Song · Björk
“Joga” by Björk
From the album Homogenic (1997)
“Joga” by Björk appears on 5 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2002 and 2023. It was first released in 1997 on the album Homogenic. Its best result is #284 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,162 alternative song of all time.
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"Jóga" kicked off Homogenic, Björk's 1997 third album, as its lead single that September, and it sounds like a whole country heaving under your feet. She produced it with Mark Bell and wrote it with Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson, and it welds chilly electronica to baroque and classical grandeur: the Icelandic String Octet sawing away, Guy Sigsworth on clavichord and pipe organ, Alasdair Malloy on glass harmonica, and beats that have been likened to volcanoes going off.
The song is a love letter to Iceland and to her best friend, with a sense of emergency simmering underneath, and she sings it as if she could hold the ground together by sheer force of lung. It went to number one back home.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 500 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) | 500 |
| 2003 | 284 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) | 500 |
| 2005 | 285 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 449 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) | 499 |
| 2023 | 656 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
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