Bjork - Hyperballad

Every morning, I walk towards the edge
And throw little things off
Like car parts, bottles, and cutlery
Or whatever I find lying around

Album: Post [2nd album]
Recorded: Nassau, The Bahamas
Genre: Art Pop, Electronic
Release: June 7th 1995 [single released February 12th 1996] [4th single]
Length: 5:22
Producer: Bjork, Nellee Hooper
Vocals: Bjork [age 29]
Label: Elektra Records, One Little Indian Records

Music video


Live from Later with Jools Holland

Charts

Spotify: Over 40 million
YouTube Music: Over 9 million
Pitchforks Top 200 Tracks of the 90s: #11

Credits

Keys: Marius De Vries
Cello: Anthony Pleeth
Viola: Robert Smisson
Strings: Eumir Deodato

Details

• "That’s a lyric about being in a relationship, and after a while, say three or four years, you repress a lot of energy because you’re being sweet all the time. So I wanted to set it up like a fable, something that happens over and over again. It’s about this couple who live on a cliff in the middle of the ocean, and they live in this house, just the two of them, and she wakes up really early, about five in the morning, before anyone else wakes up, and sneaks to the edge and throws a lot of things off : old rubbish, car parts, bottles, and cutlery. And she imagines what it would look like if she herself were to jump off. Then she sneaks back into the house, back into bed, then her lover wakes up and it’s “Hello ! Good morning, honey !" And she’s got rid of all the aggressive bollocks. The chorus goes, “I go through all this, before you wake up, so I can feel happier to be safe up here with you." (Bjork talking to AOL in 1995)
  
  
• Recorded at Nassau, in the Bahamas. Nassau is famous as being the capital city of pirates during the 18th century. Some of the vocals from 'Post' were recorded when Bjork was singing on the beach.
  
• The song isn't autobiographical but represents how Bjork felt.
  
• The music video was directed by the noted director Michel Gondry. Gondry would go on to direct feature films such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004).
  
• The pink boots worn by Bjork in the video were displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York as a part of the 2015 Bjork exhibit.
• The Yeah Yeah Yeah's have produced an acoustic cover version.
• There is a cover version by Dirty Projectors.
  
• Marcin Wasilewski Trio have recorded a jazz version.
  

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