List of songs about bicycles
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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. The most famous of these was "Daisy Bell",[1] inspired by the phrase "a bicycle made for two".[2] The vogue for cycling songs continued into the Edwardian era and modern examples continue to appear in the 21st century.[3]
| Title | Author | Year | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Acoustic Motorbike" | Luka Bloom | 1992 | [citation needed] |
| "Amsterdam" | Riblja Čorba | 1986 | From the album Osmi nervni slom[citation needed] |
| "An Elegy for Baby Blue" | The Wonder Years (band) | 2008 | From "Won't Be Pathetic Forever" EP[citation needed] |
| "Apology Song" | The Decemberists | 2001 | From the 5 Songs EP[citation needed] |
| "A Bicicleta" | Toquinho | 1983 | Album Casa de brinquedos.[4][unreliable source?] |
| "La Bicicleta" | Carlos Vives & Shakira | 2016 | [5][non-primary source needed] |
| "Bicicleta" | Marcos Valle | 1985 | [6][non-primary source needed] |
| "Bicycle" | BC Unidos feat. Shungudzo | 2017 | From the EP Bicycle[7] |
| "Bicycle" | Chungha | 2021 | From the album Querencia[citation needed] |
| ”Bicycle” | Masters of Reality | 2002 | From the album Sunrise on the Sufferbus[citation needed] |
| "Bicycle" | Nico Touches the Walls | 2011 | From the album Humania[citation needed] |
| "Bicycle" (feat. klei) | filous | 2018 | [8][non-primary source needed] |
| "Bicycle" | Xdinary Heroes | 2023 | From the album Deadlock (EP)[citation needed] |
| "Bicycle, Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle" | Be Your Own Pet | 2006 | From the album Be Your Own Pet[citation needed] |
| "Bicycle Episode" | J. M. Richards | 1897 | [9] |
| "The Bicycle Girl" | Avery Oddfellow, F. W. Meacham | 1895 | [9] |
| "Bicycle Race" | Queen | 1978 | [10] |
| "Bicycle Song" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 2006 | |
| "Bicycles Are Red Hot" | TV on the Radio | 2002 | From the album OK Calculator[citation needed] |
| "La Bicyclette" | Yves Montand | 1968 | [9] From the album La Bicyclette |
| "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize" | Engelbert Humperdinck | 1968 | From the movie Les Bicyclettes de Belsize[citation needed] |
| "Bike" | cLOUDDEAD | 2004 | From the album Ten[citation needed] |
| "Bike" | Pink Floyd | 1967 | [11] |
| "Bike Messenger Diaries" | ApSci | 2005 | B-side of the single "See That?"[citation needed] |
| "Bike Rider" | Mungo's Hi Fi feat. Pupajim | 2014 | From the album Serious Time[citation needed] |
| "The Bike Song" | Mark Ronson & The Business International | 2010 | [12] |
| "Biking" | Frank Ocean | 2017 | Featuring, JAY Z and Tyler the Creator[citation needed] |
| "Black Mags" | The Cool Kids | 2008 | From the album The Bake Sale[citation needed] |
| "Brand New Key" | Melanie | 1971 | [citation needed] |
| "Bravo Eddy!" | Jean Narcy | 1969/1970 | [citation needed] |
| "C'mon Let Me Ride" | Skylar Grey feat. Eminem | 2012 | [citation needed] |
| "La complainte de l'heure de pointe (À vélo dans Paris)" | Joe Dassin | 1972 | From the album Joe[citation needed] |
| "Cycles to Gehenna" | Aesop Rock | 2012 | From the album Skelethon[citation needed] |
| "Cycling Is Fun" | Shonen Knife | 1984 | From their album Yama-no Attchan[citation needed] |
| "Daisy Bell" | Harry Dacre | 1892 | [9] |
| "Death Of An Old Bike" | The Rosebuds | 2014 | [9] |
| "Dora Brown" | Nelly Burt | 1897 | [9] |
| "Eddy Est Imbattable!" | Pierre-André Gil | 1971 | [citation needed] |
| "Eddy Is Niet Te Kloppen!" | Frankie | 1971 | [citation needed] |
| "Eddy Prend Le Maillot Jaune" | Pierre-André Gil | 1969 | [citation needed] |
| "Fahrrad" | Bläck Fööss | 1982 | [13][non-primary source needed] From their album Morje Morje |
| "Fahrrad fahr'n" | Max Raabe | 2017 | From the album Der perfekte Moment... wird heut verpennt[14][non-primary source needed] |
| "Fahrrad Fahrn" | Achim Reichel Oh Ha! | 1996 | [15][non-primary source needed] |
| "Fahrradfahr'n" | Sternhagel | 1982 | [citation needed] |
| "Fahrradlied" | Binder & Krieglstein | 2012 | [16][non-primary source needed] |
| "Fahrradsong" | Christoph Busse | 1976 | [17][non-primary source needed] Aired in the German Sesame Street in 1978 |
| "The Girl That's Up To Date" | Edward Harrigan, David Braham | 1894 | [9] |
| "The Great Velocipede" | Frank Wilder | 1869 | [9][18] Sung by W. F. Collins of the British Christy Minstrels |
| "Hadron Collision" | Propagandhi | 2012 | [19] |
| "Handlebars" | Flobots | 2005 | [citation needed] |
| "Happy Cycling" | Boards of Canada | 1998 | From the album Music Has the Right to Children[citation needed] |
| "Have You A Wheel?" | O. A. Hoffmann | 1895 | [9] |
| "Helter Smelter" | Fifteen | 1994 | [20][non-primary source needed] |
| "Holky z Polabí" | Jaroslav Uhlíř a Zdeněk Svěrák | 1993 | From the album Není nutno…s[citation needed] |
| "In Bicicletta" | Riccardo Cocciante | 1982 | From the album Cocciante[21][non-primary source needed] |
| "It's a Beautiful Day" | The Beach Boys | 1979 | [citation needed] |
| "The Kickstand Song" | Darren Hanlon | 2002 | From the album Hello Stranger[22][non-primary source needed] |
| "The Latest Fad" | A. A. Condon | 1895 | [9] |
| "Let's Have a Ride on Your Bicycle" | Max Miller | 1953 | [23][non-primary source needed] |
| "A Lilac Harry Quinn" | Half Man Half Biscuit | 1991 | From McIntyre, Treadmore and Davitt[citation needed] |
| "Mein Fahrrad" | Die Prinzen | 1992 | [24][non-primary source needed] |
| "My Bike" | The Bennies | 2013 | From the Better off Dread EP[25][non-primary source needed] |
| "My Bike" | Y.N.RichKids | 2013 | [26][non-primary source needed] |
| "My 'Cycle Gal" | Philip Wales | 1899 | [9] |
| "My White Bicycle" | Tomorrow | 1967 | About the Provos'. And a UK hit for the cover from Nazareth in 1975.[27] |
| "New Bicycle Hornpipe" | Norman & Nancy Blake | 1985 | From the album Lighthouse on the Shore[citation needed] |
| "The New Columbia Wheel" | George Lowell Tracy, James C. Dunn | 1898 | [9] |
| "The New Velocipede" | E. H. Sherwood | 1869 | [9] |
| "Nine Million Bicycles" | Katie Melua | 2005 | [28] |
| "On My Bike" | Bikeride | 1997 | From the album Here Comes the Summer[citation needed] |
| "Op Fietse" | Skik | 1997 | From the album Niks is zoas 't lek[citation needed] |
| "Pedal Your Blues Away" | Earl Rouse and Brothers | 1936 | [29] |
| "Physics Of A Bicycle" | cLOUDDEAD | 2001 | B-side of the EP "The Peel Session"[30] |
| "Poppin' A Wheelie!" | The Aquabats | 2011 | Hi-Five Soup![citation needed] |
| "The Pushbike Song" | The Mixtures | 1970 | And a cover by Mungo Jerry (1990, UK).[citation needed] |
| "Rennrad" | Dota | 2016 | [31][non-primary source needed] |
| "Riding Bikes" | Shellac | 2014 | From the album Dude Incredible[citation needed] |
| "Riding on My Bike" | Madness | 1982 | B-side and reworking of "Driving in My Car"[citation needed] |
| "Riding on My Bike" | Sia | 2020 | From the album At Home with the Kids[citation needed] |
| "See That My Bike's Kept Clean" | Half Man Half Biscuit | 1997 | From the album Voyage to the Bottom of the Road[citation needed] |
| "Shimano XTR" | Ćelo & Abdï | 2017 | [32][non-primary source needed] |
| "Silver Machine" | Hawkwind | 1972 | A UK hit about Robert Calvert's silver bicycle.[citation needed] |
| "Stadtrad" | Binder & Krieglstein | 2018 | From the album Trommeln der Nacht[33][non-primary source needed] |
| "Ten Speed (Of God’s Blood & Burial)" | Coheed and Cambria | 2005 | [citation needed] |
| "Terry Keeps His Clips On" | Vivian Stanshall | 1981 | [citation needed] |
| "Tour de France" | Kraftwerk | 1983 | From their cycling concept album for the centenary of the Tour de France in 2003 — Tour de France Soundtracks.[34] |
| "Vas-Y Eddy" | Jean Saint-Paul | 1967 | [citation needed] |
| "Velocipede Jimmy" | O. H. Harpel, Henry Atkins | 1869 | [9] |
| "Two on a Bike" | Six Hits and a Miss | 1942 | [citation needed] |
| "Two Wheels" | Wax | 2011 | Scrublife[citation needed] |
| "Yellow Bike" | Pedro the Lion | 2019 | From the album Phoenix[citation needed] |
| "Bicycle"[35][36] | RM | 2021 | Unofficial Release[37] |
| "Bicycle Wheels" | Ugly Kid Joe | 1996 | [citation needed] |
| "Training Wheels" | Melanie Martinez | 2015 | From the album Cry Baby[citation needed] |
| "Bicycle Song" | Monkey (band) | 2015 | From Bananarchy[38][unreliable source?] |