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“It's Oh So Quiet” by Björk

From the album Post (1995)

“It's Oh So Quiet” by Björk appears on 26 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1995 and 2025. It was first released in 1995 on the album Post. Its best result is #5 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #57 alternative song of 1995 and #2,663 alternative song of all time.

26countdowns
11stations
#5best position
0#1 finishes
2top 10 finishes
1995–2025years charted

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Björk's second album, Post, arrived in 1995 with a curveball tucked inside: a cover of an old German song. Horst Winter sang it in 1948 as "Und jetzt ist es still", with music by Hans Lang and words by Erich Meder, and Bert Reisfeld's English lyrics handed Betty Hutton a B-side in 1951. Björk turned it into a showstopper. She produced it with Nellee Hooper, John Altman wrote the arrangement, and the big band behind her swings like crazy every time she flips from a hushed, dreamy whisper to a full-throated explosion and back again.

Picked as the third single from Post, it became the biggest hit of her career, reaching number four in Britain and staying on the UK chart for 15 weeks.

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#StationCountdownof
1995 106.7 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995 107
1995 45 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1995 91
1995 33 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995 101
1995 5 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1995 50
1995 5 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 424 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 1993 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1901 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1901 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1886 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1851 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1853 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1842 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1257 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1259 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1275 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1313 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1366 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1415 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1475 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 236 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 758 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2023 139 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 678 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2024 87 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs 850
2025 116 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800

Charting alongside it in 1995

Best songs of 1995 →
  1. 1You Oughta KnowAlanis Morissette
  2. 2LumpThe Presidents of the United States of America
  3. 3Lightning CrashesLive
  4. 4Bullet With Butterfly WingsThe Smashing Pumpkins
  5. 5NameGoo Goo Dolls
  6. 6My FriendsRed Hot Chili Peppers

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