"It's in Our Hands" is a song by Icelandic recording artist and songwriter Björk, released as the first and only single from her first greatest hits album Greatest Hits (2002). Like her previous work, the song was written by her and co-produced by her along with Matmos. Musically, "It's in Our Hands" is an electronic song that is influenced by glitch music, abstract sounds, ambient and synthpop. The song received favorable reviews from many music critics and reached number 37 in the United Kingdom.
"It's in Our Hands" is mostly distinctive for its usage of "bubbling keyboards and clicks."[1] The song relies heavily on a sample taken from Gigi Masin's song "Clouds" from the album Les Nouvelles Musiques De Chambre (1989).
PopMatters's Kila Packett said that in the song "Björk's distinctly broken voice dances nakedly across the canvas like a newborn child—virginal and sensually full of life. Beautifully chimed ticks, scratches, clangs and lush melodic vibrations support her breathy voice. With layers and layers of nicely timed loops, rings, and jingles she has concocted a stereophonic world of audible feasting."[2]
Critical reception
"It's in Our Hands" received favorable reviews from music critics. Heather Phares from AllMusic called the song "lovely" saying "the lovely "It's in Our Hands," help compensate for the omissions about which fans could potentially complain." to which she referenced the lack of other tracks on her greatest hits album.[3] While commenting on the omitting of most of Bjork's successful songs on the compilation, Chris Ott from Pitchfork said "A few stellar long-players like "Headphones" and "The Anchor Song" also fall by the wayside, but it may be worth whatever sacrifice for the bubbling keyboards and clicks behind her latest single "It's in Our Hands" [...]"[1] Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine said that this song along with "Play Dead" were the only good songs on the album due to the absence of many other good tracks from the compilation.[4] Scott Plagenhoef from Stylus Magazine said "On the hits collection, the crumbs for the completist include two singles mixes—the sublime “All Is Full of Love” and four-to-the-floor “Violently Happy”—a wide released for her John Barryesque David Arnold collaboration, “Play Dead,” and a new song, the gorgeous “It’s in Our Hands.” The well-chosen hits package is the best Björk primer and the place to go for casual fans. Whether it offers enough reason for her die-hard fans to purchase it is less certain."[5]
Music video
The music video, directed by Spike Jonze, features a 3rd trimester, pregnant Björk shot at night with a night-vision camera amongst bushes. Her image is transposed against close-ups of flowers, plants, and bugs to make her appear as if she is smaller than them. There are also shots of underwater scenes interspersed throughout the video.
A second video was directed by Lynn Fox and set to the Soft Pink Truth remix of "It's in Our Hands."
"It's in Our Hands", being the only single released from Greatest Hits, was normally played at the end of same era concerts, but existed in two different versions. One was seemingly identical to the album version, but featured an Inuit version of the children's song "Paddycake", whereas the other version was actually a dance remix by the Soft Pink Truth. This version is especially popular amongst fans and has been described as "spending a long winter at home (Vespertine) and then having a discoball drop out of your ceiling".
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of "It's in Our Hands".[6]
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External links
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources It s in Our Hands news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message It s in Our Hands is a song by Icelandic recording artist and songwriter Bjork released as the first and only single from her first greatest hits album Greatest Hits 2002 Like her previous work the song was written by her and co produced by her along with Matmos Musically It s in Our Hands is an electronic song that is influenced by glitch music abstract sounds ambient and synthpop The song received favorable reviews from many music critics and reached number 37 in the United Kingdom It s in Our Hands Single by Bjorkfrom the album Greatest HitsB side Cocoon Released25 November 2002GenreExperimental synth pop glitch ambientLength4 15LabelOne Little IndianSongwriter s BjorkProducer s BjorkDrew DanielBjork singles chronology Cocoon 2002 It s in Our Hands 2002 Who Is It 2004 Contents 1 Composition 2 Critical reception 3 Music video 4 Track listings 5 Live 6 Personnel 7 Charts 8 References 9 External linksComposition Edit It s in Our Hands is mostly distinctive for its usage of bubbling keyboards and clicks 1 The song relies heavily on a sample taken from Gigi Masin s song Clouds from the album Les Nouvelles Musiques De Chambre 1989 PopMatters s Kila Packett said that in the song Bjork s distinctly broken voice dances nakedly across the canvas like a newborn child virginal and sensually full of life Beautifully chimed ticks scratches clangs and lush melodic vibrations support her breathy voice With layers and layers of nicely timed loops rings and jingles she has concocted a stereophonic world of audible feasting 2 Critical reception Edit It s in Our Hands received favorable reviews from music critics Heather Phares from AllMusic called the song lovely saying the lovely It s in Our Hands help compensate for the omissions about which fans could potentially complain to which she referenced the lack of other tracks on her greatest hits album 3 While commenting on the omitting of most of Bjork s successful songs on the compilation Chris Ott from Pitchfork said A few stellar long players like Headphones and The Anchor Song also fall by the wayside but it may be worth whatever sacrifice for the bubbling keyboards and clicks behind her latest single It s in Our Hands 1 Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine said that this song along with Play Dead were the only good songs on the album due to the absence of many other good tracks from the compilation 4 Scott Plagenhoef from Stylus Magazine said On the hits collection the crumbs for the completist include two singles mixes the sublime All Is Full of Love and four to the floor Violently Happy a wide released for her John Barryesque David Arnold collaboration Play Dead and a new song the gorgeous It s in Our Hands The well chosen hits package is the best Bjork primer and the place to go for casual fans Whether it offers enough reason for her die hard fans to purchase it is less certain 5 Music video EditThe music video directed by Spike Jonze features a 3rd trimester pregnant Bjork shot at night with a night vision camera amongst bushes Her image is transposed against close ups of flowers plants and bugs to make her appear as if she is smaller than them There are also shots of underwater scenes interspersed throughout the video A second video was directed by Lynn Fox and set to the Soft Pink Truth remix of It s in Our Hands Track listings EditUK CD1 It s in Our Hands Cocoon Retangled By Ensemble All is Full of Love Live in Brussels UK CD2 It s in Our Hands Soft Pink Truth Mix It s in Our Hands Arcade Mix So Broken Live on Jools Holland UK EU DVD It s in Our Hands Video Harm of Will Live in Barcelona Audio Undo Live in Barcelona Audio EU CD It s in Our Hands It s in Our Hands Soft Pink Truth Mix It s in Our Hands Arcade Mix JP CD It s in Our Hands It s in Our Hands Soft Pink Truth Mix It s in Our Hands Arcade Mix So Broken Live on Jools Holland Cocoon Retangled by Ensemble 12 It s in Our Hands Soft Pink Truth Mix It s in Our Hands Arcade Mix Live Edit It s in Our Hands being the only single released from Greatest Hits was normally played at the end of same era concerts but existed in two different versions One was seemingly identical to the album version but featured an Inuit version of the children s song Paddycake whereas the other version was actually a dance remix by the Soft Pink Truth This version is especially popular amongst fans and has been described as spending a long winter at home Vespertine and then having a discoball drop out of your ceiling Personnel EditCredits adapted from the liner notes of It s in Our Hands 6 Bjork vocals production composition Drew Daniel production Mark Spike Stent mixing Howie Weinberg mastering Jennifer Quinn production manager Roger Lian digital editingCharts EditChart 2002 PeakpositionCanada Nielsen SoundScan 7 39Europe European Hot 100 citation needed 98France SNEP 8 97Scotland OCC 9 38UK Singles OCC 10 37UK Indie OCC 11 4References Edit a b Bjork Greatest Hits Album Reviews Pitchfork Pitchfork Archived from the original on June 13 2012 Retrieved June 1 2012 Packett Kila Bjork Greatest Hits PopMatters Retrieved 2016 06 12 Heather Phares 2002 11 04 Bjork s Greatest Hits Bjork Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic Retrieved 2016 06 12 Bjork Greatest Hits Album Review Slant Magazine 2002 11 08 Retrieved 2016 06 12 Bjork Family Tree Greatest Hits Review Stylus Magazine Archived from the original on January 17 2008 Retrieved March 27 2007 It s in Our Hands CD liner notes Bjork One Little Indian 2002 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Canadian Digital Song Sales Billboard December 13 2003 Retrieved December 11 2018 Bjork It s in Our Hands in French Les classement single Retrieved 27 November 2018 Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 27 November 2018 Official Singles Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 27 November 2018 Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50 Official Charts Company Retrieved 27 November 2018 External links EditIt s In Our Hands webpage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title It 27s in Our Hands amp oldid 1134038249, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
