"Party Train" is a 1983 song by The Gap Band, released on their seventh album, Gap Band V: Jammin'

Gap Band V: Jammin'

Gap Band V Jammin' is an album by The Gap Band, released in 1983 on Total Experience Records. The album was reissued on CD by Mercury Records, Total Experience's distributor at the time. Contrary to the title, the album is actually the Gap Band's seventh album.The album reached #2 on the Black...

. It peaked at #3 on the R&B charts. The original release had "I'm Ready (If You're Ready)" on the A-side and "Party Train" on the B-side. Later, "Party Train was placed on the A-side, and a special dance mix was placed on the B-side.

Music video

The song's music video starts with the three Wilson brothers driving onto a crowded boardwalk. It then cuts to random people dancing in a boxing ring. During this segment, it periodically cuts back to other people on the boardwalk and beach dancing, including Charlie

Charlie Wilson (musician)

Charles Kent "Charlie" Wilson is an American R&B singer-songwriter-producer and the former lead vocalist for the Gap Band. As a solo artist he has been nominated for four Grammy awards, received a 2009 Soul Train Icon Award, and a recipient of a BMI Icon Award in 2005...

 wading in the ocean water. The video ends with an unidentified person filling in a giant yellow ballot

Ballot

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 (which says "fill in the gap" at the bottom) and selecting "Gap Party" over "Democratic Party" and "Republican Party". Charlie is then tackled and falls into the water.

The cover artwork on the single consists of screenshot

Screenshot

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s from the music video.