List of songs about bicycles

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Harry Dacre's "Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)" was a popular success Daisybell.jpg
Harry Dacre's "Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)" was a popular success

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]

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TitleAuthorYearComments
"The Acoustic Motorbike" Luka Bloom 1992[ citation needed ]
"Amsterdam" Riblja Čorba 1986From the album Osmi nervni slom [ citation needed ]
"An Elegy for Baby Blue" The Wonder Years (band) 2008From "Won't Be Pathetic Forever" EP[ citation needed ]
"Apology Song" The Decemberists 2001From the 5 Songs EP [ citation needed ]
"A Bicicleta" Toquinho 1983Album 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 2017From the EP Bicycle [7]
"Bicycle" Chungha 2021From the album Querencia [ citation needed ]
”Bicycle” Masters of Reality 2002From the album Sunrise on the Sufferbus [ citation needed ]
"Bicycle" Nico Touches the Walls 2011From the album Humania [ citation needed ]
"Bicycle" (feat. klei) filous 2018 [8] [ non-primary source needed ]
"Bicycle" Xdinary Heroes 2023From the album Deadlock (EP) [ citation needed ]
"Bicycle, Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle" Be Your Own Pet 2006From the album Be Your Own Pet [ citation needed ]
"Bicycle Episode"J. M. Richards1897 [9]
"The Bicycle Girl"Avery Oddfellow, F. W. Meacham1895 [9]
"Bicycle Race" Queen 1978 [10]
"Bicycle Song" Red Hot Chili Peppers 2006
"Bicycles Are Red Hot" TV on the Radio 2002From the album OK Calculator [ citation needed ]
"La Bicyclette  [ fr ]" Yves Montand 1968 [9] From the album La Bicyclette
"Les Bicyclettes de Belsize" Engelbert Humperdinck 1968From the movie Les Bicyclettes de Belsize [ citation needed ]
"Bike" cLOUDDEAD 2004From 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. Pupajim2014From the album Serious Time[ citation needed ]
"The Bike Song" Mark Ronson & The Business International 2010 [12]
"Biking" Frank Ocean 2017Featuring, JAY Z and Tyler the Creator[ citation needed ]
"Black Mags" The Cool Kids 2008From 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 1972From the album Joe [ citation needed ]
"Cycles to Gehenna" Aesop Rock 2012From the album Skelethon [ citation needed ]
"Cycling Is Fun" Shonen Knife 1984From 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 Burt1897 [9]
"Eddy Est Imbattable!" Pierre-André Gil 1971[ citation needed ]
"Eddy Is Niet Te Kloppen!"Frankie1971[ 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 2017From 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  [ de ]1982[ citation needed ]
"Fahrradlied" Binder & Krieglstein  [ de ]2012 [16] [ non-primary source needed ]
"Fahrradsong" Christoph Busse  [ de ]1976 [17] [ non-primary source needed ] Aired in the German Sesame Street in 1978
"The Girl That's Up To Date"Edward Harrigan, David Braham1894 [9]
"The Great Velocipede"Frank Wilder1869 [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 1998From the album Music Has the Right to Children [ citation needed ]
"Have You A Wheel?"O. A. Hoffmann1895 [9]
"Helter Smelter" Fifteen 1994 [20] [ non-primary source needed ]
"Holky z Polabí" Jaroslav Uhlíř a Zdeněk Svěrák 1993From the album Není nutno…s[ citation needed ]
"In Bicicletta" Riccardo Cocciante 1982From the album Cocciante [21] [ non-primary source needed ]
"It's a Beautiful Day" The Beach Boys 1979[ citation needed ]
"The Kickstand Song" Darren Hanlon 2002From the album Hello Stranger [22] [ non-primary source needed ]
"The Latest Fad"A. A. Condon1895 [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 1991From McIntyre, Treadmore and Davitt [ citation needed ]
"Mein Fahrrad" Die Prinzen 1992 [24] [ non-primary source needed ]
"My Bike"The Bennies2013From 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 Wales1899 [9]
"My White Bicycle" Tomorrow 1967About the Provos'. And a UK hit for the cover from Nazareth in 1975. [27]
"New Bicycle Hornpipe" Norman & Nancy Blake1985From the album Lighthouse on the Shore [ citation needed ]
"The New Columbia Wheel"George Lowell Tracy, James C. Dunn1898 [9]
"The New Velocipede"E. H. Sherwood1869 [9]
"Nine Million Bicycles" Katie Melua 2005 [28]
"On My Bike" Bikeride 1997From the album Here Comes the Summer[ citation needed ]
"Op Fietse" Skik 1997From the album Niks is zoas 't lek[ citation needed ]
"Pedal Your Blues Away"Earl Rouse and Brothers1936 [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 1970And a cover by Mungo Jerry (1990, UK).[ citation needed ]
"Rennrad" Dota 2016 [31] [ non-primary source needed ]
"Riding Bikes" Shellac 2014From the album Dude Incredible [ citation needed ]
"Riding on My Bike" Madness 1982B-side and reworking of "Driving in My Car"[ citation needed ]
"Riding on My Bike" Sia 2020From the album At Home with the Kids [ citation needed ]
"See That My Bike's Kept Clean" Half Man Half Biscuit 1997From the album Voyage to the Bottom of the Road [ citation needed ]
"Shimano XTR"Ćelo & Abdï2017 [32] [ non-primary source needed ]
"Silver Machine" Hawkwind 1972A UK hit about Robert Calvert's silver bicycle.[ citation needed ]
"Stadtrad" Binder & Krieglstein  [ de ]2018From 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 1983From 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 Atkins1869 [9]
"Two on a Bike"Six Hits and a Miss1942[ citation needed ]
"Two Wheels" Wax 2011Scrublife[ citation needed ]
"Yellow Bike" Pedro the Lion 2019From the album Phoenix [ citation needed ]
"Bicycle" [35] [36] RM 2021Unofficial Release [37]
"Bicycle Wheels" Ugly Kid Joe 1996[ citation needed ]
"Training Wheels" Melanie Martinez 2015From the album Cry Baby [ citation needed ]
"Bicycle Song" Monkey (band) 2015From Bananarchy [38] [ unreliable source? ]

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  2. ↑ Hazel Butler, I Know a Young Woman Who Swallowed a Lie, p. 40
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