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To fall in love and be in a relationship for a long time is like giving a lot of parts of you away because the relationship becomes more important than you as individuals." [7] She also explained how the song relates to the hiding of an aggressive part of oneself from a lover.
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.
A live recording of her rendition of Tina Charles' 1976 song "I Love to Love", sung when she was 10 years old, led to the signing of a record deal with Fálkinn. Her first eponymous solo release (1977), nowadays considered juvenilia, consisted of cover songs. Nonetheless, the album included her first composition, "Jóhannes Kjarval".
The song, renamed "(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You", was released on May 10, 1993 by Virgin Records, and eventually climbed to No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, staying there for seven weeks, becoming their 4th and last top 10 hit. It also topped the charts of 11 other countries, including Australia, Austria, the Netherlands, New ...
"I Just Fall in Love Again" is a song written by Larry Herbstritt, with co-writers Steve Dorff, Harry Lloyd, and Gloria Sklerov. Herbstritt had composed the melody and chords for the chorus and a chord progression for the verse, which he took to his friend Steve Dorff. Harry Lloyd and Gloria Sklerov completed the lyrics.
This version has since become infamous as it is synonymous with Bjork's stalker Ricardo López who in 1996, after having mailed a letter bomb loaded with sulphuric acid to Björk's London home, filmed his suicide whilst listening to the song in a disturbing video diary [13] [14] which later became public after being released to journalists. [15]
"It's Oh So Quiet" is a song by American singer Betty Hutton, released in 1951 as the B-side to the single "Murder, He Says". [1] It is a cover of the German song "Und jetzt ist es still", [2] [3] performed by Horst Winter in 1948, with music written by Austrian composer Hans Lang and German lyrics by Erich Meder. [4]
Homogenic is the third studio album by Icelandic recording artist Björk. [a] It was released on 22 September 1997 by One Little Indian Records.Produced by Björk, Mark Bell, Guy Sigsworth, Howie B, and Markus Dravs, the album marked a stylistic change, focusing on similar-sounding music combining electronic beats and string instruments with songs in tribute to her native country Iceland.