"
Vapour Trail" is a song by
British shoegazing band
Ride. It is the closing track of the band's debut album,
Nowhere (1990), released on
Creation Records, and was later released as a single in the
United States in early 1991. Written by lead guitarist
Andy Bell, the song features a distinctive swirling guitar riff, a strong,
fill-based drum beat, and a coda that includes a string quartet. The song is the band's most well known and would later be voted number 145 on
Pitchfork Media's
Top 200 Tracks of the 90s.