"Cab" is the title of a song written and recorded by American rock band Train

Train (band)

Train is an American pop rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1994. The band currently comprises a core trio of Patrick Monahan , Jimmy Stafford and Scott Underwood ....

. It was released in November 2005 as the lead single from the band's fourth studio album, For Me, It's You

For Me, It's You

For Me, It's You is Train's fourth studio album and currently the last one to feature the full line up, which consisted of five members. The album's first single, "Cab", was released to radio in November 2005...

, and produced by Brendan O'Brien

Brendan O'Brien (music producer)

Brendan O’Brien is a record producer, mixer, engineer, and musician.At age 14, O'Brien played guitar for the Atlanta-based cover band Pranks. In the late 1970s, he moved on to writing, performing and recording with the Samurai Catfish band...

. It also peaked higher on the charts than the two other radio singles for the album, Give Myself to You and Am I Reaching You Now.

Background

According to Train's lead singer and frontman Pat Monahan, "Cab" and "All I Ever Wanted" were the first two songs written for the album; inspired by the emotions he felt following his divorce to ex-wife Ginean Rapp in 2004:
Monahan has likened "Cab" to being "the metaphoric song on the album., adding:
In an interview with VH1's Aaron Cummins, then-bassist Johnny Colt of the Black Crowes reflected on the recording process of the track:

Reviews

The song received mostly mixed reviews by critics. Allmusic gave it a positive review, saying that the piano part is "worthy of one of Billy Joel

Billy Joel

William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...

's finest songs", and that it's "painterly synth, strummed acoustic guitars, and a killer string arrangement." It also said that it's "a fine song, but it's not the best one [on the album]." Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

 mentions it among the highlights of the album, saying it is "a wintry and moving vehicular metaphor".

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...  Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Adult Top 40 is a variation on the United States Billboard charts...	9
Chart (2006)	Peak position
Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...	19
Billboard Triple A	2