It's in Our Hands
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"It's in Our Hands" was a single released along with Björk
's Greatest Hits CD in late 2002. The song was previously heard during her Vespertine Tour in 2001. The song relies heavily on a sample taken from To Rococo Rot
's song Die Dinge Des Lebens from the album The Amateur View
. The single peaked at number 37 in the UK.
features a very pregnant Björk shot at night with a night-vision
camera amongst bushes. Her image is transposed against close-ups of flowers, plants, and bugs to make her appear as if she is smaller than them. There are also shots of underwater scenes interspersed throughout the video. The video was directed by Spike Jonze
A second video was directed by Lynn Fox and set to the Soft Pink Truth
remix of "It's in Our Hands". The remix received certain attention, also the music video.
. This version is especially popular amongst fans and has been described as "spending a long winter at home (Vespertine) and then having a discoball drop out of your ceiling". To some fans it is more preferable than the original version and has its own video that consists of digital drawings and sepia photography.
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|align="center"|97
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Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
's Greatest Hits CD in late 2002. The song was previously heard during her Vespertine Tour in 2001. The song relies heavily on a sample taken from To Rococo Rot
To Rococo Rot
To Rococo Rot is a Berlin-based trio who combine electronic and acoustic elements to create instrumental post-rock and electronic music. The group is composed of bassist Stefan Schneider and brothers Robert and Ronald Lippok . Ronald Lippok has also gained praise for his work in Tarwater...
's song Die Dinge Des Lebens from the album The Amateur View
The Amateur View
The Amateur View is an album by German electronic group To Rococo Rot, released on April 26, 1999.The songs "Telema" and "Cars" had music videos made for them...
. The single peaked at number 37 in the UK.
Music video
The music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
features a very pregnant Björk shot at night with a night-vision
Night vision
Night vision is the ability to see in low light conditions. Whether by biological or technological means, night vision is made possible by a combination of two approaches: sufficient spectral range, and sufficient intensity range...
camera amongst bushes. Her image is transposed against close-ups of flowers, plants, and bugs to make her appear as if she is smaller than them. There are also shots of underwater scenes interspersed throughout the video. The video was directed by Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze is an American director, producer and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television...
A second video was directed by Lynn Fox and set to the Soft Pink Truth
The Soft Pink Truth
The Soft Pink Truth is an experimental house music side-project from Drew Daniel, one-half of experimental electronica duo Matmos. Daniel started the project on a dare from Matthew Herbert that he couldn't produce a house record...
remix of "It's in Our Hands". The remix received certain attention, also the music video.
UK CD1
- "It's in Our Hands"
- "Cocoon" (Retangled By Ensemble)
- "All is Full of Love" (Live in Brussels)
UK CD2
- "It's in Our Hands" (Soft Pink Truth Mix)
- "It's in Our Hands" (Arcade Mix)
- "So Broken" (Live on Jools Holland)
UK/EU DVD
- "It's in Our Hands" (Video)
- "Harm of Will" (Live in Barcelona) (Audio)
- "Undo" (Live in Barcelona) (Audio)
EU CD
- "It's in Our Hands"
- "It's in Our Hands" (Soft Pink Truth Mix)
- "It's in Our Hands" (Arcade Mix)
JP CD
- "It's in Our Hands"
- "It's in Our Hands" (Soft Pink Truth Mix)
- "It's in Our Hands" (Arcade Mix)
- "So Broken" (Live on Jools Holland)
- "Cocoon" (Retangled by Ensemble)
Live
"It's in Our Hands", being the only single released from Greatest Hits, was normally played at the end of same era concerts, but existed in two different versions. One was seemingly identical to the album version, but featured an Inuit version of the children's song "Paddycake", whereas the other version was actually a dance remix by the Soft Pink TruthThe Soft Pink Truth
The Soft Pink Truth is an experimental house music side-project from Drew Daniel, one-half of experimental electronica duo Matmos. Daniel started the project on a dare from Matthew Herbert that he couldn't produce a house record...
. This version is especially popular amongst fans and has been described as "spending a long winter at home (Vespertine) and then having a discoball drop out of your ceiling". To some fans it is more preferable than the original version and has its own video that consists of digital drawings and sepia photography.
Charts
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|align="left"|UK Singles Chart
|align="center"|37
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|align="left"|French Singles Chart
|align="center"|97
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|align="left"|European Singles Chart
|align="center"|98
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