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“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.
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  • andrezapecanha

    Best song on Volta. [3]

    24 days ago

  • rrrrrmmmmm

    Don't let them do that to you

    last month

  • ACrackedSmile

    @gabrielbartz_ I'm not sure how a language can be '' oppressive '' but anyway, I'm pretty sure Mandarin is the most spoken language in the world, not English.

    last month

  • santichrist

    Raise your flag HIGHER HIGHER!

    last month

  • gabrielbartz_

    This song will be more powerfull if was in icelandic. I can't hear "protect your language" and ignore the fact that she's singing it in the most opressive language in this world. :/

    March 2012

  • Dandy-Jon

    Punk as Fuck!

    January 2012

  • isabela_stefany

    declare independence, don't let them chupar seu c*

    January 2012

  • Kurtps

    Damn colonists!

    January 2012

  • Abyx

    Sounds like Kap Bambino. I like it.

    December 2011

  • obscurecendo

    powerful

    December 2011

  • finalcunt

    raise your fuuuuuck!

    December 2011

  • mgpixlab

    Yoko Ono anyone?

    December 2011

  • otaviozera

    Tibet Tibet

    December 2011

  • bassarisca

    Woah!

    November 2011

  • mhernandorena

    industrial

    November 2011

  • FelicianoNeitzk

    <3

    November 2011

  • Kolejarz93

    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!" :/

    November 2011

  • FelicianoNeitzk

    Fodastica!!!!!!!!

    November 2011

  • KiingNothing

    protect your sandwish

    October 2011

  • BrenoLeonardo

    Best song on Volta. [2] Foda <3

    October 2011
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