"The Bike Song" | ||||
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Single by Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. featuring Kyle Falconer and Spank Rock | ||||
from the album Record Collection | ||||
B-side | ||||
Released | 17 September 2010 | |||
Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
Length | 3:46 (Single version) 4:25 (Album version) | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dave McCabe, Homer Steinweiss, Naeem Juwan, Victor Axelrod | |||
Producer(s) | Mark Ronson | |||
Mark Ronson singles chronology | ||||
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Kyle Falconer singles chronology | ||||
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Spank Rock singles chronology | ||||
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"The Bike Song" is the second single taken from Record Collection, the third studio album by Mark Ronson, released under the moniker Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. The song featured singer Kyle Falconer from Scottish indie rock band The View and rapper Spank Rock. It was released on 17 September 2010 in the UK. [2]
The music video was directed by Warren Fu and shot in a South London park. It features Kyle Falconer and Spank Rock as well as a cameo by Ronson's wife, actress and musician Joséphine de La Baume, actress Felicity Jones and Rose Elinor Dougall (who is currently in Mark Ronson's touring band).[ citation needed]
The song was also used for a video promoting cycling on the Transport for London website, featuring celebrities cycling around some of their favourite parts of London. [3]
Fraser McAlpine of BBC Chart Blog gave the song a positive review stating:
Pop music often searches to find the eternal in the everyday. Songs attempt to freeze time around one emotional moment - I haven't got enough money! I wish I could wish on a falling star! Girls are sexy! - and to make sure it's communicated to as many people as possible, it'll often take place in the most mundane of locations: a street, the house you grew up in, a nightclub.
It's partly because gems often shine brighter when placed against a dull background, and partly a way to bring extra reality to the situation, so it feels truer. In the same way that we all tend to sit up and take a bit more notice of a film that says that it is based on a true story.
This is why it's a good idea to write a song with a bike in it. It's not just a fun hook to hang a lyric from, it speaks to our inner child. Most of us have ridden a bike, right? Well this sings to the part of us that yearns for a simpler life, free of boring distractions.
In fact (drumroll) it's not just a pop song, it's an integral part of the cycle of life (TISH!). . [4]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Bike Song" | 4:23 |
2. | "The Bike Song" (Major Lazer Remix) | 3:33 |
3. | "The Bike Song" (Lil Silva Remix) | 5:37 |
Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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Australia ( ARIA) [5] | 66 |
European Hot 100 Singles (
Billboard)
[6] [7] |
64 |
Scotland ( OCC) [8] | 10 |
UK Singles ( OCC) [9] | 17 |