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"Human Behaviour" is a song by Icelandic recording artist Björk, released on 7 June 1993 by One Little Indian and Elektra as the lead single from her debut studio album, Debut (1993). [3] Produced by Björk's longtime collaborator Nellee Hooper , it reflects upon human nature and emotion from a non-human animal's point of view .
The video was based on an original idea by Björk, who saw "Bachelorette" as a continuation of the character portrayed in "Isobel" and "Human Behaviour". The song lyrics of "Isobel" were also written by Björk's longstanding co-writer Sjón. As Gondry describes it, "this character is leaving the forest and she decides to go to the city to have ...
The EP, totaling 41 minutes and 41 seconds in length, consists of six remixes of four different tracks from Björk's 1993 album Debut.The collection begins with the English electronic group Underworld's remix of "Human Behaviour", where, according to AllMusic's Neg Raggett, the swing "stutter" of the original recording's percussion is replaced by "crisp disco" beats and high tempo funk loops.
In 1993 Björk contacted French director Michel Gondry to create a music video for "Human Behaviour" after seeing a video he made for his own band Oui Oui. [70] "Human Behaviour" was the first single taken from Debut, and was issued a month before the album's release in June 1993. [1] Three more singles were released from Debut in 1993.
The lyrics of the song are about Björk's brother, as revealed by the singer, [14] and show Björk daring him to move up and find a job to keep his life on, and also for him to not fall into bad things and learn to defend himself: "It's actually written to a relative of mine who had been a bit out of order for a while. I'm not sure why I wrote it.
Johnny Cigarettes from NME also named "Venus as a Boy" Single of the Week, praising the "bizarrely gorgeous, head-spinningly eclectic and exotic instrumentation and arrangement", Bjork's "incredible voice, more startling and spine-stroking than it's been since "Birthday" sent everyone into wibbling raptures", and her "beautifully peculiar way ...
Icelandic singer and songwriter Björk has recorded more than two hundred songs for ten studio albums, two soundtrack albums, a compilation album, six remix albums and three collaboration albums.
However, Steve Granlee from The Boston Globe commented that "Hidden Place" was "a subtle update" of "Human Behaviour", but "it won't have any radio appeal". [16] Katy Widder of PopMatters shared a similar sentiment, saying the song "is by no means top 40 material".