Army of Me

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This article is about the song by Björk. For the band, see Army of Me (band).
“Army of Me”
Single by Björk
from the album Post
Released April 21st 1995
Format CD
Genre Electronica, Alternative Rock, Industrial Rock
Length 3:58
Label One Little Indian
Producer Björk
Nellee Hooper
Graham Massey
Björk singles chronology
"Violently Happy"
(1994)		 "Army of Me"
(1995)		 "Isobel"
(1995)

"Army of Me" is a song by Björk, released in 1995 as the first, and leading, single from her third solo album Post. It is a grinding, industrial tune, punctuated by numerous samples of explosions and lyrics which encouraging the listener to stop complaining and get on with life – or else. The song also appeared, later in the same year, on the soundtrack of Tank Girl. The bizarre, dream-like music video – featuring a huge truck driven by Björk, a dentist gorilla, and a bomb in an art gallery awaking a dead boyfriend as an exhibit – was directed by Michel Gondry.

When Björk realised it was her most popular song to be covered by other musicians, it appeared on a 2-CD charity benefit compilation entitled Army of Me: Remixes and Covers in late 2004.

Contents

[edit] Single track listing

[edit] CD1

  1. "Army of Me"
  2. "Cover Me" (Cave Version)
  3. "You've Been Flirting Again" (Icelandic)
  4. "Sweet Intuition"

[edit] CD2

  1. "Army of Me"
  2. "Army of Me" (ABA All Stars Mix)
  3. "Army of Me" (Masseymix)
  4. "Army of Me" (featuring Skunk Anansie)
  5. "Army of Me" (Instrumental ABA All Stars Mix)

[edit] Charts

Chart Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 10
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 21
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 9
Swedish Singles Chart 12
Dutch Singles Chart 13
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) 13
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) 17
Norwegian Singles Chart 17
French Singles Chart 22
New Zealand Singles Chart 26
Swiss Singles Chart 28
Australian Singles Chart 35

[edit] Remixes

[edit] "Army of Me" released by other bands

  • German metalcore band Caliban covered this song on their 2006 album The Undying Darkness. The female vocals on the chorus were recorded by Tanja Keilen (Sister Love).
  • Silent, Belgian metal band covered this song on their 2005 self-titled demo.
  • The Alternative metal/post-hardcore band Helmet recorded a cover of "Army of Me," which was released on a "Music for Our Mother Ocean" benefit compilation.
  • The Australian metal band "Many Machines on Nine" covered "Army of Me" on their self-titled 2000 EP.
  • The metal band Chimaira released a track entitled "Army of Me" in their 2003 album The Impossibility of Reason, although this song is unrelated to the Björk song.
  • A jazz cover by the Yaron Herman Trio on "A Time For Everything" NAIVE 2007
  • Abandoned Pools, an alternative rock band have also covered the song, which is available on "The Reverb EP"
  • Powerman 5000 released a cover of this song on their The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Vol. 1 compilation.
  • Beanbag's cover of Army of Me was included on their 2001 release Welladjusted

[edit] External links

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