"Eple" (; "Apple") is a song by Norwegian

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, 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 "

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". The song was licensed by

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and used as the introduction music for the

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setup assistant. It was also used on gaming show '' Gamezville'' on now-defunct

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as background music during the opening of the show. The track is also used as background music 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. A small snippet of the song also is used for the station ID for American

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station KLRU, as well as for their identical

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featured at the end of their productions such as ''

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''. The single was used to accompany a television test card in the UK during 2001. 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. The now-defunct German music channel

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used a snippet of this song to introduce the commercial breaks. The song is mainly based on a sample from Bob James's song "You're as Right as Rain" on his 1975 album '' Two''. The cover of ''Two'' depicts a golden hand holding an apple.

Track listings

2001 release

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

2003 re-release

;UK CD 1 WALLD080 #"Eple" (Edit) – 3:35 #"Eple" (

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

References

{{authority control 2001 singles 2003 singles Röyksopp songs 2001 songs Songs written by Svein Berge Songs written by Torbjørn Brundtland Wall of Sound (record label) singles Astralwerks singles