Expo 2000 (song)

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Kraftwerk chronology
Expo 2000 Expo Remix

EP by Kraftwerk
Released	December 1999 November 2000
Recorded	1999-2000
Genre	Electronic music
Label	EMI (Capitol)
Producer(s)	Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
The Mix (1991)	Expo 2000 (1999–2001)	Tour de France Soundtracks (2003)

Expo 2000 is a song by Kraftwerk. It was originally created as a 30 second a cappella jingle, a commission for the Hannover Expo 2000 convention in Germany, and which was subsequently developed into longer pieces with music and additional lyrics.

The Expo 2000 single was released on CD and 12 inch vinyl in December 1999 in Germany and in January 2000 elsewhere in Europe. It reached #27 in the UK singles chart in March 2000.

In November 2000 a collection of Expo 2000 remixes was released, with contributions from various producers, including long-term collaborator François Kevorkian and members of the Detroit techno collective Underground Resistance.

Both singles were eventually combined and released as a double CD set in the USA in October 2001.

1 Expo 2000 tracklisting
2 Expo Remix tracklisting
3 Cover variations
4 Trivia
5 Expo-jingle

[edit] Expo 2000 tracklisting

Expo 2000 (Radio Mix)
Expo 2000 (Kling Klang Mix 2000)
Expo 2000 (Kling Klang Mix 2002)
Expo 2000 (Kling Klang Mix 2001)

Note: The UK CD also included Kraftwerk's Expo2000 video but had a shorter version of Mix 2001

[edit] Expo Remix tracklisting

Expo 2000 - Orbital Mix
Expo 2000 - François K & Rob Rives Mix
Expo 2000 - DJ Rolando Mix
Expo 2000 - Underground Resistance Mix
Expo 2000 - Underground Resistance Infiltrated Mix
Expo 2000 - Underground Resistance Thought 3 Mix

[edit] Cover variations

Expo 2000 souvenir CD that also included the original Expo-jingle recording.

Limited edition German CD featuring a lenticular graphic in a special jewel case.

The German vinyl version of Expo 2000, released in 1999.

Alternative design released in Britain and other European countries in 2000.

The original European version of Expo Remix, released in 2000.

The American compilation version of Expo Remix, released in 2001.

[edit] Trivia

The viral video clip of David Elsewhere recorded at Kollaboration 2001 features this song.

[edit] Expo-jingle

"Expo-jingle" excerpt (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- The original "Expo-jingle" theme was a typically Kraftwerkian vocoded voice singing the phrase 'Expo 2000' in six languages (German, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Japanese) and was used during the Expo 2000 convention. According to the official Expo 2000 website, the jingle was "to announce Expo stops in buses, trains or planes, when prizes and awards are presented, at press conferences, during radio and television broadcasts, as a welcoming tune on the internet, as music on hold for the Expo Call Center, or when performances begin and as an intermission signal at Expo events." There was criticism in Germany at the time about the size of the fee paid — 400,000 DM (approximately €204,500 in 1999) — for such a brief and simple piece.
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