2008Released
3:26

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Interesting facts and trivia about Handlebars. By Songfacts®.

This song about power, corruption and the potential that lies in one individual first appeared on an independent EP in 2005 (as "Handle Bars"), and was re-released on the band's major-label debut Fight with Tools two years later as their first single. This song is about the life of a dictator. It starts with the dictator as a young child learning how to ride a bike without handlebars. In the end, the boy is all grown up and has taken over the world.

In an interview on KROQ 106.7 Los Angeles, the band said that this song's meaning is open to interpretation but hinted that it was influenced by the events going on around the world.

The Flobots, are an indie hip-hop band with an activist-oriented philosophy from Denver, Colorado.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Handlebars.
FKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
142BPM

Album

The album Handlebars is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Handlebars.
Flobots/Republic Records
© 2008 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
℗ 2008 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

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