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"Pagan Poetry" was the second single from singer Björk's album Vespertine. The single peaked at number 38 in the UK and number 12 in Canada. It was written and produced by Björk with additional production by Marius De Vries and mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent. The music box adaptation, featured in the song, was done by Jack Perron and the full version was later featured as a b-side song on the "Cocoon" single.
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Picture taken from the "Pagan Poetry" video
The music video for "Pagan Poetry", directed by Nick Knight, which as stated on its making of page "is about a woman preparing herself for marriage and for her lover". It was also one of Björk's most controversial. It featured Björk in a dress designed by Alexander McQueen, covering only the lower portion of her body. The upper portion of the dress seems to be pearls laced through her skin. The video also included heavily distorted, close-up images of sexual intercourse and fellatio, it also features a graphic display of body piercing, including a corset piercing on a model's back. The video was banned by MTV in the United States, but was eventually shown in unedited form on MTV2 in a presentation of the "20 Most Controversial Music Videos".
In March 2006, in the number 77 of the Spanish edition of Rolling Stone Magazine, "Pagan Poetry" was ranked number 38 by Spanish music professionals and experts on a list of the best songs of the 21st century.
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- Pagan Poetry (Video Edit)
- Pagan Poetry (Matthew Herbert Handshake Mix)
- Aurora (Opiate Version)
- Pagan Poetry
- Domestica
- Batabid
- Pagan Poetry (Video)
- Pagan Poetry (Matthew Herbert Handshake Mix)
- Aurora (Opiate Version)
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| Chart |
Peak
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| Hot Canadian Digital Singles |
15 |
| UK Singles Chart |
38 |
| French Singles Chart |
49 |
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