{"id":176388,"date":"2020-01-03T09:03:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T09:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=176388"},"modified":"2020-01-03T09:03:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T09:03:53","slug":"ring-in-the-new-year-with-these-top-cycling-tunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2020\/01\/03\/ring-in-the-new-year-with-these-top-cycling-tunes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ring in The New Year with These Top Cycling Tunes"},"content":{"rendered":"

While we certainly don\u2019t recommend listening to music while you\u2019re cycling on the road, if your winter routine involves some time on the turbo-trainer, there\u2019s nothing better than music to keep up the cadence and lessen the boredom. Or maybe the holidays just left you with less time for actual riding but you\u2019re craving something that will remind you of how sweet it\u2019s going to feel to get back out on the road? Either way, here are a few of our tops picks for songs that prove many of rock and roll\u2019s top artists also loved their bikes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Queen \u2014 \u2018Bicycle Race\u2019 (1978)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You can\u2019t have a list of cycling tunes without including this classic from the legendary rock group Queen. Inspired by a stage of the Tour de France, this stunning homage to cycling even features a bike bell solo before Brian May starts shredding. Who knows what the pro peloton of the 1970s thought of Queen\u2019s flamboyant frontman Freddie Mercury but we\u2019re definitely a fan of this groovy song. Also showing that cycling was and remains a relevant topic, the lyrics are topical for the time and contain social, political, and pop culture references, including religions, the Vietnam War, cocaine, Peter Pan, actor\u00a0John Wayne, and the films\u00a0Jaws\u00a0and\u00a0Star Wars.<\/p>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n

Kraftwerk \u2014 \u2018Tour de France\u2019 (1983)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Another ode to the Grand Boucle, German techno pioneers Kraftwerk made their love for bikes public with the 1983 \u2018Tour de France.\u2019 It is notable for the use of sampled voices and mechanical sounds associated with cycling that were used to supplement a simple electro-percussion pattern, an innovative approach Kraftwerk had also used on earlier tracks. The video is also worth a watch as the 1983 release was accompanied by a video clip in which the band members are seen cycling merrily in D\u00fcsseldorf.<\/p>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n

Beach Boys\u00a0\u2014\u00a0It\u2019s A Beautiful Day\u00a0(1979)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The LA freeways jammed with bicycles instead of cars? You can\u2019t say the Beach Boys suffered from a lack of imagination. Anyway, one can dream and although this song was never released on an original Beach Boys album, it was released on the soundtrack to the film\u00a0Americathon\u00a0and as a single in September 1979 with B-side, “Sumahama”. The song has also been released on the\u00a0Ten Years of Harmony and Made in California\u00a0Beach Boys compilation albums, which speaks to the fact that although this was never one of their big hits, the lyrics, melody, and harmony are all on point.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zOVV1ML6CsA<\/p>\n

Mark Ronson \u2014 The Bike Song (2010)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In case you were starting to worry that there hadn\u2019t been a song written about cycling for the last 30 years, here\u2019s something a little more contemporary from singer\/songwriter Mark Ronson. The video features some truly worthwhile footage of Ronson showing off his unique take on bike power and a 90s classic, the Raleigh Streetwolf. Proving that there\u2019s an appetite for more musical cycling content, the song was also used for a video promoting Cycling on the\u00a0Transport for London\u00a0website. It features celebrities cycling around some of their favourite parts of London.<\/p>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n

The Decemberists\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Apology Song\u00a0(2003)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

And finally, in the event that the holidays have you feeling sombre or you didn\u2019t find what you were hoping for under the tree, we\u2019ll finish off with something a little darker. This one\u2019s not exactly a song about riding but a song about a bike that got stolen \u2013 a sad, sad day. To make matters worse, this one finishes off with an excruciatingly ironic epilogue, in which the singer Colin Meloy said that he eventually found the stolen bicycle and returned it to its owner, only to accidentally crush it later on while trying to help his friend move. Kind of makes you want to go give your bike a hug, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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