"Trains to Brazil" is a song by Guillemots

Guillemots (band)

Guillemots are a BRIT Award nominated indie rock band formed in November 2004 by Fyfe Dangerfield. The band consists of 4 members: Fyfe Dangerfield, MC Lord Magrão, Aristazabal Hawkes & Greig Stewart. Although formed in Birmingham and now based in London, the band's members have been compiled from...

 from their 2006 releases Through the Windowpane

Through the Windowpane

Through the Windowpane is the debut full-length album from the British indie rock band Guillemots. It was released on July 10, 2006 in the United Kingdom and reached number 17 in the UK Album Chart. The album was highly anticipated following the strength of the singles "Trains to Brazil" and...

and From the Cliffs

From the Cliffs

From the Cliffs is an EP by British indie rock band Guillemots, released on March 14, 2006. It compiles their previous releases, the I Saw Such Things in My Sleep EP and the first "Trains to Brazil" single, to form a mini-album in itself .-Track listing:# "Sake" –...

. It was also released as a single. The 2005 single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 contains three tracks and was released on CD and in limited vinyl

Gramophone record

A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...

 10" formats. It was later re-released chart eligibly on September 11, 2006, peaking at #36.

Overview

In an interview for BBC

BBC

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 Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, MC Lord Magrão

MC Lord Magrão

MclordMagrão is the guitarist for the band Guillemots. He currently lives in London but is originally from São Paulo in Brazil. He met Guillemots frontman Fyfe Dangerfield through an advert in an issue of the NME...

, the band's guitar

Guitar

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 player, explained that the song title "Trains to Brazil" is a reference to the fatal incident involving the Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes

Jean Charles de Menezes

Jean Charles de Menezes was a Brazilian man shot in the head seven times at Stockwell tube station on the London Underground by the London Metropolitan police, after he was misidentified as one of the fugitives involved in the previous day's failed bombing attempts...

, who was shot by the police on the London Underground

London Underground

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, and that the band's singer/keyboardist

Keyboard instrument

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 Fyfe Dangerfield

Fyfe Dangerfield

Fyfe Antony Dangerfield Hutchins is an English musician and songwriter, best known as the founding member of the indie rock band Guillemots.-Early life:...

 composed the song in 2002 originally under the title "Life Song".

Fyfe describes the title track as follows:
All of the tracks from this single appeared on the 2006 international release "From the Cliffs

From the Cliffs

From the Cliffs is an EP by British indie rock band Guillemots, released on March 14, 2006. It compiles their previous releases, the I Saw Such Things in My Sleep EP and the first "Trains to Brazil" single, to form a mini-album in itself .-Track listing:# "Sake" –...

".

The B-side "Go Away" appeared on a compilation CD from British music magazine NME

NME

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.

Original release

1. "Trains to Brazil" (Fyfe Dangerfield) - 4:01
2. "Go Away" - 7:47
3. "My Chosen One" - 3:14

7"

1. "Trains to Brazil"
2. "You Can Look (But You Can't Touch)" (featuring Freakshow)
3. "All The People Say"