track

Tour de France (Etape 2) - 2009 Remaster

2003Released
6:41

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Interesting facts and trivia about Tour de France (Etape 2) - 2009 Remaster. By Songfacts®.

This song was written about the Tour De France, a famous French road race for professional cyclists. Kraftwerk members Florian Schneider and Ralf Hutter are obsessed with bicycles, calling themselves the Radsportegruppe Schneider (Schneider Cycling Club).

The melody appears to be borrowed from part of the opening section of German composer Paul Hindemith's 1936 "Sonata For Flute And Piano."

The track was originally recorded for a Kraftwerk album called Techno Pop, which was re-titled Electric Café and released in 1983. "Tour De France" was left off the tracklist but released as a single. The following year, after being included on the soundtrack to the film Breakin', the song was re-released, this time reaching #23 in the UK.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Tour de France (Etape 2) - 2009 Remaster.
G♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
140BPM

Album

The album Tour de France (Etape 2) - 2009 Remaster is released on.

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Parlophone UK
© 2009 Ralf Hütter/Kraftwerk under licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
℗ 2009 Ralf Hütter/Kraftwerk under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company

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