Björk "Army of me"

Björk wrote "Army of me" together with Graham Massey back in 1992 and this is her description of the song: "Imagine you're in a club full of heavy metal types and grunge people. Army of me is like someone's granny blasting out over the PA and saying Snap out of it!Stop whining! Wash your hair! Smarten yourself up!" The song became the album's first single in April 1995 and she performed it on Top of the pops together with Skunk Anasie. She couldn't have been more unpredictable!

When Björk recorded "Army of me"she didn't want anyone to be able to spot any emotions in her voice. The song only contains Björk's voice, drums and the grooviest bass-line around. The melody-line neither contains any light nor shade nuances so I'd say "Army of me" was quite a strange choice for a single. On the two CD EPs you find remixes by Skunk Anasie, ABA Allstars, two more "Post"-songs ("Cover me" and an Icelandic version of "You've been flirting again") and "Sweet intuition", a song Björk wrote together with Black Dog. Michel Goundry directed a video for this song, where Björk's travelling around in one of the biggest trucks around. All of a sudden the truck stops because it needs a new teeth. Björk goes to the dentist to find a teeth for her truck. The dentist (who's actually a gorilla) finds a diamond in Björk's mouth and steals it. Björk takes back the diamond and runs away with it. While she's running the diamond grooves bigger and bigger 'til she gives t to her truck. "The video for Army of me is so much about me having to defend myself", Björk explained. "If the gorilla would have taken the diamond, then it would have grown tiny small and everyone just think that's nonsense". The video ends up with Björk blowing up a museum. A joke dedicated to all conservative people on this planet. Anyway, it's one of the coolest videos I've ever seen....here are some stills.

The words Stand up You've got to manage I won't symphatize Anymore And if you complain once more You'll meet an army of me You're alright There's nothing wrong Self-sufficience please And get to work And if you complain once more You'll meet an army of me You're on your own now We won't save you Your rescue-squad Is too exhausted And if you complain once more You'll meet an army of me