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Single30 July 2012Atomic number 39

Theme for Velodrome

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Pulse 120 BPM (provisional, not yet measured)

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Released
30 July 20121
On
Non-album single2
UK peak
No. 92
Notes
A non-album single2
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Written as the theme for track cycling at the London 2012 Olympics3

Tracklist

  1. 1Theme For Velodrome (Original Version)4
  2. 2Theme For Velodrome (Radio Edit)4

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Testimony

“I have loved cycling since I was a boy”

Tom Rowlands. On writing the Olympic theme3

View (DJ Naoyaman)

A song written for Olympic cycling reached No. 9 in the UK.

It was written as the theme for the track cycling venue at the London 2012 Olympics and released on 30 July. It is on no album.312

Tom spoke of loving cycling since he was a boy, of always feeling a link between electronic music and the repetition of cycling, and of Kraftwerk sealing that link with "Tour de France".3

Kraftwerk's name keeps coming up, all the way from the start of their debut single.5

Someone who loves repetition, writing for a sport made of laps. I don't think they could have cast it better.

Translated from the Japanese original.

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  1. Stereoboard, “The Chemical Brothers Release Their Official Olympic Song 'Velodrome'”
  2. Wikipedia, “The Chemical Brothers discography”
  3. FACT, “Theme For Velodrome: The Chemical Brothers compose official Olympic Games track”
  4. Discogs, “The Chemical Brothers - Theme For Velodrome (Official Song of the London 2012 Olympic Games)”
  5. Wikipedia, “Exit Planet Dust”