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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]
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".
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". [ 5 ] Björk described the writing as "very difficult" because "the character in the film was suffering and going through hardcore tough times and at the ...
Björk Guðmundsdóttir was born on 21 November 1965 in Reykjavík. [12] She was raised by her mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir (7 October 1946 – 25 October 2018 [13]), an activist who protested against the development of Iceland's Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant, [14] having divorced from Björk's father, Guðmundur Gunnarsson, an electrician and union leader, after Björk was born.
[21] Simon Reynolds from the New York Times described the lyrics as a "parallel between the beastliness of humanity and the bestiality of nature. [22] 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."
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Debut Live is a live album by Icelandic singer Björk.While featuring live versions of songs from Debut, the album does not feature the songs as performed during the Debut tour from 1993–1994.