Neon Lights (Kraftwerk song)
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| - | # An [[illuminated]] sign constructed from [[fluorescent light]]s in the form of bent glass tubes; the different [[colour]]s being obtained by adding different [[noble gas]]es to the neon. | + | '''Neon Lights''' (original German title: "Neonlicht") is a song by [[Kraftwerk]], released in 1978 on their ''[[The Man-Machine]]'' album. The song was a B-side to their single, [[The Model]]. |
| - | The reddish-orange color that neon emits in [[Neon lamp|neon light]]s is widely used to make advertising [[neon sign|signs]] and is used in long tubular strips in car modification. The word "neon" is used generically for these types of lights even though many other gases are used to produce different colors of light. | + | |
| - | Neon is used in [[vacuum tube]]s, high-voltage indicators, [[lightning]] arrestors, wave meter tubes, [[television]] tubes, and [[helium-neon laser]]s. Liquefied neon is commercially used as a [[cryogenic]] [[refrigerant]] in applications not requiring the lower temperature range attainable with more expensive liquid helium refrigeration. | + | It was covered by [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark|OMD]] on their album ''[[Sugar Tax (OMD album)|Sugar Tax]]'' in 1991 and by [[Simple Minds]] on their 2001 cover album ''[[Neon Lights (album)|Neon Lights]]''. [[U2]] also recorded a version of the song for some releases of the 2004 single [[Vertigo (song)|Vertigo]]. |
| - | == Namesakes == | ||
| - | *"[[Neon Lights]]" by [[Kraftwerk]] | ||
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Neon Lights (original German title: "Neonlicht") is a song by Kraftwerk, released in 1978 on their The Man-Machine album. The song was a B-side to their single, The Model.
It was covered by OMD on their album Sugar Tax in 1991 and by Simple Minds on their 2001 cover album Neon Lights. U2 also recorded a version of the song for some releases of the 2004 single Vertigo.
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