What Else Is There?

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“What Else Is There?”
“What Else Is There?” cover
Single by Röyksopp
from the album The Understanding
Released November 21, 2005
December 5, 2005
Format CD
Recorded 2004
Genre Electronica, Trip Hop
Length 5:17
Label Astralwerks 11352
Röyksopp singles chronology
"49 Percent
(2005)
"What Else Is There?"
(2005)
"Beautiful Day Without You
(2006)

"What Else Is There?" is the third single from the Norwegian duo Röyksopp's second album The Understanding. It features the vocals of Karin Dreijer Andersson from the electronica duo The Knife. The album was released in the UK with the help of Astralwerks.


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The single was officially released on December 5, 2005 in U.K. The single was a limited release on November 21, 2005 in order to promote the upcoming single. On the UK Singles Chart, it placed at #32 and reached #1 on the British Dance Chart. "What Else Is There?" also spawned noted remixes from Vitalic, Trentemøller, and Stuart Price, better known as the Thin White Duke.

[edit] Music video

The music video is directed by Martin de Thurah, the CADS Music Vision Award winner for the best new Director. The video features model Marianne Schröder with a cameo by Karin Dreijer Andersson. In the video it is Schröder who is depicted to be performing the song, not Dreijer.

[edit] Chart positions

Year Single Chart Position
2005 "What Else Is There?" UK Singles Chart #32

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