Cool the Engines
| "Cool the Engines" | ||||
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Cover to 12" promo single | ||||
| Promotional single by Boston | ||||
| from the album Third Stage | ||||
| B-side | "The Launch" | |||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1981–1982 at Hideaway Studios | |||
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| Length | 4:23 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tom Scholz Brad Delp Fran Sheehan | |||
| Producer(s) | Tom Scholz | |||
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"Cool the Engines" is a song written by Tom Scholz, Brad Delp and Fran Sheehan that was originally released on Boston's 1986 album Third Stage. In the US it was also released as a 12" promotional single backed with another song from Third Stage, "The Launch," and as the B-side to the third commercially released single from the album, "Can'tcha Say (You Believe in Me)/Still in Love." It reached #4 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. Billboard also rated it as the #25 Top Rock Track of 1987. It was also included on Boston's 1997 compilation album Greatest Hits.