Vehicle horn

A vehicle horn is a sound-making device in an automobile, truck, or other vehicle. The vehicle operator uses the horn to warn others of the vehicle's approach or presence, or to call attention to some hazard. Automobiles, trucks, ships, and trains are required by law in some countries to have horns. Bicycles in many areas are also legally required to have an audible warning device, but not universally, and not always a horn.

Types

Bicycle

Bicycles often have a classic bulb horn, operated by squeezing a rubber bulb attached to a metal horn. Squeezing the bulb forces air through a steel reed located in the throat of the horn, making it vibrate, producing a single note. The flaring horn matches the acoustic impedance of the reed to the open air, radiating the sound waves efficiently, making the sound louder. Other types of horns used on bicycles include battery-operated horns (sometimes even car horns on 12-volt circuits are incorporated), and small air horns powered by a small can of compressed gas.

Car Horn (song)

"Car Horn" is a non-album single by rapper Common and producer Mark the 45 King. Released in 1999 by Groove Attack Productions, the song features free-associative battle raps. It was remixed by Madlib for Common's white label release Common Remixes.

Track listing

A-side

B-side

See also

Y Not

Y Not is the sixteenth studio album by Ringo Starr, released on 12 January 2010 on the UM^e and Hip-O Records labels.

Music, lyrics and recording

"Peace Dream" features former Beatle Paul McCartney on bass; another Beatle, John Lennon is referenced in the song. "The Other Side of Liverpool" is about Starr's pre-Beatles days in Liverpool. "Walk with You" features shared vocals with McCartney. Starr duets with Joss Stone on closing track "Who's Your Daddy".

In addition to McCartney, the album also includes collaborations with Joe Walsh, Van Dyke Parks, Ben Harper and Richard Marx. It was the first album of his career which Starr primarily produced (he had previously co-produced several albums).

Release

The first single from the album, "Walk with You", released 22 December 2009.

In the US, the release of the album perpetuated the fact that The Beatles, either as a group, or as solo artists, have released or charted at least one song or album every calendar year since 1964.

Reception

The album debuted at number 58 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, with 7,965 copies sold in the US during the first week of release. The album also charted on the Top Internet Albums chart in the US. As of February 2010, the album has sold over 30,000 copies worldwide.