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The award-winning Icelandic chanteuse Björk Gudmundsdottir first gained international recognition with the Sugarcubes... She aims for her 5th UK solo hit with 'Violently Happy' - due for release on 7/3/94And she got it too, if you count 'Play Dead' by Björk With David Arnold as a solo hit. It's easy to forget how much of a mainstream star she was for a while. Not only was she famous (as she arguably still is) but she notched up an impressive run of hit singles in the middle of the decade of which this was far from the biggest.
Circa 1994 I was certainly aware of her and I think I heard this but I didn't really get it. I grew to appreciate a lot of her work later but I remained to be convinced that it lived up to the claims made for it.
This present song was never a particular favourite of mine and in all honesty it doesn't seem to have aged all that well. Even Nellee Hooper's production (he also co-wrote the song) seems to lack his usual luxury and depth. It's nice to have a bit of variety on the album of course, but she's undersold by this choice of track.
Also appearing on: Now 26 [with David Arnold], 35
Available on: Violently Happy
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