Untitled 1 (A.K.A. Vaka)
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| "Untitled 1" | ||
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| Song by Sigur Rós | ||
| from the album ( ) | ||
| Released | May 2003 | |
| Recorded | Sundlaugin | |
| Genre | Post-rock | |
| Length | 6:38 | |
| Label | Smekkleysa | |
| Writer(s) | Sigur Rós | |
| Producer(s) | Sigur Rós | |
- The correct title of this article is untitled #1 (A.K.A. Vaka). The substitution or omission of a # sign is because of technical restrictions.
Untitled #1 (A.K.A. Vaka) was Sigur Rós' 2003 single and DVD, from the October 2002 album ( ).
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[edit] Track listing
- "untitled #1" (a.k.a vaka) — 6:43
- track 2 — 4:38
- track 3 — 2:47
- track 4 - 4:22
- The band had closed their set with tracks 2 and 3 from this single during their spring 2003 tour, calling the two songs "Smáskífa" (single) on their setlist.
- Track 2 was originally meant to be a remix of Vaka but it turned out into a different song altogether, although some remnants of Vaka's melody can still be heard.
- Track 3 features a solo on piano by drummer Orri Páll Dýrason.
- The DVD accompanying the 5" CD contains the first three music videos the band has made: Svefn-g-englar, Viðrar vel til loftárása and Vaka. The menu screen has a video which the band shot of some birds on a wire, with track 4 from the single playing.
- The single was also released as a 10" limited vinyl gatefold sleeve with an artwork stencil.
[edit] Music video
Directed by Floria Sigismondi, the music video shows a post-apocalyptic world in which children, attending school, get ready to go outside and play in the nuclear snow. The children, after putting on many layers of clothes as well as ominous gas-masks, go outside to play. The play of the children is characterized by fun, and destruction of the old world from which they came. The final scene shows a little girl breaking her gas mask and dying in the nuclear snow, finally seeing the world for its true beauty outside of the glass confines the children have been forced to use. The video won the "Best Video" award at the 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards in Edinburgh, Scotland. [1]
[edit] Trivia
- As late as November 12, 2006, Untitled #1 remained fifteenth in the Canadian singles chart, having spent a total of 160 weeks in the top 20 [2].
[edit] References
- ^ Akwagyiram, Alexis. "World's pop stars descend on Edinburgh for awards", The Guardian, November 7, 2003. Retrieved on 2006-11-15.
- ^ CANOE JAM! Showbiz. Singles: Top 20. Retrieved on November 2, 2006.
