998: Live from Fantasy Studios
• 1999: One and a Half
• 2002: Midnight Moon
• 2003: Live in Atlanta
• 2005: Get to Me

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1999	Meet Virginia Train	-	-	-	-	US20 (27 weeks) US	First published: May 1999
2001	Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me) Drops of Jupiter	DE73 (12 weeks) DE	AT38 (9 weeks) AT	CH30 (29 weeks) CH	UK10 platinum (20 weeks)UK	US5 gold (53 weeks)US	First published: February 20, 2001
2002	She's on Fire Drops of Jupiter	-	-	-	UK49 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 18, 2002
2003	Calling All Angels My Private Nation	-	-	-	-	US19th gold (29 weeks)US	First published: June 17, 2003
	When I Look to the Sky My Private Nation	-	-	-	-	US74 (14 weeks) US	First published: October 2003
2009	Hey Soul Sister Save Me San Francisco	DE7th gold (27 weeks)DE	AT4 (24 weeks) AT	CH4th gold (27 weeks)CH	UK18th × 2 Double platinum (50 weeks)UK	US3 × 6 Six-fold platinum (54 weeks)US	First published: August 11, 2009
2010	If It's Love Save Me San Francisco	-	-	-	-	US34 platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: June 22, 2010
	Marry Me Save Me San Francisco	-	-	-	-	US34 platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: October 25, 2010
	Shake Up Christmas Save Me San Francisco / Christmas in Tahoe	DE24 (8 weeks) DE	AT14 (9 weeks) AT	CH25 (3 weeks) CH	-	US99 (1 week) US	First published: November 1, 2010
2011	Save Me, San Francisco Save Me San Francisco	-	-	-	-	US75 (11 weeks) US	First published: April 25, 2011
2012	Drive By California 37	DE3 gold (24 weeks)DE	AT4th gold (22 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (27 weeks)CH	UK6th platinum (32 weeks)UK	US10 × 3 Triple platinum (36 weeks)US	First published: January 9, 2012
	50 Ways to Say Goodbye California 37	-	-	-	UK50 (9 weeks) UK	US20th gold (20 weeks)US	First published: June 12, 2012
	Bruises California 37	-	-	-	-	US79 gold (8 weeks)US	First published: October 5th, 2012 (feat. Ashley Monroe )
	Mermaid California 37	-	-	-	UK93 (1 week) UK	-	First published: December 27, 2012
2014	Angel in Blue Jeans Bulletproof Picasso	DE30 (17 weeks) DE	AT24 (10 weeks) AT	CH38 (11 weeks) CH	UK58 (2 weeks) UK	US79 (3 weeks) US	First published: June 9, 2014
2016	Play That Song A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat	-	AT26 (11 weeks) AT	-	UK21st silver (14 weeks)UK	US41 platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: September 29, 2016

More singles:

• 1998: Free
• 2000: I Am
• 2001: Ramble On
• 2001: Something More
• 2004: Ordinary
• 2005: Get to Me
• 2005: Cab
• 2006: Give Myself to You
• 2006: Am I Reaching You Now
• 2011: Brand New Book
• 2012: This'll Be My Year
• 2013: Imagine
• 2014: Cadillac, Cadillac
• 2015: Bulletproof Picasso
• 2015: Give It All
• 2017: Drink Up

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2010: for the single If It's Love 2012: for the album California 37  Belgium 2010: for the single Hey, Soul Sister  Denmark 2012: for the single Drive By 2018: for the single Shake up Christmas 2018: for the single Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)  Canada 2011: for the album Save Me San Francisco 2013: for the single Bruises  Sweden 2002: for the album Drops of Jupiter 2010: for the single Hey, Soul Sister

Platinum record  Australia 2012: for the album Save Me San Francisco 2012: for the single 50 Ways to Say Goodbye  Denmark 2019: for the single Hey, Soul Sister  Italy 2012: for the single Hey, Soul Sister 2019: for the single Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)  Canada 2013: for the single 50 Ways to Say Goodbye 2017: for the single Play That Song  Mexico 2012: for the single Hey, Soul Sister 2 × platinum record  Australia 2001: for the album Drops of Jupiter 2012: for the single Drive By 2017: for the single Play That Song  Italy 2012: for the single Drive By  Canada 2001: for the album Drops of Jupiter

3 × platinum record  Denmark 2013: for the Streaming Drive By  Canada 2011: for the single Hey, Soul Sister 4 × platinum record  Australia 2014: for the single Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)  Canada 2013: for the single Drive By  Sweden 2013: for the single Drive By 6 × platinum record  Australia 2014: for the single Hey, Soul Sister

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	2 × gold2	18 × platinum18th	1,330,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	15,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	4 × platinum4th	165,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	-	300,000	musikindustrie.de
Italy (FIMI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	140,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	2 × gold2	11 × platinum11	1,000,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	-	platinum1	60,000	amprofon.com.mx
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	15,000	ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	210,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	45,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	5 × gold5	17 × platinum17th	19,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	3 × gold3	4 × platinum4th	2,900,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	22 × gold22nd	64 × platinum64

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Train's Latest Hit, 'Hey, Soul Sister', Gets Little Air Time on the Radio ( Memento of November 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 26, 2015
2. ↑ CSI NY - OVERROLLT , accessed November 22, 2010
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US1 US2 US3

Web links

• Official band homepage (English)