In the last couple of decades at least, hit records don’t really come much bigger than Train’s ukulele-toting ode to love, Hey, Soul Sister. The song’s list of accolades includes No 1 in 16 countries, more than five million record sales, plus being the most downloaded song in Columbia Records’s history as well as the bestselling track on iTunes in 2010. What’s even more incredible is the fact that the band had just completed a three-year hiatus, during which time they were thinking about throwing in the towel altogether.
Indeed, by Train’s lofty standards, 2006’s For Me, It’s You record had been such a commercial disappointment that a lengthy break and some major rethinking was deemed pretty much essential. After ditching their management, shaving a few members from their line-up and enlisting a handful of top-notch writers and
producers, Train were once again ready to take on the world.
