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The Bike Song

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Wikipedia article


{{Infobox song

| name = The Bike Song

| cover = The Bike Song (Mark Ronson single - cover art).jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. featuring Kyle Falconer and Spank Rock

| album = Record Collection

| B-side =

| released = 17 September 2010

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Alternative hip hop

| length = 3:46 (Single version)
4:25 (Album version)

| label = Columbia

| writer = Dave McCabe, Homer Steinweiss, Naeem Juwan, Victor Axelrod

| producer = Mark Ronson

| chronology = Mark Ronson

| prev_title = Bang Bang Bang

| prev_year = 2010

| next_title = Somebody to Love Me

| next_year = 2010

| misc =

}}

"'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.

Music video



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 Josphine de La Baume, actress Felicity Jones and Rose Elinor Dougall (who is currently in Mark Ronson's touring band).

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.

Critical reception



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!). .



Track listings



Charts



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! scope="row"| Australia (ARIA)

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References



Category:2010 singles

Category:Mark Ronson songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Mark Ronson

Category:Songs about bicycles

Category:2010 songs

Category:Columbia Records singles

Category:Music videos directed by Warren Fu

Category:Songs written by Dave McCabe

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