Wanderlust (Björk song)

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“Wanderlust”
“Wanderlust” cover
Single by Björk
from the album Volta
Released April 7, 2008 (Digital)
June 12, 2008 (Physical)
Format Discbox
Digital EP
Genre Alternative, Electronica
Label One Little Indian
Writer(s) Björk, Sjón
Producer Björk
Björk singles chronology
"Declare Independence"
(2008)		 "Wanderlust"
(2008)

"Wanderlust" is a song written and recorded by Icelandic singer Björk. The track was released digitally as the fourth single[1] from her sixth full-length studio album, Volta, on April 7th.

White labels of the single were issued in February 2008.[2] The physical single was released on June 12[3] after an almost 2 month delay.

Björk has described "Wanderlust" as being the heart of Volta[4], and has said that the song is about "the state of looking for something and almost knowing you're never going to find it" and that it makes fun of her hunger for "something new.”[5]

[edit] Tracklist

The limited edition "multiformat" box set consists of a sticker-sealed fold out box with five colored nesting boxes containing two 12" vinyl singles, a CD and a DVD in colored paper sleeves, a set of 3D glasses and a stickers from the music video.[6]

[edit] 12" Double Heavy Weight Vinyl

  1. "Wanderlust" (Matthew Herbert Remix)
  2. "Wanderlust" (Mark Stent Mix)
  3. "Wanderlust" (Ratatat Remix)
  4. "Wanderlust" (Mark Stent Instrumental)

[edit] CD

  1. "Wanderlust" (Matthew Herbert Remix)
  2. "Wanderlust" (Mark Stent Mix)
  3. "Wanderlust" (Ratatat Remix)
  4. "Wanderlust" (Mark Stent Instrumental)

[edit] DVD

  1. "Wanderlust" (3D Music video)
  2. "Wanderlust" (2D Music video)

[edit] Digital iTunes EP

  1. "Wanderlust" (Mark Stent Mix)
  2. "Wanderlust" (Matthew Herbit Remix)
  3. "Wanderlust" (Ratatat Remix)
  4. "Wanderlust" (Mark Stent Instrumental)
  5. "Wanderlust" (Music Video)

In some territories, the music video is replaced with the radio edit of "Wanderlust."

[edit] Music video

Björk in the music video.
Björk in the music video.

The music video, directed by Encyclopedia Pictura in New York City in stereoscopic 3D,[7] involves a mixture of large scale puppeteering, live action acrobatics, miniatures, and CG. It was choreographed by Chris Elam, artistic director of Misnomer Dance, and features Brynne Billingsley and Coco Karol. It officially premiered on Yahoo Music on March 31. In the video, a group of yaks crowd beside a river bank. Björk, in an ancient Mongolian tribal costume, appears amongst them and creates a river from the ground. She rises up and leads the herd into the river, and they all float downstream, with Björk on the back of one of the yak-like creatures. Throughout the video, a clay personal demon (her 'painbody') comes out of her backpack and tries to attack her. Finally, a god creates a waterfall and Björk falls off the edge and into the water below, where a pair of hands catches her after a vortex of water has engulfed her and the painbody.

[edit] Promotion

Björk has performed the song during every show of her Volta tour. [8] She also performed the song on Saturday Night Live on April 21, 2007[9] and on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on September 27, 2007. [10] The 3D version of the music video was premiered as part of the April 19 Record Store Day in the United States, an event celebrating the independent record store culture. Over 10,000 pairs of 3D glasses were distributed for home viewing as well as selected in-store video kiosk locations.[11]

[edit] Charts

So far, the "Wanderlust" digital EP has peaked at #26 on the albums chart and at #8 on the alternative chart on the U.S. iTunes Store. The single peaked at #1 in Spain.

[edit] References

  1. ^ björk : albums : VOLTA
  2. ^ bjork.com / news
  3. ^ One Little Indian • Björk • PRE-ORDER - Wanderlust - Double Pack
  4. ^ The Lipster - Features - World exclusive: Björk week continues (part 3)
  5. ^ björk : about
  6. ^ Few Ways to Get Wanderlust straight In
  7. ^ Making a 3D Music Video for Björk | Studio Daily
  8. ^ bjork.com : gigOgraphy
  9. ^ bjork.com : gigOgraphy
  10. ^ bjork.com : gigOgraphy
  11. ^ Wanderlust 3d on Record Store Day in USA


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