Eple

"Eple"
Single by Röyksopp
from the album Melody A.M.
Released23 July 2001
Recorded2001
Genre
Length3:51
LabelWall of Sound
Astralwerks 11352
Songwriters
Röyksopp singles chronology
"So Easy"
(1999)		 "Eple"
(2001)		 "Poor Leno"
(2001)
Audio sample

"Eple" (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɛ̂plə]; "Apple") is a song by Norwegian electronica duo Röyksopp, released as their second single. In 2003 it was re-released as the duo's third single from their debut album Melody A.M.

Commercial use

The song's title comes from the Norwegian word for apple. The song was licensed by Apple and used as the introduction music for the Mac OS X Panther setup assistant. It was also used as background music for the gaming show Gamezville on Sky One during the opening and on the UK television programme The Kevin Bishop Show, in which a man called Gary in one of its sketches pretends to be a radio announcer, only to the annoyance of his girlfriend.[citation needed]

A small snippet of the song can be heard during the station ID for American public television station KLRU as well as their identical production logo featured at the end of their productions such as Austin City Limits.[citation needed]

The single accompanied a television test card in the UK during 2001.[citation needed]

The song is the background music heard in a video made by Volvo called "Vision 2020", in which it showed off future semi truck concepts.[citation needed]

The now defunct German music channel MTV2 Pop used a section of this song to introduce the commercial breaks. [citation needed]The song is mainly based on a sample from Bob James's song "You're as Right as Rain" on his 1975 album Two, whose cover depicts a golden hand holding an apple.

Track listings

2001 release

UK CD WALLD071
  1. "Eple" (Edit) – 3:35
  2. "Eple" (Bjørn Torske Remix) – 6:52
  3. "Röyksopp's Night Out" – 7:30
UK 12" WALLT071
  1. "Eple" – 3:52
  2. "Eple" (Bjørn Torske Remix) – 6:52
  3. "Röyksopp's Night Out" – 8:08

2003 re-release

UK CD 1 WALLD080
  1. "Eple" (Edit) – 3:35
  2. "Eple" (Fatboy Slim Remix) – 3:56
  3. "Eple" (Shakedown Remix) – 6:43
UK CD 2 WALLD080V
  1. "Eple" (Edit) – 3:35
  2. "Eple" (Boris and Michi's Eplistic-Scratch-Attack) – 7:16
  3. "Eple" (Black Strobe Remix) – 6:10
  4. "Eple" (Video) – 3:35
UK 12" 1 WALLT080
  1. "Eple" – 3:52
  2. "Eple" (Shakedown Remix) – 6:43
  3. "Eple" (Fatboy Slim Remix) – 5:48
UK 12" 2 WALLT080X
  1. "Eple" – 3:52
  2. "Eple" (Black Strobe Remix) – 6:10
  3. "Eple" (Boris and Michi's Eplistic-Scratch-Attack) – 7:16

Response

The single was first released in 2001 and re-released in 2003. In the UK the single managed to reach number 16 on the UK Singles Chart.

Charts

Year Chart Position
2001 UK Singles Chart 57
2003 UK Singles Chart 16

References

  1. 1 2 "How Röyksopp's 'Melody A.M.' Brought Electronica Into the Mainstream". PopMatters. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "ROYKSOPP | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".