Björk - Who Is It (Choir Mix)

[@scottkeegan8871]

It’s crazy how different the three versions are. It takes some major patience to rework a song three separate times.

[@carlospena4186]

4 times - the original version with Bogdan Raczynski was also radically different

[@felixmarques]

This was the original version, it seems. From a New Yorker profile that was written when she was still working on the album: “This version began with two minutes or so of vaguely medieval-sounding choral writing, a misty mass of overlapping lines. Then big bass notes began to growl, and in a matter of seconds the song transformed itself before one’s ears into the kind of quirkily ebullient anthem that Björk specialized in earlier in her career.”

[@quinnthereaux7719]

Great info, thank you!

[@circolombisque2285]

She actually probably wrote it shortly after Vespertine was released since a very early version was performed on the Vespertine Tour in Italy.

[@juxtapositionofsouls]

@@circolombisque2285 Bjork actually wrote the song during the Vespertine recording and writing sessions between 1998-2001. Bjork left 'Who Is it?' out of Vespertine, since she felt that the song "came from a different family." Similar to how the song 'All Is Full of Love' was almost left out of her 1997 album Homogenic, and was going to be put in Vespertine since it encompasses the theme of love.

[@circolombisque2285]

Andrew Mora Cornelio That’s pretty neat, I never knew that about AIFoL. Just makes me wonder what songs she cut from Vulnicura or Utopia that she may put on a future album

[@bonkoloid]

xtcandrew I think that it was released, as the first version of the song was made with Bogdan Raczynski. It was released as a remix on the rephlex label.

[@seagreentangerine2065]

It's utterly beautiful....The looped voices... breakbeats... atari asteroid flashes....

[@nicolodelucia8743]

I love all o the version of who is it, but this one has to be the best

[@ramenbo]

i want this sung at my wedding

[@monkeys55]

[@nicolodelucia8743]

let us know then, haha

[@cybertomson]

as a (very new) choir kid myself, i find this perfect

[@Beast8775]

I bow to my Queen...

[@ramenbo]

still blowing my mind

[@Claudio-tn2yg]

His embrace, a fortress It fuels me And places A skeleton of trust Right beneath us Bone by bone Stone by stone If you ask yourself patiently and carefully: Who is it ? Who is it that never lets you down ? Who is it that gave you back your crown ? And the ornaments are going around Now they're handing it over Handing it over He demands a closeness We all have earned a lightness Carry my joy on the left Carry my pain on the right If you ask yourself patiently and carefully: Who is it ? Who is it that never lets you down ? Who is it that gave you back your crown ? And the ornaments are going around Now they're handing it over Handing it over

[@vulnicura3028]

this is genius!!! Wtf

[@sirioguarani]

es bellísimo esto.

[@kumaboris]

Its beautiful

[@quinnthereaux7719]

brilliant

[@ckckkcco]

E lá vamos nós novamente

[@bizarrosmusic1438]

Wow why she didnt inclued it on the actual album

[@chellcarter7684]

0:00-2:10 tho

[@lucyarque2946]

I love Tanya Tagaq’s bit

[@WKADESIGNS]

Opening Lyrics: "Ált secan njón Ált decan njón Án nyað néi Aón nyannei hafmé ioðna Án nyað néi Án kyrr, kyrr! Áhnyað néi Ándandé du (Aaaaah!, oooooh!) Ánhan, aaaaaaah! |_Án nyað néiiiiiiiiiiiii! |_Ahn duuuuuuuuuuuu!" *Writer's note - SIKE! I just made all this up! 😂 I'm sorry y'all, it looks pretty 😂😂😂 , not sure if what she's singing is Icelandic or gibberish!*

[@ryanjones3173]

Should have been the album version

[@einweieskaninchen413]

Its good but..... Nooooo! Love the Albumversion and th Bell Mix!

[@gab_luc]

absolutely agree

[@jaimepe4765]

She probably didn't because it would be redundant with Ancestors. I bet to say that this song is mother of both Who is it and Ancestors.

[@jean5416]

I love the 2 minutes first . After no ^^

[@mushyluna]

is that Isadora's peace of hair?

[@circolombisque2285]

It’s possible, or just animal hair, or another graphic made by m/m paris

[@edi6801]

1:47 ancestors?

[@markleon411]

Will you marry me?

[@thullir431]

is that pubic hair?

[@d.k.7438]

yes, why?