Violently Happy
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| "Violently Happy" | ||
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| Single by Björk | ||
| from the album Debut | ||
| Released | March 1994 | |
| Format | CD, 12" | |
| Genre | Pop, Electronica | |
| Length | 3:35 (7" edit) 4:59 (album) |
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| Label | One Little Indian | |
| Producer(s) | Nellee Hooper | |
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| Björk singles chronology | ||
| "Big Time Sensuality" (1993) |
"Violently Happy" (1994) |
"Army of Me" (1995) |
"Violently Happy" is a song by Björk, released as the fifth and final single from her album Debut in 1993.
The music video, featuring people dancing with Björk in a padded room of a mental institution, was directed by Jean-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 overlaid on the soundtrack to coincide with each time someone on-screen used their scissors.
The song peaked at #13 in the UK and reached #4 on the US dance charts.
[edit] Single track listing
- "Violently Happy" (3:35)
- "Anchor Song" [Acoustic] (3:20)
- "Come to Me" [Acoustic] (5:10)
- "Human Behaviour" [Acoustic] (3:00)
[edit] Remixes
- 7 inch edit
- 12 inch vocal Nellee 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 dub
[edit] External links
| Björk |
| Discography |
| Albums: Björk | Debut | Post | Homogenic | Vespertine | Medúlla |
| Compilation Albums and Boxsets: Telegram | Greatest Hits | Family Tree | Army of Me: Remixes and Covers | (____surrounded): |
| Soundtrack Albums and Live: Selmasongs | Live Box | Drawing Restraint 9 |
| Collaboration Albums: Gling-Gló |
| Singles: "Human Behaviour" | "Venus as a Boy" | "Play Dead" | "Big Time Sensuality" | "Violently Happy" | "Army of Me" | "Isobel" "It's Oh So Quiet" | "Hyper-Ballad" | "Possibly Maybe" | "I Miss You" | "Jóga" | "Bachelorette" | "Hunter" | "Alarm Call" | "All Is Full of Love" "Hidden Place" | "Pagan Poetry" | "Cocoon" | "It's in Our Hands" | "Oceania" | "Who Is It" | "Triumph of a Heart" | "Where Is the Line" |
| Films |
| The Juniper Tree | Dancer in the Dark | Drawing Restraint 9 |
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