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"Venus as a Boy" is a song by Icelandic musician Björk, released as the second single from her 1993 album, Debut. The song was written by Björk and was produced by Nellee Hooper , who produced the majority of her debut album.
"Venus as a Boy" was the second single, released in August with a music video directed by Sophie Muller. [1] [49] "Play Dead" was released in August 1993 as a non-album single, that would be included on later releases of the album. [1] "Play Dead" had an accompanying music video directed by Danny Cannon. [12]
A recording of the song with new lyrics was used in a 1988 commercial for the Republican National Committee accompanying images of the 1979 oil crisis. [11] [12] Icelandic singer/composer Björk recorded an acoustic harp cover of I Remember You on the B-side of her 1993 single, "Venus as a Boy".
Björk was asked to write the melody and lyrics for the song, while Wobble wrote the bass part and Arnold composed the score, which Björk described as a "greatest hits of what's in the film". [ 4 ] Björk described the writing as "very difficult" because "the character in the film was suffering and going through hardcore tough times and at the ...
In 2010, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music awarded her with the prestigious Polar Music Prize, considered the equivalent of the "Nobel Prize of Music" in Sweden, praising "her deeply personal music and lyrics, her precise arrangements and her unique voice".
[20] Simon Reynolds from the New York Times described the lyrics as a "parallel between the beastliness of humanity and the bestiality of nature. [21] Johnny Dee from NME noted that "a swampy kettle drum jazz vibe circles around Bjork's rasping larynx, trying to find a melody but eventually settling for the search."
The song received a heavy promotion, and as such, Björk did numerous TV appearances. On 8 August 1993, she appeared on the UK show The Beat, performing the song along with "Venus as a Boy" and "Come to Me". Björk performed the song live on other British shows like Dance Energy, Top of the Pops and Smash Hits Poll Winners Party.
The set consists of a book of lyrics entitled Words, five 3-inch compact discs of rare and previously unreleased material, and a regular-sized compact disc of greatest hits selected by Björk herself. Family Tree was released in November 2002, concurrent with the release of Björk's Greatest Hits album, in which the tracks were selected by her ...