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About This Track
“Declare Independence” is a song written and recorded by Icelandic singer Björk. The track was released as the third single from her sixth full-length studio album, Volta. The single was released on January 1, 2008. Björk’s dedicating of a live performance of the song in Shanghai, China to the Tibetan freedom movement caused international controversy. It failed to chart in the UK, becoming the second single in a row to do so, perhaps, once again, of the lack of a traditional physical release.
The song was originally an instrumental track by British musician and frequent musical collaborator Mark Bell, performed at his live shows as early as November, 2006. Björk later added her vocals on top. The lyrics are dedicated to the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Declare Independence was originally meant to be released as the second single from Volta in August, 2007, but due to the worldwide success of the album Björk had to perform more international promotion work than her label One Little Indian had originally planned, meaning that the previously-planned video shoot for “Declare Independence” with Michel Gondry in London couldn’t take place. Björk has performed the song on every show of the worldwide Volta tour, usually as the very last song of the concert. The live performances make heavy use of the ReacTable, an electro-acoustic music instrument with a tabletop Tangible User Interface.
The song was originally an instrumental track by British musician and frequent musical collaborator Mark Bell, performed at his live shows as early as November, 2006. Björk later added her vocals on top. The lyrics are dedicated to the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Declare Independence was originally meant to be released as the second single from Volta in August, 2007, but due to the worldwide success of the album Björk had to perform more international promotion work than her label One Little Indian had originally planned, meaning that the previously-planned video shoot for “Declare Independence” with Michel Gondry in London couldn’t take place. Björk has performed the song on every show of the worldwide Volta tour, usually as the very last song of the concert. The live performances make heavy use of the ReacTable, an electro-acoustic music instrument with a tabletop Tangible User Interface.
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Dandy-Jon wrote:
Punk as Fuck!
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isabela_stefany wrote:
declare independence, don't let them chupar seu c*
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Kurtps wrote:
Damn colonists!
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Abyx wrote:
Sounds like Kap Bambino. I like it.
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obscurecendo wrote:
powerful
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finalcunt wrote:
raise your fuuuuuck!
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mgpixlab wrote:
Yoko Ono anyone?
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otaviozera wrote:
Tibet Tibet
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bassarisca wrote:
Woah!
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mhernandorena wrote:
industrial
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Sweetboy_88 wrote:
<33
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FelicianoNeitzk wrote:
<3
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Kolejarz93 wrote:
Am I the only one who sees that this song totally, utterly SUCKS? You may say it's an "alternative" music and "I can't understand its genius", but look... The beat is dumb, the text is even dumber (I haven't heard such cliches for years), and Bjork's accent is like... uhm... "Raish yo flaaaaa!" :/
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FelicianoNeitzk wrote:
Fodastica!!!!!!!!
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KiingNothing wrote:
protect your sandwish
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BrenoLeonardo wrote:
Best song on Volta. [2] Foda <3
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katharsis_ wrote:
my consciousness is crumbling
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strom-z wrote:
it actually really helps me sometimes as a personal manifesto. but I don't think the album version, nor the video are too good...BUT this is a killer live track. at this point, bj\ork was totally right Volta was better live (with the exception of wanderlust and dull flame to me)
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niqart wrote:
The Worst track she ever made....
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unfortunately7 wrote:
PROTECT YOUR LANGUAGE. [2]
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