Train writes song for ‘Spider-Man 2’

Two summers ago, Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger and Saliva’s Josey Scott crawled up the charts with the anthemlike single “Hero,” from the blockbuster movie adaptation of Marvel Comics’ “Spider-Man.”

Now California-based rock band Train is hoping to spin the same type of superhero magic.

Train contributed the new song “Ordinary” to the upcoming “Spider-Man 2” flick, which opens June 30, and the tune has been chosen as the first single from the accompanying soundtrack.

“(Frontman) Pat (Monahan) was invited to watch an advance screening of the movie to gear his mind toward the lyrics,” said Train guitarist Jimmy Stafford.

Don’t expect anything like the kitschy “Spider-man/Spider-man/does whatever a spider can” theme from the web-head’s 1960s animated TV series.

But there are some web-slinging allusions in the lyrics, Stafford said, as Monahan tried to capture the emotional conflict of young Peter Parker, who struggles to balance his normal life with the awesome responsibility of being a superhero.

“It’s about a kid who is too young to be put in his position,” Stafford said. “He wishes he was ordinary.”

Since breaking out of the San Francisco coffee house scene, Train has steadily built up steam with a string of hit singles, including “Meet Virginia,” the Grammy-winning “Drops of Jupiter” and “Calling All Angels,” which has spent 48 weeks on Billboard’s Hot Adult Contemporary chart.