【1961 | IBM 7094 : First Computer To Sing】 Daisy Bell

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  • VOCALOID.wiki (By VocaloP / ボカロP別)
    BACKGROUND:
    "Daisy Bell" was composed by Harry Dacre in 1892. In 1961, the IBM 7094 became the first computer to sing, singing the song Daisy Bell. Vocals were programmed by John Kelly and Carol Lockbaum and the accompaniment was programmed by Max Mathews.
    This performance was the inspiration for the famous scene in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey in which the HAL 9000 computer sings the song as it is deactivated.
    FURTHER READING:
    YAMAHA's "Daisy Project":
    While it did not become a product, the "Elvis Project" helped establish that a series of phonetics in a wide range of pitches would help build a synthesizer based on any model. YAMAHA agreed to help them start a fresh new project; it was at this point that Kenmochi Hideki joined. The first initial ideas came from him in Japan in 2000, with most of the research done at the Pompeu Fabra University and the development of the core signal processing libraries created in C++. YAMAHA itself was responsible for the product design and development of the actual product. It was pure collaborative research, and they did not think about selling at that time.
    At the time, synthesizers would take days to produce good quality results, but the vocal would always sound inhuman and obviously generated by a machine or computer. The price was expensive as well. This meant that while all other parts of the music production were by then fully able to be recreated in a DAW, producing a good quality vocal performance meant hiring a human vocalist. So, the aim of the project was to provide a fast, low cost way of getting uncanny human-like vocals to give producers full control of music production. They used "Elvis" as the base model for ideas and set about to tackle two main problems:
    how to process and transform singer recordings so that it would result in a performance of a given song sounding as natural as possible and provide the feeling of a continuous flow
    how to process and transform the singer recordings so that it would result in a performance of a given song sounding as natural as possible and provide the feeling of a continuous flow
    The VOCALOID™ project was originally codenamed "Daisy Project" ("DAISYプロジェクト" or "でいじぃぷろじぇくと"), a name taken from the song "Daisy Bell" and was at a prototype stage in March 2002. (EpR ) was developed as the first voice model and it allow the researchers to transform vocal timbres in a natural manner while preserving subtle detail. At first, "Daisy" could only say vowels like "ai (love)". Four months later, "Daisy" began to support consonants, with the first "complete word" being "asa" (morning).
    Because YAMAHA itself could only provide limited vocals, they licensed the software out to various 3rd party studios. The first studio to join this project was Crypton Future Media, who were contacted in May 2002. YAMAHA then attempted to find English studios to support an English version, but the majority of responses to contact were negative. The first studio to enter development was Zero-G, joining in the fall of 2002, with PowerFX also joining that year. Thus, both English and Japanese voicebanks began development.
    At the 6th anniversary of VOCALOID™, Hiroyuki Itoh noted that they received demos from Zero-G without warning of what seemed to be a male vocal singing. Since they came unexpectedly, they did not realize they were VOCALOID™ demos and thought they were some sort of prank.
    "Daisy" was demonstrated at the 6th anniversary of VOCALOID™, where a file called "Fly Me to the Moon" was played, the file was originally created for 7/16/2002 when Crypton were shown the first demonstration in their Sapporo office. "Daisy" still had troubles with consonants at the time.
    "Daisy" dropped as a name due to conflicts with copyrighting - despite attempts to change the name (such as translating it into Japanese), they ultimately could not register it
    The only 4 known vocals for "Daisy" were; LEON, LOLA, HANAKO and TARO. LEON and LOLA were the only ones ever to be shown to the public, releasing as official voicebanks for the final VOCALOID software.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 330

  • @loodvigg1821
    @loodvigg1821 Рік тому +492

    To me, this isn't creepy, imagine the scientists walking around to hear it.

    • @Tyx1d
      @Tyx1d 10 місяців тому +11

      it was creepy at first but after watching it 38,978,797 times its comforting

    • @tildonanthony4531
      @tildonanthony4531 4 місяці тому +1

      Fantastic

    • @justinvalerio4727
      @justinvalerio4727 Місяць тому +2

      Basically, if I was a scientist I would be happy

    • @user-sp3zz3cw3p
      @user-sp3zz3cw3p Місяць тому +1

      Reminds me of John Ward from FAITH: The Unholy Trinity

  • @sofiaflorina
    @sofiaflorina Рік тому +464

    It's so nostalgic. It's the first ever vocaloid.

    • @_Gam3r
      @_Gam3r Рік тому +20

      you most likely werent even born then so what do you mean "nostalgic"?

    • @4C0-q7h
      @4C0-q7h Рік тому +24

      Am guessing it gives the feeling of nostalgia, with its quality of audio, its voice and its cheerful lyrics rather than the constant use of swearing in more modern music.

    • @Mitzi-chan224
      @Mitzi-chan224 Рік тому +7

      Were you alive in 1961? 😂

    • @sofiaflorina
      @sofiaflorina Рік тому +5

      @Trawelsy They might don't know the concept of anemoia

    • @wladynoszhighlights5989
      @wladynoszhighlights5989 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@4C0-q7h Swearing is cool

  • @littlewolf2330
    @littlewolf2330 5 місяців тому +92

    Tiktok : Make it Creepy
    Me as a Nerd : Happy

    • @Singinasong
      @Singinasong 2 місяці тому +3

      I hate that tiktok ruined this song.
      I myself am also a big nerd so yeah.

    • @melonmovies4000
      @melonmovies4000 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@Singinasongsame

  • @epicgamer_881
    @epicgamer_881 2 місяці тому +31

    miku's grandfather sings so well

  • @T144E
    @T144E Рік тому +87

    "Thanks for listening" made me smile

  • @Nora_drawz
    @Nora_drawz 11 місяців тому +112

    Ladies and gentlemen,i present the first vocaloid ever!

    • @Razer3073
      @Razer3073 11 місяців тому +1

      Voice synthesizer technically but amazing how the the haas shrunk to a program in your pc

    • @user-fg5ox9kr1n
      @user-fg5ox9kr1n 2 місяці тому +1

      Miku grandpa

  • @LightningPlayzTV
    @LightningPlayzTV 4 місяці тому +11

    This is actually peetty good for something programmed to sing for the first time

  • @jodiknutson1209
    @jodiknutson1209 Рік тому +620

    I wish TikTok did not make this song creepy.

    • @jackbasford9679
      @jackbasford9679 Рік тому +9

      fr

    • @AWJGamer
      @AWJGamer Рік тому +17

      frfr
      it was already creepy but also fascinating but now its just creepy bc they made so many bs conspiracies 💀

    • @shor5233
      @shor5233 Рік тому +27

      @@AWJGamer what's creepy about a man who wants to marry a girl he like?

    • @AWJGamer
      @AWJGamer Рік тому +6

      ​im talking about the melody. not the lyrics

    • @shor5233
      @shor5233 Рік тому +5

      @@AWJGamer they said song, not melody

  • @tesmo7011
    @tesmo7011 6 місяців тому +18

    I find it incredibly endearing that we create more and more complex machines, and the first thing we do with them is give them soul and love. The computer took up a whole room, it was at the very start, and we made it sing a love song. We sent voices saying I love you and childrens laugh into space in case there is someone there to listen to it. The mars rover was programmed to sing itself happy birthday, and when the battery ran out we cried and made poetry out of it. Yes there was death and suffering but there was love and the love mattered. It didn't change the story but it was there and it's important that it was there. I love you to the point of creation. All this all this

    • @nora-bee
      @nora-bee 5 місяців тому +3

      Thanks for writing this 😊

    • @ValidT
      @ValidT 4 місяці тому +3

      That’s why I really appreciate that disc that nasa launched to forever move across space in the hope another civilization comes across it and decodes it and they filled it with data explaining humans, earth, and our ideals and society and history and love to seek the stars.

    • @OfficiallyStarlette_
      @OfficiallyStarlette_ 24 дні тому +2

      Thank you for elaborating on this! It really is an insightful and sweet thought to live by!

  • @Weirdgtag
    @Weirdgtag 2 роки тому +54

    Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do
    I'm half crazy all for the love of you
    It won't be a stylish marriage
    I can't afford a carriage
    But you'll look sweet upon the seat
    Of a bicycle built for two.

  • @absolutenihility
    @absolutenihility Рік тому +149

    listening to this in those horror tiktoks made this annoying but this is genuinely adorable i love him

    • @ethan_plays
      @ethan_plays Рік тому +3

      Same!

    • @BespokeYT
      @BespokeYT Рік тому +2

      yes but its scary when you hear it in gtag like don't get me wrong

    • @pinsblueberryseeds
      @pinsblueberryseeds Рік тому +1

      @@BespokeYTyea

    • @felipev.-pq1xk
      @felipev.-pq1xk 5 місяців тому +1

      @@BespokeYTyeah is anted GTAG but then I knew that there’s ghosts that can tell your address and ban you

  • @user-hm8gw4gy9f
    @user-hm8gw4gy9f 10 місяців тому +21

    A computer could already sing in the 60s?! how crazy! It's interesting how in the past things were more advanced than we think

  • @LorrainePunay-wy1hx
    @LorrainePunay-wy1hx 10 місяців тому +33

    Mikus Grandpa:

  • @bloxy4074
    @bloxy4074 4 місяці тому +6

    Its so cute how they had so much power but used it to make a love song

  • @user-rl2zn8by9l
    @user-rl2zn8by9l Рік тому +100

    Thats so beautiful ❤️ its like watching your child saying his first words🙏

  • @GamingDoggoTV
    @GamingDoggoTV 11 місяців тому +23

    IBM should make a celebration by making their Daisy Bell song with their latest TTS generator.

  • @hitlerhatesjazz8384
    @hitlerhatesjazz8384 Рік тому +39

    I remember seeing this on Tv back in the 1960s. I thought it incredibly cool. In 2001, HAL was sentenced to a lobotomy for murdering everyone and began singing this song. The original 2001 was in Cinerama, and a really immersive experience. I never really found the electronic vocal creepy, though I can see why some would. Showing my age

    • @felipev.-pq1xk
      @felipev.-pq1xk 5 місяців тому +1

      Remember?
      Bro if you were born on the 1960s you would probably be dead

    • @mcarterk
      @mcarterk 5 місяців тому

      @@felipev.-pq1xk”if you were born in the 1960s you would probably be dead”
      💀

    • @kool3397
      @kool3397 5 місяців тому +2

      @felipev-pqqxk, lol no?

    • @TragicXOOfficial
      @TragicXOOfficial 3 місяці тому +1

      @@felipev.-pq1xkchild alert

    • @thecoolaydang8104
      @thecoolaydang8104 3 місяці тому

      @@felipev.-pq1xktheir are people from the 1920s who r still alive

  • @robtheberge1928
    @robtheberge1928 2 роки тому +152

    we can make a machine sing. what if we gave it a soul?

    • @everymanjack8492
      @everymanjack8492 2 роки тому +10

      Give a machine something that isn't real?

    • @sfstalker8706
      @sfstalker8706 Рік тому +11

      @@everymanjack8492 “let’s give it artificial intelligence!”

    • @Amonkeman
      @Amonkeman Рік тому +4

      NO

    • @foodeater3
      @foodeater3 Рік тому

      Yasss man I need my pc to live

    • @foodeater3
      @foodeater3 Рік тому

      Yasss man I need my pc to live

  • @breadish69
    @breadish69 10 місяців тому +10

    Kinda crazy how this computer had the same power as a smartwatch because this computer takes up a whole floor of

  • @roachwithagun
    @roachwithagun 6 місяців тому +5

    this is amazing, in the very early 60's, this was the First Computer to sing
    at the time this would be like trying to build a drone the size of a house
    this is truly a marvel of Technology that should be celebrated and not for little kids to say "i'ts so scary!!!!" in comment sections.
    again, this is comparable to making a drone the size of the house to lift off the ground. it was amazing

  • @xiaozihuangyt3439
    @xiaozihuangyt3439 9 місяців тому +8

    The fact that this song is believed to be scary. I find it sweet

  • @77bvd
    @77bvd 11 місяців тому +4

    The nostalgia… it’s getting to me.

  • @user-gy3wy4tt5x
    @user-gy3wy4tt5x 2 роки тому +23

    これ別のとこで言われてたけど初音ミクのおじいちゃんじゃん。

  • @Crewger16
    @Crewger16 6 місяців тому +6

    TikTok makes this song seem scary but when I watched the video It made me happy because the computer sounded very joyful and happy and the computer even said thank you for listening. nicer than chat gbt

  • @user-zy5hy7qz7o
    @user-zy5hy7qz7o 3 місяці тому +2

    This 62 year old song is beautiful to hear in a sunset 😊😊😊

  • @splitfancycake9069
    @splitfancycake9069 11 місяців тому +4

    This is so nice! It's so happy!

  • @FN0844
    @FN0844 21 день тому +3

    To be, or not to be. That is the question.

    • @FN0844
      @FN0844 21 день тому

      JUST KIDDING!! Tuba, or not tuba. That is the question.

  • @reacethebeast1017
    @reacethebeast1017 5 місяців тому +2

    This is very impressive for 1961

  • @Minecrafterpro47
    @Minecrafterpro47 10 місяців тому +4

    0:01 I can’t believe that computers could talk so Long ago 🥹

  • @OfficiallyStarlette_
    @OfficiallyStarlette_ 24 дні тому

    I just find this comforting and wholesome for some reason

  • @marcse7en
    @marcse7en 6 місяців тому +2

    Computers learned to sing the year before I was born!

  • @DerpOKat21
    @DerpOKat21 10 місяців тому +3

    The people when this played: OH MY GOODNESS ME IT WORKED! IT'S BEEN MONTHS! YES!

  • @eastongingrich1057
    @eastongingrich1057 5 місяців тому +3

    Good song 😊

  • @SammY-zk4io
    @SammY-zk4io Рік тому +25

    Stephen Hawking with a banger from heaven

  • @Copsomegoldendrip
    @Copsomegoldendrip 5 місяців тому +4

    wholesome

  • @gangstervr55
    @gangstervr55 Місяць тому

    2021: a lovely song
    2024: DAISY09

  • @WilliamAftonzy
    @WilliamAftonzy 2 місяці тому +2

    0:10 It was actually the early 60s (1961)

  • @imthebossmermaid3648
    @imthebossmermaid3648 2 місяці тому +2

    Miku's grandfather. 🥰

  • @-Poka-
    @-Poka- 2 роки тому +16

    0:17 looking at here seems IBM 7094 looks harder to tune because you have to do it all manually compared to vocaloid tuning

  • @Bobbies1
    @Bobbies1 Рік тому +6

    World's first vocoloid

  • @The-Silliest-Little-Guy
    @The-Silliest-Little-Guy 2 місяці тому +1

    Come on look miku, its your here to see you

  • @DESIGNERMAHAL
    @DESIGNERMAHAL 7 місяців тому +1

    this is amazing.

  • @Loopony_1208
    @Loopony_1208 Місяць тому

    Man imagine the Excitement back in 1961 Everyone gathering round IBM 7094 To hear the first computer to Sing! its such a shame that tiktok exists maybe if it didnt this would be appreciated alot more

  • @Just_a_bored_artist
    @Just_a_bored_artist 2 роки тому +3

    I Love it!

  • @oreomcflurrywhat
    @oreomcflurrywhat Рік тому +2

    This was supposed to be a wedding song but people thought it was creepy

  • @Cynthia-ys2hw
    @Cynthia-ys2hw 3 дні тому

    This is how daisy09 got her song😮

  • @god_of_none
    @god_of_none 3 місяці тому +2

    Hatsune Miku’s grandfather

  • @ILOVESPAMNUKE
    @ILOVESPAMNUKE 3 місяці тому +1

    This is so wholesome then the internet made it creepy

  • @egg1098
    @egg1098 3 місяці тому +1

    Normal people: 😀
    Gorilla tag people: 💀💀💀💀💀

  • @FireAvocado
    @FireAvocado 9 місяців тому +10

    I don't think this song is creepy, it's just like hearing your baby speak for the first time

  • @Saudéme2020
    @Saudéme2020 7 місяців тому +1

    0:00 beat to 0:15

  • @markfernandez3933
    @markfernandez3933 4 місяці тому

    Thanks for listening *at the end*

  • @kappamykappa6112
    @kappamykappa6112 6 місяців тому +1

    I'd have this at my wedding

  • @ButterToastVR
    @ButterToastVR 4 місяці тому +1

    Only gorilla tag players will understand the fear this song brings

  • @Rinny_from_prettyblood
    @Rinny_from_prettyblood 9 місяців тому +1

    Oh thanks
    Now i remember that

  • @ElBarto2023
    @ElBarto2023 8 місяців тому +1

    0:00 Never heard the robot talk before.

  • @backyardigansandlilflexer
    @backyardigansandlilflexer 6 місяців тому +1

    First movie: İyilik Hasret (1936)
    Last movie of song: Denizde Kaçılacak (1962)

  • @pallen9044
    @pallen9044 5 місяців тому

    This is referenced in Stanley Kubrick's 2001 when HAL is regressing down through its memories as Dave is removing the computer modules. Classic!

  • @GrimagirlyGG123
    @GrimagirlyGG123 6 місяців тому +1

    I remember that song since i was 9 i saw it on tt

  • @AntiUTTPUnion
    @AntiUTTPUnion Рік тому +8

    this song is both super wholesome and super disturbing. in this case of course, its wholesome, hearing the first ever computer to sing, though if a partygoer is chasing you in the backrooms, yeah its instantly creepy

    • @turkey_sandwhich
      @turkey_sandwhich 10 місяців тому

      WELL NO SHIT LMAO

    • @AntiUTTPUnion
      @AntiUTTPUnion 10 місяців тому +1

      @@turkey_sandwhich may i please contact your parents? because i want to tell them that turkey sandwich is a horrible name

    • @rizzgod3685
      @rizzgod3685 10 місяців тому +1

      Even though it sounds creepy its cool

  • @SHD-W
    @SHD-W 8 місяців тому +2

    People that call this creepy don't understand. Yes it may sound like it but back then they did not think it was creepy, it must have been a masterpiece and they probably were so exited. They took a long time to do it.

    • @Remix2366
      @Remix2366 6 місяців тому

      All of the above have nothing to do with the modern gaze. The first dolls weren't seen as creepy,but now we see them that way. Analog tv definitely was not seen a creepy...now its a whole horror genre. The way we think about older technologies greatly affects how we perceive things. Also,nobody's decrediting the work done here. Its not a personal attack.

  • @Abos1357
    @Abos1357 Рік тому +3

    This shit heat

  • @doriec74
    @doriec74 3 місяці тому +1

    Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do!
    I'm half crazy, all for the love of you! it won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage,
    but you'll look sweet, upon the seat of a bicycle built for 2!☺

  • @Saudéme2020
    @Saudéme2020 7 місяців тому +1

    0:51 Stop

  • @Cindytori321
    @Cindytori321 5 місяців тому

    I didnt know computers were so good in 1961

  • @neonlolll
    @neonlolll Рік тому +1

    calming during the day, scary during the night tbh but its mostly just from the scary tiktoks that use this song

    • @jodiknutson1209
      @jodiknutson1209 Рік тому

      Yeah and now it is creepy In the day with people saying obviously fake conspiracies on TikTok like “OMG IF U IGNOR DIS ADIO U WIL DYE!1!1!1!😱😱😱😧😧😧😧😧”

    • @neonlolll
      @neonlolll Рік тому

      @@jodiknutson1209 real

  • @lilbossy6307
    @lilbossy6307 5 місяців тому

    The machine mostly did all the news work on tv in that time

  • @lowquality318
    @lowquality318 11 місяців тому +2

    bro how tf is this creepy i love this

  • @𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂𝔀𝓸𝓶𝓹

    Thanks tiktok for making this song creepy :(

  • @GreenHelix13
    @GreenHelix13 3 місяці тому

    This pc probably is as powerful as a roomba which makes it more impressive ut can sing

  • @triplejboys789
    @triplejboys789 4 місяці тому

    Computer
    "B or auto b that is a question whether your word is alive who suffered a sleep of a terrors fortune"

  • @deanvanzelst5011
    @deanvanzelst5011 Рік тому +1

    steven hawking shouldve started a singing career

  • @shinobucomitsarson
    @shinobucomitsarson Рік тому

    My calming down music

  • @THEMOSTFORTNITEFAN
    @THEMOSTFORTNITEFAN 7 місяців тому +1

    Gorilla tag will start shivering

  • @kaiyadiestler9907
    @kaiyadiestler9907 5 місяців тому

    The Internet made this sound creepy but this is actually really awesome, like, just imagine where we'd be right now in terms of technology if we didn't have some dude who was like "I wanna make this computer sing"

  • @エミリアン
    @エミリアン Рік тому +1

    0:15 imagine if your in gorilla tag and a ghost player named daisy09 plays this song

  • @JASilvaTechAura
    @JASilvaTechAura 6 місяців тому

    *My according to that song gets more satisfied*

  • @user-yj2ct9iv9j
    @user-yj2ct9iv9j 6 місяців тому

    This is a banger

  • @luftmoth
    @luftmoth 2 роки тому +14

    h e s a w t h e c a t
    like if you get it

  • @DogeVR19
    @DogeVR19 3 місяці тому

    Daisy Bell is not a person, but rather the name of a song. It was one of the first songs to be sung using computer speech synthesis, specifically on an IBM 7094 computer in 1961. The song's lyrics include the famous lines "Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do, I'm half-crazy all for the love of you." Is there anything else I can help you with?

  • @nolinnellz3499
    @nolinnellz3499 10 місяців тому +1

    HE SAW THE CAT

  • @georgejones3826
    @georgejones3826 Рік тому

    I never knew v1 was that old

  • @MrZedblade
    @MrZedblade Місяць тому

    The voice is just a set of phonemes and pitch. It was impressive but not particularly difficult to do even in the early 60s. From a programming perspective the music was actually more difficult to program than the voice.

  • @amaanshaikh132
    @amaanshaikh132 5 місяців тому +1

    I wonder what my Rtx 4090 pc can sing 😂

  • @andreamekanak4571
    @andreamekanak4571 6 місяців тому +1

    Daisy09 😅

  • @bashplayz5805
    @bashplayz5805 6 місяців тому

    1961: OMG FINALLY YAY!!!!
    2023: NO NO NO NO NO NO PLEASE

  • @Gamerboy9000x
    @Gamerboy9000x 5 місяців тому

    MABYE AI Exited During the 60s

  • @hifijohn
    @hifijohn 2 місяці тому

    Just open the pod bay doors HAL

  • @GibbonChasersModerator
    @GibbonChasersModerator Рік тому

    Daisy09 created: 2022 january 12 happymonke: actually daisy09 undercover 2021 September 19

  • @d.a.elliottjr.367
    @d.a.elliottjr.367 4 місяці тому

    Bonzi Buddy used to sing this too.

  • @zeyndeyn87z43
    @zeyndeyn87z43 7 місяців тому

    Gorilla tag players could destroy their phone

  • @edenabad4216
    @edenabad4216 4 місяці тому

    To be, or not to be, That is the question. Whether it is over in the lines to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortunes. Or to take arms of hello ladies and gentlemen.
    Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do,
    I'm half crazy, All for the love of you,
    It won't be a stylish marriage, I Can't afford a carriage,
    But you'll look sweet, upon the seat of a bicycle built for 2!
    Thanks for listening.

  • @raihanmdghazali6260
    @raihanmdghazali6260 Рік тому +4

    to be honest if the song had an animation thats also created from the 60'S
    IT WOULD BE VERY CREEPY AND WILL GIVE YOU CHILLS

    • @elyenjoys
      @elyenjoys Рік тому +1

      blud this aint creepy 😔

    • @shaiazencot
      @shaiazencot Рік тому +1

      This isnt creepy this is sweet

  • @RonJackowski
    @RonJackowski Місяць тому

    I wish they never made this song I don't even know how it works there's no one voicing it

  • @blueyai405
    @blueyai405 4 місяці тому

    Me believing it was made with the voice of Stephen Hawking's computer 💀

  • @Terra_Gaze
    @Terra_Gaze 4 місяці тому

    It actually nice song

  • @ThaT-guy-293
    @ThaT-guy-293 5 місяців тому

    There's an incorrect information. It said a computer singing a song for the first time in the '50s when this happened in the 60s

  • @PalenesiaProShorts
    @PalenesiaProShorts 10 місяців тому

    It's cool

  • @SirJLobster
    @SirJLobster 6 місяців тому

    im have crazeeeee

  • @rharrold
    @rharrold Рік тому +1

    Written in 1892 by Harry Dacre in 1892, the story goes that when Dacre took a bicycle to the USA he had to pay import duty and on hearing this a friend of his remarked that it was a good thing the bicycle wasn't 'made for two' otherwise he would have to pay double.
    Dacre was apparently struck by the phrase 'bicycle made for two' and thanks to this passing comment and the fame of the British socialite and philanthropist 'Daisy' Greville, 'Daisy Bell' was born.
    'Daisy Bell' lyrics
    Daisy, Daisy give me your answer do.
    I’m half crazy all for the love of you.
    It won’t be a stylish marriage,
    I can’t afford a carriage.
    But you’ll look sweet,
    Upon the seat,
    Of a bicycle made for two.
    Michael, Micheal, here is your answer true.
    I’m not crazy all for the love of you.
    There won’t be any marriage,
    If you can’t afford a carriage.
    ‘Cause I’ll be switched,
    If I get hitched,
    On a bicycle built for two!”
    (Source: www.classical-music.com/features/works/daisy-bell-lyrics/)