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This is a list of songs about bicycles or cycling. Bicycles became popular in the 19th century as the new designs of safety bicycle were practical for the general population, including women. By the end of that century, cycling was a fashion or fad which was reflected in the popular songs of the day.
"Bicycle Race" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was released on their 1978 album Jazz and written by Queen's lead singer Freddie Mercury . It was released as a double A-side single together with the song " Fat Bottomed Girls ", reaching number 11 in the UK Singles Chart and number 24 in the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.
It is one of the band's best known songs. [5] [6] The song is formed around an open bluesy, metallic guitar tuning, and opens with its chorus. [7] It was one of the few Queen songs played in an alternative guitar tuning. [8] The song's music video was filmed at the Dallas Convention Center in Texas in October 1978. [9]
The Chopper featured in numerous TV series and movies throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including "Back to the future". Until the BMX came along in the mid-1980s, the Chopper outsold other bikes by 6 to 1. In 2014 a 1980 MK2 Raleigh Chopper gifted to US President Ronald Reagan sold at auction for a record $35,000.
1980 Mercury Mercury [5] " A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling" B-side of "A Kind of Magic" 1986 Taylor Instrumental [12] "Dragon Attack" The Game: 1980 May Mercury [5] "Dreamer's Ball" Jazz: 1978 May Mercury [7] "Drowse" A Day at the Races: 1976 Taylor Taylor [13] "Escape from the Swamp" Flash Gordon: 1980 Taylor Instrumental [6] "Execution of ...
U.S. bike boom of 1965–1975: The period of 1965–1975 saw adult cycling increase sharply in popularity – with Time magazine calling it "the bicycle's biggest wave of popularity in its 154-year history" [4] The period was followed by a sudden [5] fall in sales, resulting in a large inventory of unsold bicycles.
Classic Rock was a 31-volume series issued by Time Life during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The series spotlighted popular music played on Top 40 radio stations of the mid-to-late-1960s. Much like Time-Life's other series chronicling popular music, volumes in the "Classic Rock" series covered a specific time period, including single years in ...
According to Tomorrow drummer John 'Twink' Alder, the song was inspired by the Dutch Provos, an anarchist group in Amsterdam which instituted a bicycle-sharing system: "They had white bicycles in Amsterdam and they used to leave them around the town. And if you were going somewhere and you needed to use a bike, you'd just take the bike and you ...