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“At the time, I was going to move to London for a couple of months to record an album. I ended up doing two records and touring the world. I’d never been so long away from Iceland, so when I started preparing for Homogenic, it was very obviously supposed to be a love album to Iceland nature. I’d learned enough about studios and beats to make modern Icelandic pop music. It’s isn’t Icelandic music trying to be English or American. I was doing a lot of experimenting with beats trying to make them sound volcanic. With this song, I really had a sort of National Anthem in mind. Not the National Anthem but certain classic Icelandic songs - very romantic, very proud.”

Jóga was composed by Björk. It was produced by her and Mark Bell at the El Cortijo studios in Spain. The lyrics for it were written by Björk’s long-term collaborator Sjón. Jóga became the first single from her third studio album ‘Homogenic’. The video was shot on location in Iceland by the French videodirector Michel Gondry, using a 16mm handheld camera, and it was subsequently digitally processed into luscious computer-animated landscapes, alive and moving in synchronization with the beats of the song.
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  • humannaturegirl

    :) beautiful

    Sunday evening

  • Lukestratton100

    shellybyrne: it sort of like b-yurk

    last week

  • gungh0

    oh wow

    last week

  • sebastiancrue

    very perfect

    17 days ago

  • Musicplayer91

    Love This Song!!!

    21 days ago

  • felipssucks

    My favorite ♥

    24 days ago

  • mightygorilla

    i wonder if my Joga will ever come

    last month

  • gabrielfueraru

    ciao a tutii

    last month

  • fameuxcoups

    oh please does anyone know how on earth I could get unaddicted to this song please

    last month

  • upgrade18

    words can not describe how this song makes me feel. :)

    last month

  • christles

    Wow haven't listened to this one in forever. Still gorgeous.

    last month

  • destonttanner

    Are you reading the Poetic Edda?

    last month

  • shellbyrne

    how do you pronounce her name?

    March 2012

  • vaccinationist

    words can not describe how good this song is. [10]

    March 2012

  • TeHEnigma

    Cannot get over how bloody brilliant this track is

    March 2012

  • TeHEnigma

    I'd really heard Björk's bat shit crazy stuff before - then I found this song. Love.

    March 2012

  • Heph0815

    emotional landscapes, they puzzle me. then the riddle gets solved, and you push me up to this state of emergency brilliant song!

    March 2012

  • FreeMHZ

    <3

    March 2012

  • Rahzzy

    Thank you, Björk.

    March 2012

  • Ghost24fr

    how beautiful ^^

    February 2012
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