Sheryl Crow announces Pick You Up album with reflective new track "Freight Train"

Nine-time GRAMMY® Award winner and 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Sheryl Crow has released “Freight Train,” the second track from her forthcoming 12th studio album, Pick You Up, due out October 9, 2026, via Old Green Barn Productions LLC. The new song is available to stream and download HERE.

“Freight Train” is a slow-paced, reflective track underscored by soft guitar that explores the universal experience of feeling alone. “So many times in my life I have felt alone, even when surrounded by people. I think we all feel that way sometimes,” Crow said. “This song is about the knowingness that we are not alone in feeling that way and that it will pass.”

The song considers the shared questions and uncertainties that connect us all, reflecting on how life is happening everywhere at once, in every house, every car, and across every stretch of countryside. Much like the sound of a freight train moving in the distance, the song offers a reminder that we are all moving through our own lives while experiencing many of the same feelings, and that we are never truly alone.

“Freight Train” follows “Freedom Bus” featuring Jesse Welles, the first single from Pick You Up, which was released alongside the album’s announcement in August. “Freedom Bus” introduced the forthcoming album reflecting on the freedoms we have and asking how we can connect peacefully and thrive despite our differences and the political challenges we face.

Pick You Up features seven new songs written by Crow and long-time collaborator Jeff Trott, returning to the AAA/Rock/Singer-Songwriter/Americana sound that made so many people fall in love with Sheryl in the ‘90s. Exploring themes of hope and unity, the album showcases the honest songwriting and authenticity that have shaped Crow’s career. Pick You Up is available to pre-order, pre-add, and pre-save HERE. 

Pick You Up Track List:

“Freight Train”
“Perfect”
“Pick You Up”
“Flat Earth”
“I’ve Got Your Number”
“Heaven Help Us”
“Freedom Bus” (feat. Jesse Welles)

ABOUT SHERYL CROW

Songwriter. Activist. Rock star. Woman. Champion. Mother. Nine-time GRAMMY® winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Sheryl Crow is many things, but at the core, she remains a creative spirit channeling her talents into music that lifts people up, brings them together, and speaks to the truths on the horizon. More than thirty years after winning her first GRAMMY®, as well as Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “All I Wanna Do,” the Kennett, Missouri-born guitarist/vocalist/creative thought about all she’d done, the places she’d been, the lives that’d touched hers – and saw the rich tapestry her journey had become. Crow’s is a career beyond dreams, with songs that defined the third wave of feminism, a rockist’s ability to sweep the pop charts without losing any edge and enough wide-open Midwestern joy to captivate the world. Crow was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023. She has sold over 50 million albums worldwide, with seven albums charting in the Top 10, and five certified for multi-Platinum sales. Crow has been feted by a new generation of singer-songwriters who have covered her songs and talked about her influence, including Phoebe Bridgers, H.E.R., Haim, Maren Morris, Lorde, Sasami, Best Coast, and Brandi Carlile. In 2022, the full-length documentary film based on Crow’s life and career, entitled Sheryl, premiered to critical acclaim at the SXSW Film Festival ahead of its network premiere on SHOWTIME. An intimate story of song and sacrifice, Sheryl navigates an iconic yet arduous musical career while the artist battles sexism, ageism, depression, cancer, and the price of fame, before harnessing the power of her gift. Crow released her 11th full-length studio album, Evolution, on March 29, 2024. She is now preparing to release her highly anticipated 12th studio album Pick You Up, due out October 9, 2026, continuing her legacy as one of music’s most enduring and influential voices.