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Written by Björk, Nellee Hooper & Marius De Vries. Produced by Nellee Hooper and Björk. Released in February 1996 as the fourth single from Björk’s second album, ‘Post’. In June 2002 bjork.com organised a webvote, in order to compile the tracklist for the current ‘Greatest Hits’ cd, and ‘Hyperballad’ was voted as the most popular track. The video is directed by Michel Gondry, born in Versailles France. ‘Hyperballad’ was his fourth videoclip for Björk since their first project ‘Human Behaviour’ back in 1993. Resulting in a imaginary clip which is almost impossible to interpret the first time you see it. “Will my eyes be closed or open?”.
“Basically, ‘Hyper-ballad’ is about having this kind of bag going on and three years have passed and you’re not high anymore. You have to make an effort consciously and nature’s not helping you anymore. So you wake up early in the morning and you sneak outside and you do something horrible and destructive, break whatever you can find, watch a horrible film, read a bit of William Burroughs, something really gross and come home and be like, ‘Hi honey, how are you?’.”
“Basically, ‘Hyper-ballad’ is about having this kind of bag going on and three years have passed and you’re not high anymore. You have to make an effort consciously and nature’s not helping you anymore. So you wake up early in the morning and you sneak outside and you do something horrible and destructive, break whatever you can find, watch a horrible film, read a bit of William Burroughs, something really gross and come home and be like, ‘Hi honey, how are you?’.”
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joannet4 wrote:
just love it
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falsewander wrote:
I never appreciated it until I read the lyrics.
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kla_ wrote:
isn't it hyper-ballad? or something
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farangstar wrote:
one of the most fucked-up love songs ever.
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czasomierz wrote:
So mystic...
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icaromfs wrote:
LOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT !
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jimbo-hansen wrote:
the best one ever!!!
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LegyLady wrote:
my second favorite Bjork song (1st is human behavior)
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cordella85 wrote:
LOVE IT!
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guy444 wrote:
i forgot how stunning this song truly is
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w_1_7 wrote:
I think someone said that this song should be nomInated as one of the best songs ever, I'd like to second that.
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ci-el wrote:
Amazing.
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draney13 wrote:
beautiful
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muteoff wrote:
Never really listened to Bjork that much but this is a great song.
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Constellation66 wrote:
Stunning song. This was the my first Bjork song I ever heard (along with the music video) and it was stunning. have been a massive fan ever since. this song is just fantastic, one of her best efforts!
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Cosmics1979 wrote:
One of Bjorks best songs ever...great :-)
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trent107 wrote:
This is one of my favourite songs. Ever.
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Snooz wrote:
This song is for me one of the most gorgeous by Bjørk, hypnotic, enigmatic, soothing. I often feel I hear parts of this song copied by others magnet (last day of summer) and one by Frou Frou.
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pearson13 wrote:
I really like this version, but prefer the faster version. Her voice is amazing
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arulpragasam wrote:
this is the first bjork song i heard!
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