Play Dead

E800174

single song

"Play Dead" is a song best known as the debut single of Icelandic singer Björk, showcasing her transition from band frontwoman to solo artist.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Play Dead; Real Time	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
artist	Björk NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Björk solo career ⓘ
chronology	Björk singles chronology NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer	Björk NERFINISHED ⓘ David Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Iceland NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs	Björk's debut solo single ⓘ
followsInArtistCareer	The Sugarcubes era ⓘ
genre	alternative rock ⓘ electronic ⓘ trip hop ⓘ
hasAudience	popular music listeners ⓘ
hasBside	End Titles (The Young Americans) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoverArt	Play Dead single cover ⓘ
hasFormat	12-inch single ⓘ CD single ⓘ cassette single ⓘ
hasInstrumentation	electronic beats ⓘ orchestral arrangement ⓘ
hasLength	approximately 3–4 minutes ⓘ
hasMusicVideo	Play Dead music video ⓘ
hasNotableUseIn	The Young Americans (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme	emotional turmoil ⓘ self-protection ⓘ
hasType	commercial release ⓘ
includedInReissueOf	Debut ⓘ
isDebutSingleOf	Björk NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Björk NERFINISHED ⓘ Jah Wobble NERFINISHED ⓘ
marksTransitionFrom	band frontwoman ⓘ
marksTransitionTo	solo artist ⓘ
medium	audio recording ⓘ
notableFor	dramatic string arrangement ⓘ showcasing Björk's vocal range ⓘ
partOf	Debut (reissue) NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer	Björk NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	Danny Cannon NERFINISHED ⓘ David Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	Mother Records NERFINISHED ⓘ One Little Indian Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDecade	1990s ⓘ
releaseYear	1993 ⓘ
usedAs	film soundtrack song ⓘ
vocalist	Björk NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Debut → single → Play Dead ⓘ

Douglas Gordon → notableWork → Play Dead ⓘ

this entity surface form: Play Dead; Real Time