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About This Track
Written by Björk, 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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Shouts
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Ottavianoants wrote:
BRINGS YA BACK. She always will look 9 years old
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alecruzross wrote:
I agree, a masterpiece!
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MatheusDnvs wrote:
I've cried so many times with this music, it's a masterpiece.
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Helawolf wrote:
Poignant lyrics, makes one think if she collaborated with Aphex Twin. Kills suicidal thought each time right back to it's origin, it's maker.
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liyoh wrote:
those lyrics tear me apart. how the hell does she do this? (5)
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okbabylol wrote:
those lyrics tear me apart. how the hell does she do this? (4) The lyrics just have so much meaning. Her best song!
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mcflyyoubojo wrote:
Her best song
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nicolassth wrote:
PERFEITA!!! Como é que eu não pensei nisso antes? rs. É tão linda a letra...
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yurisuxx wrote:
those lyrics tear me apart. how the hell does she do this? (3)
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shagski wrote:
my #2
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kelspooky wrote:
those lyrics tear me apart. how the hell does she do this? (2)
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kelspooky wrote:
Personal favorite. <3
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error_2 wrote:
those lyrics tear me apart. how the hell does she do this?
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andrewirving wrote:
<3 think this was the song that made me a bjork convert :)
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lewi91 wrote:
nothing compares from her... a timeless classic.
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SuperChogs wrote:
I can't decide which album is better, Post or Debut. Probably Post...
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Lubrifie wrote:
maravillosa
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Damita_Stev wrote:
Arguably her best song
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Filterone wrote:
nicht von dieser welt
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islandunderdog wrote:
I just Love Her......:)..
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