Silk Sonic are celebrating Valentine’s Day with the release of a cover of Con Funk Shun’s 1982 track “Love’s Train.” Bruno Mars took to Instagram on Monday to announce the drop, revealing that it’s one of his and Anderson .Paak’s favorite tracks to cover. “This is one of Silk Sonic’s favorite songs originally recorded by the group Con Funk Shun,” Mars wrote. “Every time @anderson._paak and I get behind instruments we play this. We love this song so much we wanted to sing it for y’all.” The release arrives just hours after .Paak’s surprise guest appearance during Pepsi’s Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show, which saw Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige, and 50 Cent take the stage at SoFi stadium on Sunday. Debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 104,000 equivalent album units, the LP was highlighted by the duo’s debut single “Leave the Door Open,” which climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 last April to give .Paak his first chart-topping hit, and Mars’ eighth No. 1 single. Stream Silk Sonic’s cover of “Love’s Train” now on all major platforms. It’s Valentine’s Day, so Silk Sonic are celebrating by releasing their cover of Con Funk Shun’s 1982 single “Love’s Train.” Listen below. A press release describes “Love’s Train” as one of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s “favorite songs.” The track appeared on Con Funk Shun’s 1982 record To the Max. In a 2017 interview, bandleader Michael Cooper explained the song’s inspiration: both he and bandmate Felton Pilate fell for the same woman. Mars and .Paak released An Evening With Silk Sonic in November 2021. Last night, Anderson .Paak drummed during the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI halftime show. View More Read “14 Pitchfork Staffers on Their Favorite Love Songs” on the Pitch.
Sometimes heartstrings can be broken, but that doesn’t stop Silk Sonic from tugging on them. Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak are celebrating Valentine’s Day with a trip to the Eighties on their new cover of Con Funk Shun’s classic single “Love’s Train.” The 1982 hit was inspired by a love triangle Con Funk Shun’s Michael Cooper and Felton Pilate found themselves in, both lovelorn and yearning. They came together to write the song — amazingly sans awkwardness. “Love’s Train” is one of Silk Sonic’s shared favorites, even if their schtick is rooted more in the soul and funk of the Sixties and Seventies. Still, Mars and An Evening With Silk Sonic producer D’Mile added the bounce of the duo’s signature groove, picking up the pace of the original. While making An Evening With Silk Sonic, Mars and .Paak bonded over their love of classic soul, each dusting off deep cuts from their childhood. From there, they poured this mutual admiration into the music. “It’s all from the heart because we’re writing from our experiences, from our relationships,” .Paak told Rolling Stone last year. “It’s rare that two men can come together and talk about love.” Mars added: “A good song can bring people together — you don’t have to actually sing the words ‘Everybody come together.’ Sometimes the hard thing is to actually do it. You don’t have to say, ‘Everybody raise your hands’ — sometimes you just hit the right chord and it happens. So that was our mindset with the whole album. If it makes us feel good and resonates with us, that’s gonna be infectious and make other people feel good — and that’s our jobs as entertainers.”
"Love Train" is a hit single by the O'Jays, written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. Released in 1972, it reached No. 1 on both the R&B Singles and the Billboard Hot 100 in February and March 1973 respectively,[3] and No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart and was certified gold by the RIAA. It was the O'Jays' first and only number one record on the US pop chart. The song has been considered one of the first songs of disco music.
UK picture sleeve Side A of the US single "Love Train" entered the Hot 100's top 40 on January 27, 1973,[4] the same day that the Paris Peace Accords were signed. The song's lyrics of unity mention a number of countries, including England, Russia, China, Egypt and Israel, as well as the continent of Africa.
Recorded at Philadelphia's Sigma Sound Studios, the house band MFSB provided the backing. Besides its release as a single, "Love Train" was the last song on the O'Jays' album Back Stabbers. "Love Train" was a 2006 inductee into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[5] The music video shows a group of people forming a human chain near a railroad station, while at the same time, some railroad cars are shown in motion. Throughout the video, more people join in the chain, which they call the "Love Train". It was most likely filmed around the Northeast Corridor, as Long Island Rail Road MP75 railcars appear throughout the music video (in which the words "LONG ISLAND" are clearly visible), as well as Amtrak railcars, Penn Central railcars, and other railcars.[citation needed] It was recorded in 1973.[6]
By early 1974, The Supremes' line up (Wilson, Birdsong and Payne) adopted the song to perform in live appearances. Hall & Oates covered it for the 1989 soundtrack to the film Earth Girls Are Easy, as well as Daryl Hall and his band joining the 2016 version of the O'Jays in a live version on Hall's Live from Daryl's House television show. The Rolling Stones played Love Train on their worldwide Licks Tour during 2002 and 2003.[15] Roots rock 'n' roll band The Yayhoos' take on the song appeared on their 2006 release, "Put The Hammer Down." Gospel Group Doc McKenzie and the Hi-Lites did a rendition in 2003. In 2006 Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee performed "Love Train" for the ending credits of Final Destination 3.[16] "Love Train" was sampled in the 1973 break-in record, "Super Fly Meets Shaft" (US #31). An Australasian cover was recorded in 1973 by Dalvanius Prime.[17]Australian singer Kylie Minogue performed a version during her 1991 Let's Get to It Tour. The Wiggles' album Racing to the Rainbow features a cover of Love Train on the deluxe edition of the CD. Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, James Corden and Ron Funches performed the song in the opening of Trolls Holiday. Australian band Human Nature included it on their 2018 album Romance of the Jukebox.
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