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| Single by Björk featuring David Arnold | ||||
| from the album Music from the film The Young Americans and Debut (re-release edition) | ||||
| B-side | "End Titles/Play Dead" | |||
| Released | 11 October 1993[1] | |||
| Studio | Whitfield Street Recording (London) | |||
| Length | 3:56 | |||
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| "Play Dead" on YouTube | ||||
"Play Dead" is a song by Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk, released by the labels Island and Mother as the only single from the soundtrack of the 1993 crime drama The Young Americans, starring Harvey Keitel. The song was not included in the first edition of Björk's debut album, Debut (1993), but was later included as a bonus track, and the album was re-issued in November 1993.[2] It was written by Jah Wobble, Björk, and David Arnold, produced by Cannon and Arnold, and received additional production and mixing by Tim Simenon.[3]
"Play Dead", inspired by the main character of the film, was released on 11 October 1993 and charted within the top 20 in Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. An accompanying music video was released, directed by Danny Cannon, featuring images from the film which also was directed by Cannon. "Play Dead" was included in Björk's 2002 greatest hits album Greatest Hits.
- ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Music Week. 9 October 1993. p. 27. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Debut UK CD (first edition)". Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- ^ "Debut Liner Notes". Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.