Marry Me

"Marry Me" is a song written by Pat Monahan and recorded by the group Train, for their fifth studio album Save Me, San Francisco. The song was released on October 25, 2010 as the album's third single. The single peaked in the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking the first time the band has had three consecutive top 40 hits and also had three songs from one album chart on the Hot 100. It performed well on Adult Contemporary radio, where it has peaked within the Top 5 of the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and the Adult Pop Songs chart. Background Lead singer and songwriter of Train, Pat Monahan stated in several interviews that the song was initially a very short tune, consisting only of a verse and a chorus, but he was later influenced to continue on with the song to capitalize on the initial simple beauty of the song. Music video The music video for the song was directed by Lex Halaby. It was posted to YouTube on December 12, 2010, and released to the public by early January 2011.