ccxl. BJÖRK: Human Behaviour

ccxl. BJÖRK (1965-       )

Human Behaviour (1993)
B, vocals, keyboards
Garry Hughes, keyboards
Oliver Lake, reeds
Corky Hale, harp
Marius de Vries, keyboards
Nellee Hooper, drums, percussion
Luís Jardim, bass, drums, percussion
Talvin Singh, tabla
Bruce Smith, drums, percussion
Martin Virgo, keyboards
Paul Waller, keyboards
Jon Mallison, guitar
Mike Mower, brass
Jhelisa Anderson, backing vocals
(4:15)

from Debut.

With a beat sampled from Antônio Carlos Jobim, Björk's bouncy syncopated song is an intense earworm.

The lyrics are from the point of view of an animal (a bear in the video) who is warning his fellow creatures about human behaviour. (We'll go with the British spelling, cuz that's how she wrote it!)

**

In the age of audio and video's marriage, she's one of the best at smoothing over the bumps: