"A Runaway Train" is the fourth track on Welcome 2 My Nightmare. It is one of three songs on the album performed by the original Alice Cooper group (the others being "I'll Bite Your Face Off" and "When Hell Comes Home"). The song was based largely on the Dennis Dunaway Project song "Subway" from their album Bones in the Yard. The song was written without a chorus; the song consists of only verse. Country music star Vince Gill recorded the guitar riff.
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Based largely on the Dennis Dunaway Project song "Subway" from their 2006 album Bones in the Yard.
The song also took inspiration from the classic rock song "Train Kept A-Rollin'", originally by Tiny Bradshaw. Cooper's favorite band, the Yardbirds, performed a famous cover.