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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.
"Love Your Shoes" is a song from British new wave band Furniture, released in December 1984 as a non-album single on Premonition Records. The band re-recorded the song for their 1986 studio album The Wrong People, from which it was the second single, released on 6 October 1986. The song was written by Tim Whelan, Jim Irvin and Hamilton Lee.
"Furniture" is a song by Amy Studt which was released as a digital download single on December 3, 2007. It is Studt's first single released on the 19 Entertainment record label. It is taken from her forthcoming album My Paper Made Men. This was a download only single and was therefore unable to chart on the UK Singles Chart.
Despite the song's French title, it and the rest of the 30-minute film were written in English. The British short subject is a nominal parody of the French feature film Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, to the extent that one can even sing the words "les parapluies de Cherbourg" to the same music. Though it was produced in 1968, the film was ...
The song wasn't a huge hit when it was released in 1978. It only reached number 86 on the US music charts and viewed as one of Queen's lesser songs, it was only performed live once .
"Brilliant Mind" is a song by British new wave band Furniture, released in 1986 by Stiff as the lead single from their second studio album The Wrong People. It was written by Jim Irvin , Hamilton Lee , Sally Still and Tim Whelan, and produced by Mick Glossop .
The song is a reminiscence of the narrator's formative years, its lyrics describing how much the world has changed since his childhood. Examples abound of how mothers "smoked and drank" during pregnancy, lead-based paint was available, children drank water out of garden hoses and rode bicycles without helmets or other safety equipment, parents physically disciplined their children when they ...
The album was partially produced by Dan Bryk and partially by The Bicycles themselves. The album was mixed by José Miguel Contreras of By Divine Right. "Cuddly Toy" is a cover of a Harry Nilsson-penned song originally recorded by The Monkees. "The Defeat" was inspired a song entitled "The Victory" by The Meligrove Band. [1]