Long Train Runnin' - Other Versions

Other Versions

Bananarama's version appeared on their fifth studio album Pop Life and was released as the album's third single in the UK. The group discovered the song when they were browsing through the record collection of Youth, producer of the Pop Life album. They needed one more song recorded to complete Pop Life and decided to go with a cover version.

The Gypsy Kings provided flamenco guitar on Bananarama's version, using the pseudonym "Alma de Noche" ("Soul of the Night"). UK singer Zoë provided backing vocals.

Traks covered the song in 1982.

Serbian rock musician Dejan Cukić recorded a version of the song on his 1995 album 4½... Ja Bih Da Pevam with lyrics in Serbian language entitled "Dugo putovanje vozom".

Another Serbian rock act, hard rock band Cactus Jack, recorded a version with original lyrics on their 2002 live cover album DisCover.

There's a Spanish cover of the song by the band La Unión, translated as "Tren de largo recorrido (Sin amor)", included in the band's álbum "Tren de largo recorrido", published in 1992.

Don Pablo's Animals made a couple Euro House style remixes of the song in 1990.

The song is performed by the Grambling State University marching band on the video game NCAA March Madness 06, and has been a performance staple of The Ohio University Marching 110 for over two decades.

The University of West Georgia Marching Band "The Sound that Lights the South" has also made this song a staple performance, and plays it with a dance routine after each half time show.