Innocence (Björk song)


"Innocence" is a song written and recorded by Icelandic singer Björk. The song was released as the second single from her seventh full-length studio album, Volta. It is co-produced by record producer Timbaland and his protégé Danja. The song was premiered on Björk's MySpace profile on March 19, 2007 as part of the fan contest to submit ideas for the music video. The single was released exclusively as a digital download on July 23, 2007.

Music video contest

A fan contest to submit ideas for the music video for "Innocence" was announced in a news article on on March 19, 2007, with the intention being that Björk would work with the chosen fan director to fully flesh out the video idea. The original deadline for the competition was to be on July 10; however, due to the worldwide success of Volta, Björk had to perform more international promotion work than her label One Little Indian had originally planned, meaning that the previously-planned video shoot for "Declare Independence" in London couldn't take place. The decision was subsequently made to move the deadline for the contest forward by a month to June 10 in order to release the track "Innocence" around the same period that "Declare Independence" would have been originally released. The decision was met with mixed reactions by fans as many were subsequently unable to submit their ideas due to the new deadline. The shooting for the video of "Declare Independence" was rescheduled to August. Many of the videos entered into the competition can be viewed on the YouTube video sharing website.
On July 27, 2007 announced that the winner of the video contest was to be decided via an online poll from a shortlist of eleven videos. On August 7, 2007, the winners, a French duo known only as Fred & Annabelle, were chosen.

Track listings

Digital EP

A digital-only EP was released on the iTunes Store in various countries on July 23, 2007 and made available in the United States and other territories on July 31, 2007. The original release was reported to include 3 additional tracks - "Innocence", "Innocence" and "Innocence". These tracks were omitted from the final digital release for unknown reasons, but they were present on promotional CDs which aren't commercially available. The Mark Stent track refers to an alternate mix of the album version, although very little difference can be heard. On July 23, 2007 released the full artwork from the single as a , seen by some as a concession to the lack of a physical release.
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    Limited edition double pack - 12" & CD & DVD

A limited edition "multiformat" box set was released at the beginning of March 2008 with different artwork and with 2 of the missing remixes added. The box set consists of a sticker-sealed fold out box with five nesting boxes containing two 12" vinyl singles, a CD and a DVD in colored paper sleeves.

12" Double Heavy Weight Vinyl

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    CD

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    DVD

Charts

Perhaps because of the lack of a physical release, "Innocence" failed to chart in the UK, becoming only the third single of Björk's career up until this point not to chart, the first being "Jóga" in 1997, and the second being "Oceania" in 2004.
ChartPeak
position
European Singles Chart50
Greek Singles Chart16
Italian Singles Chart9