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Dennis posted on his facebook page:

It's great to see that "A Runaway Train" is getting radio play. Thanks Alice, Michael, Neal, Bob, Steve, Shep, Vince Gill & DDP.

I asked about how it was going, and he said this:

Alice told me that it was the single and my royalties reflect that it's doing nearly as well as "Elected" which is going pretty strong right now.

So, I guess this is kind of good news, great to see a new song playing almost as much as a total classic like Elected.

good to hear! wish I would start hearing it on my stations! the only coop I've heard on the radio the past few months is "no more mr. nice guy" and "welcome to my nightmare"

The only song I hear regularly in the Netherlands is how you gonna see me now and 9 out of 10 times that's in the supermarket !

last coope song I heard in a store is "I never cry"..at halloween time I've heard "welcome to my nightmare"

There's one Radio Station here in São Paulo that plays some Cooper songs. The last one i heard was School's Out, last week. But no other station play rock music.

I heard Poison on Radio two the other day, brought a big smile. I've been off line for a few days, did I miss runnaway train being the new single??

>did I miss runnaway train being the new single??

It was released late last year to radio only, as far as I know.

I asked Dennis about it, and the answer is the one he says it's going nearly as well as Elected.

Marcelocooper wrote:I asked Dennis about it, and the answer is the one he says it's going nearly as well as Elected.

for me that is hard to believe.
No airplay at all and Elected that was a worldwide hit!!!

At the moment most likely ...

Dennis based his opinion about airplay on "Train" and "Elected" by referring to his royalties and talking to Alice.

GNDM wrote:Dennis based his opinion about airplay on "Train" and "Elected" by referring to his royalties and talking to Alice.

Exactly! And he is comparing how they are both going today, not with 1973, when Elected was a worldwide hit played all day long.

,,exactly and of course Elected is probably generating more than normal for an old song with a forthcoming election in US..I am sure Dennis will be happy with the well earned royalties

I also hope that Dennis gets his well earned royalties but I know for sure that Elected nowadays gets more airplay and so more royalties than Runaway train. Elected can be heard on all the radiostations with the so called Classic/oldies . At least here in Holland.
And I personali never heard Runaway train on any radiostation at all.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I've never heard Runaway train played anywhere, maybe this is an American thing, although I did hear 'No More Mr Nice guy' played today...God that's a great single.

I have never heard Runaway Train here in the U.S on the radio. But I don't listen to the radio except for classic rock stations so ??

>maybe this is an American thing,

Yes.

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I hate to be a Doubting Thomas but I see absolutely no evidence that A Runaway Train is getting airplay beyond possibly a couple spins here and there. To compare it to Elected, a Top 40 hit, is wishful thinking. I'd like to be wrong: Can someone provide a radio playlist or rankings of rock songs from Billboard or something that mentions A Runaway Train?

Perhaps you can go to Dennis Dunaway's facebook page and ask him? Maybe he can double check his royalty listings.

BTW....I don't think anyone is "comparing" it to Elected. AND, I have no idea (and probably no one else does) as to the time frame we are talking about. Weeks? Months? One day? Go to the Dunaway Family page and ask. And let us know.