Song · Björk
“Hidden Place” by Björk
From the album Vespertine (2001)
“Hidden Place” by Björk appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2001 and 2024. It was first released in 2001 on the album Vespertine. Its best result is #60 (tie) on the WBER Listener Countdown 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #268 alternative song of 2001.
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"Hidden Place" was the first taste of Vespertine, Björk's fourth album, in 2001, and it very nearly ended up somewhere else: she had first meant it for Selmasongs, the soundtrack album from the year before. Björk produced it herself and wrote the words, sharing the music credit with Mark Bell and Guy Sigsworth, and Mark "Spike" Stent mixed it.
It's a hushed song about a love tucked away from everyone else, set over a backing that borrows from glitch music and lifted by a choir. Critics warmed to how soft and still it was, though a few heard a harder sell than her earlier records. It topped the singles chart in Spain all the same, and its video, made by the art collective M/M (Paris) with photographers Inez and Vinoodh, zooms in close as liquids trickle across her face.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 60 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2001 | 191 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 385 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 331 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
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