What Is It?
Today’s song is the song Bachelorette by the Icelandic musician Björk from her 1997 music album Homogenic:
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From The Album – Homogenic (1997)
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Song
Bachelorette (Family Tree Version)
Artist
Bjork
Album
Bachelorette
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Later with Jools Holland (Björk DVD)
“Hyperballad”
“Venus as a Boy”
“Possibly Maybe”
“Bachelorette”
“Hunter”
“Jóga”
“So Broken”
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Song
Bachelorette
Artist
Bjork
Album
Homogenic Live
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UMG, The Orchard Music (on behalf of One Little Independent); UMPG Publishing, ASCAP, Kobalt Music Publishing, União Brasileira de Compositores, UMPI, Polaris Hub AB, Sony ATV Publishing, LatinAutorPerf, LatinAutor – UMPG, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA – UBEM, and 11 Music Rights Societies
Official video for bachelorette by björk – HD reupload
directed by michel gondry.
Written by björk/sigurjón birgir sigurdsson (aka sjón).® 1997 BjörkOverseas Ltd/One Little Indian Records Ltd.
Provided to YouTube by Atlantic Records/ATG
Bachelorette · Bjork
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℗ 2002 Elektra Entertainment for the United States and Canada. All rights reserved.
Producer: BJORK
Masterer: Howie Weinberg
Mixer: Mark ‘Spike’ Stent
Writer: BJORK
Writer: Sigurjon Birgir SigurdssonAuto-generated by YouTube.
Here is how Wikipedia describes this song:
“Bachelorette is a song recorded by Icelandic singer Björk for her third studio album Homogenic (1997).[a]
Released as its second single on 1 December 1997, the song was originally written for a film by Bernardo Bertolucci, but the project was withdrawn.
The lyrics for “Bachelorette” were written by Sjón, a friend and collaborator of the singer.
The song’s accompanying music video was noted for its surrealistic art direction, leading to a win at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards.
Music And Lyrics
Björk wrote about the writing process of “Bachelorette” on her website:
Because I wanted the lyrics to be so epic, I got my friend Sjón – who’s a poet in Iceland – to write them.
We sat together at the kitchen table and drank a lot of red wine and I told him the whole story for hours and days, and he wrote the words from that story.[3]
“Bachelorette” is emotionally charged and theatrical, following Homogenic‘s theme of “beats and strings”, but also includes instruments such as timbales, timpani, Alp horn and accordion, among others, which helped make the song stronger and more dramatic.
Björk described the song’s lyrical theme as “Isobel goes to the city”.
What Is It About?
I’m a fountain of blood
In the shape of a girl
You’re the bird on the brim
Hypnotized by the WhirlDrink me, make me feel real
Wet your beak in the stream
Game we’re playing is life
Love is a two-way dreamLeave me now, return tonight
Tide will show you the way
If you forget my name
You will go astray
Like a killer whale
Trapped in a bayI’m a path of cinders
Burning under your feet
You’re the one who walks me
I’m your one way streetI’m a whisper in water
Secret for you to hear
You are the one who grows distant
When I beckon you nearLeave me now, return tonight
The tide will show you the way
If you forget my name
You will go astray
Like a killer whale
Trapped in a bayI’m a tree that grows hearts
One for each that you take
You’re the intruder hand
I’m the branch that you break
Hum-yeah!Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Bjork Gudmundsdottir / Sirgurjon Birgir Sigurdsson
Bachelorette lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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