"It was nice to do a full-blooded song after doing a whole album that didn't have any blood in it, though that was the point with Vespertine, that it was see-through like a crystal. When we played it live, we were all looking forward to rocking out. "

'It's In Our Hands' is written by Björk. Produced by Björk and Drew Daniel of the group Matmos. The music video for this song was directed by Spike Jonze (who previously shot the 'Parapluies de Cherbourg'-inspired video for Björk's single "It's Oh So Quiet" back in 1996) and shot on location in England, featuring Björk in nightvision, crawling around in nature between - and becoming one with - all those brilliant insects and plants.

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It was nice to do a full-blooded song after doing a whole album that didn't have any blood in it, though that was the point with Vespertine, that it was see-through like a crystal. When we played it live, we were all looking forward to rocking out.

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...she closed the show with the B-side "Our Hands," reminding New Yorkers of the fragile state of their city and leaving them both empowered and thought-provoked: "Aren't we scaring ourselves unnecessarily?...It's in our hands, it always was.

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...the happiest surprise is the new song, "It's In Our Hands", which confirms that, at 37 and after twenty-five years of creating music, Bjork isn't giving up anytime soon, which is music to all her fans' ears!

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It's minimal, it's got squelchy beats and there's a gentle twisted angel enunciating each word exactly in a bizarre idiolect... it must be the new Björk single.

It's In Our Hands is the staple new track of Björk's recent Greatest Hits and there's enough about to suggest that it would have got on there anyway, whether it were old or new. Not dissimilar to the Scatterheart tune from the Selmasongs album, it's nu-Björk in full effect, all restrained and heartfelt. It won't convert any new fans, but then that's never what Björk tracks are about, are they? They are simple pieces of individual beauty to be enjoyed over and over again, and Hands is an ideal example of that. Rating: 8/10

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Following the release of her 'Greatest Hits' and the stunning box set 'Family Tree' Björk releases the single 'It's In Our Hands' on November 25. Another bold leap into the unknown, 'It's In Our Hands' fractured rhythms and startling melody support a characteristically individual message: it's in our hands, it really is. The single, produced by Björk and Matmos's Drew Daniel, comes in 2 CDs, a DVD and a 12".

The DVD features the magical video directed and shot by Spike Jonze (Fatboy Slim, Beastie Boys, Being John Malkovich) in which Björk wonders through a wonderland of giant plants and flying fish – as sublime a four-minute fantasy one might imagine when two singular talents as these collaborate. CD2 and the 12" features the electro mix by Soft Pink Truth, which has proven popular at both club and radio. And spread across the other formats are live tracks taken from last year's groundbreaking Vespertine tour and a version of So Broken performed on Later With Jools in 98.

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