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The lyrics speak of Björk feeling a love so intense that it is actually dangerous, requesting that her lover return to "calm her down". Musically, it is an upbeat song. "Violently Happy" peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart, [3] number ten on the UK Dance Singles Chart and number four on the US Billboard dance charts. [4]
Written by Björk and staple collaborator Nellee Hooper and produced by Hooper, "Big Time Sensuality" is a house-influenced song that helped boost Björk's popularity worldwide, particularly in the US, where she charted for the first time. In Iceland, it was a number-one hit. The lyrics deal with her relationship with her friends and Hooper.
[48] "Violently Happy" is the most hardcore techno track on the album. [48] In the song, over "brisk house beats" Björk sings in a stammering fashion, as she "struggles to express feelings of excitement so intense she seems on the brink of leaping out of her skin."
It marks Björk's first publication in more than ten years, following her 2001 eponymous autobiography. [ 1 ] Archives was overseen by Björk and MoMA curator Klaus Biesenbach , who wrote the book's introduction; together they recruited writing participation from some of Björk's collaborators, including Chris Cunningham , musicology professor ...
Björk with a diamond in her mouth in the music video. The first seconds of the music video show a young man in cryonic slumber. It then cuts to Björk, wearing a black karate gi, driving a large vehicle through a city. The passers-by seem to ignore the mass of the vehicle.
DJ Unk's Big Oomp Records label and his wife, Sherkita Long-Platt, revealed he died on Jan. 24
Scott Plagenhoef from Stylus Magazine said "On the hits collection, the crumbs for the completist include two singles mixes—the sublime “All Is Full of Love” and four-to-the-floor “Violently Happy”—a wide released for her John Barryesque David Arnold collaboration, “Play Dead,” and a new song, the gorgeous “It’s in Our Hands ...
What one nurse learned about humanity amidst the Ebola epidemic