- Violently Happy
Infobox Single
Name = Violently Happy
Artist =Björk
from Album = Debut
B-side =
Released =7 March ,1994
Format =CD ,12"
Recorded =
Genre = House,Electronica
Length = 3:35 (7" edit)
4:59 (album)
Label =One Little Indian
Writer =
Producer =Nellee Hooper
Certification =
Last single = "Big Time Sensuality "
(1993)
This single = "Violently Happy"
(1994)
Next single = "Army of Me "
(1995)"Violently Happy" is a song by
Björk , released as the fifth and final single from her album "Debut" in1993 . The lyrics speak of Bjork feeling a love so intense that it is actually dangerous, requesting that her lover return to "calm her down."The song peaked at #13 in the UK and reached #4 on the US dance charts.
Music video
The
music video , featuring people dancing with Björk in a padded room of a mental institution, was directed byJean-Baptiste Mondino . Various mental patients (including Björk) are shown destroying stuffed animals, cutting their hair, shaving their heads, dancing about, or acting crazy or emotional. Most of them carry scissors and a snipping sound was clipped and overlaid on the soundtrack to coincide with each time someone on-screen used their scissors.ingle track listing
CD 1
#"Violently Happy" (7" Edit) - 3:35
#"Anchor Song" (Acoustic Version) - 3:20
#"Come to Me" (Acoustic Version) - 5:22
#"Human Behaviour " (Acoustic Version) - 3:00CD 2
#"Violently Happy" (Even Tempered) - 4:33
#"Violently Happy" (Long) - 6:08
#"Violently Happy" (Masters At Work 12") - 6:03
#"Violently Happy" (12" Vocal) - 4:53
#"Violently Happy" (Well Tempered) - 5:45
#"Violently Happy" (Other Mix) - 7:30
#"Violenlty Happy" (Vox Dub) - 4:39Charts
Remixes
*7 inch edit
*12 inch vocalNellee Hooper /full vox mix
*Basso Hitto dubbo
*Domestic mix
*Fluke Even Tempered/Even Tempered vocal/Short Tempered
*Fluke Well Tempered/Well Tempered vocal
*Massey mix long/12 inch remix
*Massey other mix
*Masters At Work 12 inch
*Masters At Work dubExternal links
* [http://unit.bjork.com/77island/77island/violentlyhappy.htm List of "Violently Happy" releases]
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