The Anchor Song

~ Recording by Björk

Annotation

This recording has an actual length of 3:32. Some early releases of the Debut CD rips this track as 4:32 due to a large pre-gap between last two tracks.

The audio ends at 3:30 like on the later CDs, but some have a bigger 60 second silence before the last track starts.

On the __surrounded release, the gap was in place again, but reduced to 10 seconds.

The gap is inserted due to the final track being added after the album release did better than expected. The very first releases of the CD were only 11 tracks and this was the final track of the original album. Track 12 is from a film.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.11The Anchor Song3:32BjörkDebut
  • 1993-07-12 GB
1.11The Anchor Song3:32BjörkDebut
  • 1993-07-13 US
1.11The Anchor Song3:34BjörkDebut
  • 1993-07 XE
1.11The Anchor Song3:41BjörkDebut (“Made in England”, no sample credit, track 11 is 3:32)
  • 1993-11-15 GB
1.11The Anchor Song4:32BjörkDebut (“Made in England”, no sample credit, track 11 is 4:32)
  • 1993-11-15 GB
1.11The Anchor Song3:32BjörkDebut
  • 1993-11-15 FR
1.11The Anchor Song3:32BjörkDebut (BIEM/STEMRA, no Jobim sample credit)
  • 1993-11-15 XE
1.11The Anchor Song4:32BjörkDebut (BIEM/MCPS, white box on back, Jobim sample credit)
  • 1993-11 XE
1.11The Anchor Song3:32BjörkDebut
  • 1993-12-20 AU
1.11The Anchor Song3:32BjörkDebut (club edition)
1.11The Anchor Song3:32BjörkDebut (limited edition)
1.11The Anchor Song3:32BjörkDebut
1.11The Anchor Song3:32BjörkDebut
1.11The Anchor Song3:36BjörkDebut
  • 1994-01-26 JP
1.11The Anchor Song3:36BjörkDebut
  • 2000-12-20 JP
1.11The Anchor Song3:36BjörkDebut
  • 2001-08-18 JP
1.11The Anchor Song3:34BjörkDebut
1.11The Anchor Song3:41Björk(____surrounded):
  • 2006-07-10 GB
1.11The Anchor Song3:41BjörkDebut: Surrounded
  • 2006-07-25 US
1.11The Anchor Song3:32Björk(____surrounded):
  • 2006-08-23 JP
1.11The Anchor Song3:41BjörkDebut: Surrounded
  • 2006 -
1.11The Anchor Song3:36BjörkDebut
  • 2008-03-26 JP
2.5The Anchor Song?:??BjörkDebut
  • 2008-06-20 XE
1.11The Anchor Song?:??BjörkDebut / Post
2.5The Anchor Song?:??BjörkDebut
1.11The Anchor Song3:32BjörkDebut
1.11The Anchor Song3:32BjörkDebut
  • 2019-04-26 GB
1.11The Anchor Song3:34BjörkDebut
  • 2020-01-31 NL
1.11The Anchor Song3:40BjörkDebut (Bandcamp release)
  • 2020-06-18 XW
1.11The Anchor Song3:32BjörkDebut
  • 2023 -
1.11The Anchor Song3:41BjörkDebut
1.11The Anchor Song3:32BjörkDebut (made by Disctronics in the UK, BIEM/MCPS)
1.11The Anchor Song3:32BjörkDebut
1.11The Anchor Song3:32BjörkDebut (made in the UK by Universal M&L)
Bootleg
1.11The Anchor Song3:39BjörkMTV History 2000: Björk
2.13The Anchor Song3:32BjörkSingles Collection ’99
1.15The Anchor Song3:32BjörkRomantic Collection
1.15The Anchor Song3:32BjörkWorld Ballads Collection

Relationships

producer:Björk
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Elektra Entertainment (in 1993)
One Little Indian Ltd. (in 1993)
has remixes:Anchor Song (DarkJedi mix)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/5W5ttEMa8WCqag7dwkxdQ0 [info]
recording of:The Anchor Song

Related works

The Anchor Song

lyricist and composer:Björk
publisher:Famous Music Corporation
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd.
later translated versions:Um akkeri
is the basis for:Anchor Song