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{{more citations needed|date=June 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use British English|date=October 2012}} {{Infobox song | name = Groovy Train | cover = Groovy Train - The Farm.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[The Farm (British band)|The Farm]] | album = [[Spartacus (The Farm album)|Spartacus]] | B-side = [[(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone|Stepping Stone]] | released = 1990 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Indie rock]]<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Craig |last= McLean |title= Essentials: Madchester |magazine= [[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date= January 1998 |page= 98 |issn= 0886-3032 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=YMDVIT4pNlwC&pg=PA98}}</ref> | length = 4:10 | label = [[Sony Records|Sony]] | writer = {{hlist|[[Peter Hooton]]|Steve Grimes}} | producer = {{hlist|[[Suggs (singer)|Suggs]]|[[Terry Farley]]}} | prev_title = [[Stepping Stone (The Farm song)|Stepping Stone]] | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = [[All Together Now (The Farm song)|All Together Now]] | next_year = 1990 }} "'''Groovy Train'''" was the second single released by [[Liverpool]]-based group [[The Farm (British band)|The Farm]]. It was released in 1990 as the first single from their debut album ''[[Spartacus (The Farm album)|Spartacus]]'' (which would be released in 1991), having been produced by [[Suggs (singer)|Graham "Suggs" McPherson]] of [[Madness (band)|Madness]] and [[Terry Farley]]. The single reached no. 6 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], no. 41 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], and no. 15 on the US ''Billboard'' [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]] chart. It contains a distinctive guitar intro by Keith Mullin which was possibly his most significant contribution to any one song. "Groovy Train" featured on the influential 1990 [[Madchester]] compilation album ''[[Happy Daze (compilation album)|Happy Daze]]''. The video for the single was filmed at [[Pleasureland Southport]] and features a cameo from actor [[Bill Dean]], who at the time was in [[Liverpool]] soap opera [[Brookside (television programme)|Brookside]]. His character, [[Harry Cross (Brookside)|Harry Cross]], was a retired train driver, and Dean is seen in the video driving a train with the band aboard.
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