BJÖRK - IT'S OH SO QUIET

IT’S OH SO QUIET

BJÖRK

SONGWRITERS: BERT REISFELD & HANS LANG

COUNTRY: ICELAND

ÁLBUM: POST

LABEL: RCA VICTOR

GENRE: BIG BAND JAZZ

YEAR: 1995

 

     Björk Guðmundsdóttir OTF (/bjɜːrk/BYURK; Icelandic: [pjœr̥k ˈkvʏðmʏntsˌtouʰtɪr̥]; born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, and DJ. Over her four-decade career, she has developed na eclectic musical style that draws on a range of influences and genres spanning electronic, pop, experimental, trip hop, classical, and avant-garde music.

               Born and raised in Reykjavík, Björk began her music career at the age of 11 and first gained international recognition as the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Sugarcubes, whose 1987 single "Birthday" was a hit on UK and US indie stations and a favourite among music critics. After the band's 1992 breakup, Björk embarked on a solo career, coming to prominence with albums such as Debut (1993), Post (1995), and Homogenic (1997), while collaborating with a range of artists and exploring a variety of multimedia projects. Her other albums include Vespertine (2001), Medúlla (2004), Volta (2007), Biophilia (2011), Vulnicura (2015), and Utopia (2017).

            Several of Björk's albums have reached the top 20 on the US Billboard 200 chart and she is reported to have sold between 20 and 40 million records worldwide as of 2015. She has had 31 singles reach the top 40 on pop charts around the world, with 22 top 40 hits in the UK, including the top 10 singles "It's Oh So Quiet", "Army of Me", and "Hyperballad", and the top 20 singles "Play Dead", "Big Time Sensuality", and "Violently Happy". Her accolades and awards include the Order of the Falcon, five BRIT Awards, and 15 Grammy nominations. In 2015, she was included in Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Björk was ranked number 60 and number 81 in Rolling Stone's 100 greatest singers and songwriters lists, respectively.

              In addition to her music career, Björk starred in the 2000 Lars von Trier film Dancer in the Dark, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I've Seen It All". Biophilia was marketed as an interactive app album with its own education program. Björk has also been an advocate for environmental causes in her home country Iceland. A full-scale retrospective exhibition dedicated to Björk was held at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 2015.

it's, oh, so quiet

it's, oh, so still

you're all alone

and so peaceful until...

 

you fall in love

zing boom

the sky up above

zing boom

is caving in

wow bam!!!

you've never been so nuts about a guy

you wanna laugh you wanna cry

you cross your heart and hope to die

 

'til it's over and then

it's nice and quiet

but soon again

starts another big riot

 

you blow a fuse

zing boom

the devil cuts loose

zing boom

so what's the use

wow bam

of falling in love

 

it's, oh, so quiet

it's, oh, so still

you're all alone

and so peaceful until...

 

you ring the bell

bim bam

you shout and you yell

hi ho ho

you broke the spell

gee, this is swell you almost have a fit

this guy is "gorge" and I got hit

there's no mistake this is it

 

'til it's over and then

it's nice and quiet

but soon again

starts another big riot

 

you blow a fuse

zing boom

the devil cuts loose

zing boom

so what's the use

wow bam

of falling in love

 

the sky caves in

the devil cuts loose

you blow blow blow blow blow your fuse

when you've fallen in love

ssshhhhhh...