Love Train

Momentum

This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.

Why it's here

Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia with the house band MFSB backing the O'Jays, the song has been considered one of the first disco songs. [1] It became the O'Jays' first and only number one record on the US pop chart, also topping the R&B chart and reaching No. 9 in the UK, earning a gold certification and a 2006 Grammy Hall of Fame induction. [2] Its lyrics of unity, naming countries like England, Russia, China, Egypt, and Israel, entered the Billboard Hot 100's top 40 the same day the Paris Peace Accords were signed. [3]

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

• Covered Bunny Siglersource
• Covered David Essexsource
• Covered Enuff Z’Nuffsource
• Covered Hall & Oatessource
• Covered Jive Bunny and the Mastermixerssource
• Covered Keb’ Mo’source
• Written by Kenneth Gamblesource
• Written by Leon Huffsource
• Covered The Hit Crewsource
• Remixed by The O’Jays, Love Trainsource
• Remixed by The O’Jays, Love Trainsource
• Covered The Rolling Stonessource
• Covered The Supremessource
• Covered The Three Degrees, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes & Billy Paulsource
• Covered The Three Degrees, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Billy Paul, The Sound of Philadelphiasource
• Covered The Three Degreessource
• Covered The Wiggles feat. Georgie Parker & Kamahlsource

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. New Zealandnz · shazam2026-07-232026-09-02#1679#155
   #167
3. United Statesus · shazam · 1 city2026-08-172026-08-17#501#50
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City pickups

City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.

1. us 1 city · best #50 orlando

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Editions

No published edition carries this song yet. Every edition it appears in will be listed here and stay listed: an edition is immutable, so a citation to one never rots.