ARTIST · POP / ROCK

Train

Acoustic strum meeting string-section theatre—earworms that hug playlists softly.

Pop rock
Roots rock

Updated 27 October 2026

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Biography

Drops of Jupiter balanced NASA metaphor kitsch with undeniable chorus lift.

Hey, Soul Sister ukulele sheen colonised late-2000s pop radio.

Pat Monahan’s vocal rasp differentiates them from faceless MOR peers.

High-bitrate streams keep mandolin pluck, sidechain kick, and gang sha-la-las.

Pat Monahan formed Train in San Francisco with Rob Hotchkiss, Jimmy Stafford, and others. Train (1998) had Meet Virginia, and Drops of Jupiter (2001) took the band to a bigger audience, winning two Grammy Awards. Calling All Angels followed.

Save Me, San Francisco (2009) included Hey, Soul Sister, a big hit. California 37 (2012) and later albums kept the band touring.

Interesting facts about Train

01 American pop rock band formed in San Francisco in 1993; Pat Monahan is lead vocalist.
02 Drops of Jupiter (2001 album) included the title track as a Grammy-winning hit single.
03 Save Me, San Francisco (2009) included Hey, Soul Sister as a multi-platinum digital hit.
04 Drops of Jupiter won two Grammy Awards.
05 Hey, Soul Sister was a major hit in 2009.