"Eple" is a song by Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 duo Röyksopp

Röyksopp

Röyksopp is a Norwegian electronic music duo from Tromsø, formed in 1998. Since their inception, the band's line-up has included Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland....

, released as their second single. In 2003, it was re-released as the duo's third single from their first album Melody A.M.

Melody A.M.

Melody A.M. is the debut album by Norwegian electronic duo Röyksopp, released on 8 October 2001 by Wall of Sound. Songs from this album have been used in television adverts and computer games; "Remind Me" was formally featured in an advertisement for GEICO Insurance in one of their popular Caveman...

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Commercial Use

The song's title comes from the Norwegian

Norwegian language

Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...

 word for apple

Apple

The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family . It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apple grow on small, deciduous trees that blossom in the spring...

. The song was licensed by Apple

Apple Computer

Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad...

 and used as the introduction music for the Mac OS X v10.3

Mac OS X v10.3

Mac OS X Panther is the fourth major release of Mac OS X, Apple’s desktop and server operating system. It followed Mac OS X v10.2 "Jaguar" and preceded Mac OS X Tiger...

 Setup Assistant

Wizard (software)

A software wizard or setup assistant is a user interface type that presents a user with a sequence of dialog boxes that lead the user through a series of well-defined steps. Tasks that are complex, infrequently performed, or unfamiliar may be easier to perform using a wizard...

. It was also used on Sky One

Sky One

Sky1 is the flagship BSkyB entertainment channel available in the United Kingdom and Ireland.The channel first launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the United Kingdom, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two...

's gaming show Gamezville

Gamezville

Gamezville was a computer games show broadcast on Sky One that ran for two series during the years 2003-2004. It was presented by models - Darren Malcolm and Jamie Atiko...

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

The Kevin Bishop Show

The Kevin Bishop Show is a sketch comedy written by and starring English comedian Kevin Bishop, part of the Star Stories team. The show was commissioned by Channel 4 for a six part series starting 25 July 2008 at 10pm...

, 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 public television station KLRU

KLRU

KLRU is the local Public Broadcasting Service member public television station in Austin, Texas, in the United States of America.-History:...

, as well as for their identical production logo

Production logo

A production logo, vanity card, vanity plate, vanity logo or vogo is a logo used by movie studios and television production companies to brand what they produce. Vanity logos are usually seen at the beginning of a theatrical movie , or at the end of a television program or TV movie...

 featured at the end of their productions such as Austin City Limits

Austin City Limits

Austin City Limits is an American public television music program recorded live in Austin, Texas by Public Broadcasting Service Public television member station KLRU, and broadcast on many PBS stations around the United States...

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The single was used to accompany a television TestCard 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 MTV2 Pop

MTV2 Pop

MTV2 Pop was a German music channel. It launched on 1 May 2001, taking over the transponder left by the analogue service of MTV UK and Ireland when it closed down. It replaced VH1 Germany...

 used a snippet of this song to introduce the commercial breaks.

The song is mainly based on a melody contained in Bob James

Bob James (musician)

Robert McElhiney James is a jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer.-Biography:During the 1970s, Bob James played a major role in establishing the smooth jazz genre. "Angela", the instrumental theme from the sitcom Taxi, is probably Bob James' most well-known work to date...

' song "You're as Right as Rain" in his 1975 album Two

Two (Bob James album)

-Reception:This album is the second of a series of jazz-funk classics . Released in 1975, this album charted at number two on the Jazz Album Charts...

. The cover of "Two" depicts a golden hand holding an apple.
The song was listed as the 336th best song of the 2000s by Pitchfork Media

Pitchfork Media

Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...

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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

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 the single managed to reach #16 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

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Charts

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