It's In Our Hands
IT'S IN OUR HANDS will be
the first single never released before to promote Bjork's Greatest Hits album.
A video for the single was shot in September by Spike Jonze, who previously directed 'It's
Oh So Quiet' for Björk in 1996.
1. It's In Our Hands
2. It's In Our Hands (The Soft Pink Truth Mix)
3. It's In Our Hands (Arcade Mix)
'It's In Our Hands' is written by Björk. Produced by Björk and Drew Daniel of the group Matmos. The music video for this song was directed by Spike Jonze (who previously shot the 'Parapluies de Cherbourg'-inspired video for Björk's single "It's Oh So Quiet" back in 1996) and shot on location in England, featuring Björk in nightvision, crawling around in nature between - and becoming one with - all those brilliant insects and plants.
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TISCALI REVIEW - Following
the release of her 'Greatest Hits' and the stunning box set 'Family Tree' Björk releases
the single 'It's In Our Hands' on November 25. Another bold leap into the unknown, 'It's
In Our Hands' fractured rhythms and startling melody support a characteristically
individual message: it's in our hands, it really is. The single, produced by Björk and
Matmos's Drew Daniel, comes in 2 CDs, a DVD and a 12".
The DVD features the magical video directed and shot by Spike Jonze (Fatboy Slim, Beastie
Boys, Being John Malkovich) in which Björk wonders through a wonderland of giant plants
and flying fish – as sublime a four-minute fantasy one might imagine when two
singular talents as these collaborate. CD2 and the 12" features the electro mix by
Soft Pink Truth, which has proven popular at both club and radio. And spread across the
other formats are live tracks taken from last year's groundbreaking Vespertine tour and a
version of So Broken performed on Later With Jools in 98.
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BBC REVIEW - It's minimal,
it's got squelchy beats and there's a gentle twisted angel enunciating each word exactly
in a bizarre idiolect... it must be the new Björk single.
It's In Our Hands is the staple new track of Björk's recent Greatest Hits and there's
enough about to suggest that it would have got on there anyway, whether it were old or
new. Not dissimilar to the Scatterheart tune from the Selmasongs album, it's nu-Björk in
full effect, all restrained and heartfelt. It won't convert any new fans, but then that's
never what Björk tracks are about, are they? They are simple pieces of individual beauty
to be enjoyed over and over again, and Hands is an ideal example of that. Rating: 8/10
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AMAZON.COM REVIEW - ...the happiest surprise is the new song, "It's In Our Hands", which confirms that, at 37 and after twenty-five years of creating music, Bjork isn't giving up anytime soon, which is music to all her fans' ears!
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2: It's in our hands - arcade mix
It's In Our Hands Cover Artwork
It's In Our Hands CD Artwork
Elektra edited a limited
dj promotional record with 2 remixes
1: it's in our hands - the soft pink truth mix