Express (B. T. Express song)

"Express"
Single by B. T. Express
from the album Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)[2]
Released1974/1994[1]
Genre
Length5:03 (album version)[2]
3:25 (single edit)
LabelRoadshow/Scepter Records/Metronome/Vogue/Pye International/PWL International/Plaza Records[1]
Songwriter(s)B. T. Express[4]
Producer(s)Jeff Lane[4]
B. T. Express singles chronology
"Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)"
(1974) 		"Express"
(1974) 		"That's What I Want for You Baby"
(1974)

"Express" is a 1974 instrumental written and performed by B. T. Express. It features the sounds of train whistles, which are heard in several sections of the instrumental track. Only the words: "Here comes the Express/ The Express/ Chug, Chug, Chug, Chug, Chug, UGH"/ are said.

Chart performance

"Express" reached No. 4 on the US pop chart, No. 1 on the US R&B chart, and No. 1 on the US dance chart for 5 consecutive weeks.[5] Outside the US, the song peaked at No. 34 on the UK Singles Chart[6][7] and a remix of it made No. 67 in the UK in 1994.[8]

Certifications

Certifications for "Express"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[9] Gold 75,000^
United States (RIAA)[10] Gold 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Express". Discogs.
  2. ^ a b "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)". Discogs.
  3. ^ a b c Echols, Alice (March 29, 2010). "I Hear a Symphony: Black Masculinity and the Disco Turn". Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-393-06675-3.
  4. ^ a b "Express". Discogs.
  5. ^ "B.T. Express US singles chart history". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
  6. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 37. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  7. ^ BMRB Chart 1970-1976 Top 50 plus Top 10 Breakers
  8. ^ "B. T. Express". The Official Charts Company.
  9. ^ "Canadian single certifications – B.T. Express – Express". Music Canada. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  10. ^ "American single certifications – B.T. Express – Express". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 16, 2023.