It's Oh So Quiet
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| “It's Oh So Quiet” | |||||
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| Single by Björk from the album Post |
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| Released | November 14th 1995 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Genre | Musical, Big Band, Jazz | ||||
| Length | 3:41 | ||||
| Label | One Little Indian | ||||
| Writer(s) | Hans Lang, Bert Reisfeld | ||||
| Producer | Björk Nellee Hooper |
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"It's Oh So Quiet" performed by Björk is a renamed cover of the Betty Hutton song "Blow a Fuse". It remains her biggest hit, reaching #4 in the UK and spending 15 weeks on the UK singles chart, generating plenty of mainstream airplay. Fuelled by the Spike Jonze-directed music video clip, the single also shot Björk into the spotlight in the United States, peaking at #109 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom the single has been certified as Gold, having sold upwards of 400,000 copies. [1]
The song is performed by Jillian Berard, Scarlett Pomers, Tiffany Takara, Melissa Arnold and Cassie Silva in the movie Happy, Texas, staring Steve Zahn and William H. Macy and is also featured at the ending of each episode of the Dutch comedy-drama Evelien. Lucy Woodward covered this song for the Disney film Ice Princess. (It is also included on the films soundtrack) Playhouse Disney UK Promo
No Age did a tribute to Bjork and this song.
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[edit] Music video
The music video, directed by Spike Jonze, features Björk emerging from an extremely dirty washroom in an auto shop. She strolls down the main street of an American town and she is joined in song and dance, musical-style, by the local residents she meets along the way, including a group of elderly women, a dancing mailbox, and people dressed as Roman columns. Björk herself performs some tap-dancing.
The pace of the video corresponds with the song's tempo—during the slow portions of the song, the video runs in slow-motion but returns to regular speed for the uptempo parts of the song. The video ends with her floating up into the air in front of the camera while the entire town dances behind her.
In October 2007, MuchMoreMusic placed "It's Oh So Quiet" as number 8 of the Top 40 Most Memorable Music Videos on "Listed".
[edit] Single track listing
[edit] CD1
- "It's Oh So Quiet" (3:41)
- "You've Been Flirting Again" [Flirt is a Promise Mix] (3:23)
- "Hyperballad" [Over the Edge Mix] (4:34)
- "Sweet Sweet Intuition" [Exclusive Remix] (6:06)
[edit] CD2
- "It's Oh So Quiet" (3:41)
- "Hyperballad" [Brodsky Quartet Version] (4:21)
- "Hyperballad" [Girls Blouse Mix] (5:07)
- "My Spine" (2:33)
[edit] Charts
[edit] External links
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