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"Triumph of a Heart" was the third single from Björk's album Medúlla. The hip-hop flavored song featured Japanese beatboxer, Dokaka. The lyrics use the human body as a metaphor of a relationship - its various parts all work in harmony because they "love" each other.
Screenshot from "Triumph of a Heart"
The video was directed by Spike Jonze, who also directed the video for "It's Oh So Quiet". In the video, Björk tires of her husband, played by a housecat, and storms out of the house for a night out on the town. She goes to a pub where the soundtrack stops and the locals (including Dokaka) join her for a special performance of the song recorded for the video. She eventually returns back home and rekindles her affections for her cat-husband.
The making of the video is documented in a bonus feature that appears on The Medúlla Videos DVD. According to the "making of" segment included on the DVD, Björk's drunken fall to the ground was staged with a stunt double. The feature focuses on the auditions for the bar patrons who had to be able to make the noises and sound effects required for the song.
The single was released on 28 February 2005 in the UK, and peaked at #31.
This song was played live, for the first time, in London, on April 20th 2008, at the Hammersmith Apollo.
[edit] Tracklist
[edit] UK CD1
- Triumph of a Heart (Radio Edit)
- Desired Constellation (Ben Frost's School of Emotional Engineering Mix)
[edit] UK CD2
- Triumph of a Heart (Audition Mix)
- Vökuró (Gonzales Mix)
- Mouth's Cradle (Recomposed by Ensemble)
[edit] UK DVD
- Triumph of a Heart (Video)
- Oceania (Piano Vocal)
- Desired Constellation (Choir Mix)
[edit] EU EP CD
- Triumph of a Heart (Audition Mix)
- Vökuró (Gonzales Mix)
- Mouth's Cradle (Recomposed by Ensemble)
- Desired Constellation (Ben Frost's School of Emotional Engineering Mix)
- Triumph of a Heart (Radio Edit)
[edit] Remixes
- Radio Edit - 03:00
- Audition Mix - 04:17
- Video Version - 05:28
- Do Do Mix (Matmos Mix, digital only) - 3:31
- Medúlla Medley Version (France CD-R Promo) - 0:54
- Valgeir Sigurdsson Mix (Available on Björk's MySpace for a short time) - 03:40
- Ensemble Mix (Unreleased)
[edit] Charts
| Chart |
Peak
position |
| UK Singles Chart |
31 |
| French Singles Chart |
63 |
| U.S. Billboard European Hot 100 Singles |
70 |
| Euro 200 |
90 |
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