"Innocence" is a song written and recorded by

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ic singer Björk. The song was released as the second single from her seventh full-length studio album, '' Volta''. It is co-produced by

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and his protégé Danja. The song was premiered on Björk's MySpace profile on 19 March 2007 as part of the fan contest to submit ideas for the

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. The single was released exclusively as a digital download on 23 July 2007.

Music video contest

A fan contest to submit ideas for the music video for "Innocence" was announced in a news article o
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on 19 March 2007, with the intention being that Björk would work with the chosen fan director to fully flesh out the video idea. The original deadline for the competition was to be on July 10; however, due to the worldwide success of ''Volta'', Björk had to perform more international promotion work than her label

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had originally planned, meaning that the previously-planned video shoot for " Declare Independence" in London could not take place. The decision was subsequently made to move the deadline for the contest forward by a month to June 10 in order to release the track "Innocence" (then slated as the third single from the album) around the same period that "Declare Independence" would have been originally released. The decision was met with mixed reactions by fans as many were subsequently unable to submit their ideas due to the new deadline. The shooting for the video of "Declare Independence" (originally announced as the album's second single) was rescheduled to August. Many of the videos entered into the competition can be viewed on

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. On 27 July 200
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announced that the winner of the video contest was to be decided via an online poll (reminiscent of the online poll used to decide on the track listing for the ''

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'' album) from a shortlist of eleven videos. On 7 August 2007, the winners, a French duo known only as Fred & Annabelle, were chosen.

Commercial performance

Perhaps because of the lack of a physical release, "Innocence" failed to chart in the UK, becoming only the third single of Björk's career up until this point not to chart, the first being "

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" in 1997 (the EP charted at number 191 in 1998, however), and the second being "

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" in 2004.

Track listings

Digital EP

A digital-only EP was released on the

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in various countries on 23 July 2007 and made available in the United States and other territories on 31 July 2007. The original release was reported to include 3 additional tracks - "Innocence" (Simian Mobile Disco Remix Radio Edit), "Innocence" (Mark Stent Instrumental) and "Innocence" (Simian Mobile Disco Dub Remix). These tracks were omitted from the final digital release for unknown reasons, but they were present on promotional CDs which aren't commercially available. The Mark Stent track refers to an alternate mix of the album version (originally mixed by Jimmy Douglas), although very little difference can be heard. On 23 July 200
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released the full artwork from the single as
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seen by some as a concession to the lack of a physical release. # "Innocence" (

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Radio Edit) # "Innocence" (

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12" Remix) # "Innocence" (

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Remodel 12" Remix) # "Innocence" ( Ghostigital Untouchable Innocence Still Amazes Fearless Remix)

Limited edition double pack (12", CD and DVD)

A limited edition "multiformat" box set was released at the beginning of March 2008 with different artwork and with two of the missing remixes added. The box set consists of a sticker-sealed fold out box with five nesting boxes containing two 12" vinyl singles, a CD and a DVD in coloured paper sleeves.

12" double heavyweight vinyl

# "Innocence" (Simian Mobile Disco 12" remix) # "Innocence" (Alvo Noto Unitxt remodel 12" remix) # "Innocence" (Mark Stent Remix) # "Innocence" (Ghostigital Untouchable Innocence Still Amazes 12") # "Innocence" (Jimmy Douglas Mix) # "Innocence" (Simian Mobile Disco Dub) # "Innocence" (Mark Stent Instrumental)

CD

# "Innocence" (Simian Mobile Disco 12"remix) # "Innocence" (Alvo Noto Unitxt remodel 12" remix) # "Innocence" (Mark Stent Remix) # "Innocence" (Ghostigital Untouchable Innocence Still Amazes 12") # "Innocence" (Jimmy Douglas Mix) # "Innocence" (Simian Mobile Disco Dub) # "Innocence" (Mark Stent Instrumental)

DVD

Charts

References

External links

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