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| Single by Björk from the album Homogenic |
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| Released | March 1998 | ||||
| Format | CD, Vinyl record (12") | ||||
| Genre | Alternative, Electronica | ||||
| Length | 3:29 (radio edit) 4:12 (album version) |
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| Label | One Little Indian | ||||
| Writer | Björk | ||||
| Producer | Björk and Mark Bell | ||||
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"Hunter" is a song by Björk, released in 1998 as the third single from Homogenic. The single peaked at #44 in the UK. The lyrics are about the creative process of songwriting. In the video (directed by Paul White), a bald Björk is shot on camera from the shoulder upwards. Over the course of the song, she shakes and convulses, and, with the assistance of CGI, slowly and unwillingly transforms into a polar bear (as shown on the right). By the time the video ends, she has shaken off her carnivorous tendencies and become human again before fading back into the white background. The song also appeared on the soundtrack to The X-Files movie.
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Covers
The song was covered by American rock band 30 Seconds to Mars on the their album A Beautiful Lie. The song was not originally a part of the album, but was recorded and added as a bonus track after the album leaked several months before it was to be released. Stylistically, the song is identical to the original, the only differences being in the second verse, the line "How Scandinavian of me" being changed to "How American of me," and also the line "You just didn't know me" was added (a line that Björk herself added in various prior live performances).
Single track listing
CD1
- "Hunter" (Radio edit) - 3:29
- "All Is Full of Love" (In Love with Funkstörung) - 5:24
- "Hunter" (µ-Ziq Remix) - 7:00
CD2
- "Hunter" - 4:12
- "Hunter" (State of Bengal Remix) - 7:47
- "Hunter" (Skothus Mix) - 9:12
CD3
- "Hunter" (Mood Swing Remix) - 3:03
- "So Broken" (DJ Krust Mix) - 8:13
- "Hunter" (Live)
Remixes
- Mood Swing remix
- µ-ziq remix
- Radio edit
- Skothus mix
- State of Bengal remix
- Version performed by 30 seconds to mars band in album "A Beautiful Lie"
External links
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| Discography | |
| Studio albums | Björk · Debut · Post · Homogenic · Vespertine · Medúlla · Volta |
| Soundtrack albums | Selmasongs: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Dancer in the Dark · The Music from Drawing Restraint 9 |
| Singles | "Human Behaviour" · "Venus as a Boy" · "Play Dead" · "Big Time Sensuality" · "Violently Happy" · "Army of Me" · "Isobel" · "It's Oh So Quiet" · "Hyperballad" · "Possibly Maybe" · "I Miss You" · "Jóga" · "Bachelorette" · "Hunter" · "Alarm Call" · "All Is Full of Love" · "Hidden Place" · "Pagan Poetry" · "Cocoon" · "It's in Our Hands" · "Oceania" · "Who Is It" · "Triumph of a Heart" · "Where Is the Line" · "Earth Intruders" · "Innocence" · "Declare Independence" |
| Other | Remixography · B-sides · Tours |
| Bands | Tappi Tíkarrass · KUKL · The Elgar Sisters · The Sugarcubes · Björk Guðmundsdóttir & Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar |
| Films | The Juniper Tree · Dancer in the Dark · Drawing Restraint 9 · Anna and the Moods |
