The Sugarcubes - Birthday (English) 

The complete abandon of all inhibitions in her vocal expression make me tear up and smile at the same time...this is music.

the first the world heard of the extraordinary voice of bjork gudmundsdottir. still sounds amazing all these years later.

Even if you don’t like bjork’s voice there is no one else that sounds like her.

its not immature. its perfect. utterly perfect. theres innocence and wonder and joy . utterly beautiful song.

This song filled me with wonder when I was sixteen. I'm forty eight next month and it still gives me goosebumps.

That bass is absolutely cocteautwinesque

I like the part where she says "Aaaaaaaaaooooh"

Her voice, her melodies somehow simultaneously evoke ecstatic joy and deep melancholy. I don’t know how she does it.

she is the daughter of two artists who never restricted her or limited her to religion or a certain lifestyle. you see what a person can do when you allow individuality upon a person?

Woulnd it be magical if we could all express ourselves like that.

I took the bus home from school today, the only one on it. Lonely, ugly, isolated, depressed, anxious, all these things I behold externally and internally. I played this song on repeat, and cried all the way home. Thankfully, it healed me, I was able to wallow in the sadness with a song that I feel understands the angst I live in, the pain, the struggle. I'll never forget what this song did for me, I'll forever appreciate Bjork and The Sugarcubes, what they have done for me as an individual. I will always be thankful. Thank you so much, The Sugarcubes, for this song, for your music, for everything you did that helps me feel human, like everything is okay, that everything is going to get better.

Her voice does something to my heart, it makes me remember things, it hurts but I love the way it hurts.

I love her voice! She is truly gifted.

Bjork growling at us is more nostalgic than many who beleive they are amazing singers.. this lady captured us and made us fans.

I tried to imitate that growling voice she does mid-note and failed so badly.

That is just the cutest "dum dum dum" I have ever heard.

Bjork is the greatest vocalist I've ever heard, her voice is simply stunning. I love it, and her. Such a multitude of talent.

Bjork's voice is so delightfully young and free. Just makes me feel nothing but happiness.

I love bjorks vocals...its not the typical attractive voice..its got its identity an uniqueness just like how Amy whinehouses voice is unique and distinct....she's got her own style....

Would be great if there were a 20min version of this song. Hyptonic and the "aaaahhh aaaagghhh" is ah, chills.

I get the chills and the back of my eyes get teary when she cranks out the scream/chorus...

The drumming on this is sublime. Complemented beautifully by the vocal.

Those screams still hit my musical g-spot 24 years after I first heard this on John Peel's show, peace be upon him.

Man, is she ever so beautiful

After 28 years from its release, this is still one of the best pop video and song ever made on Planet Earth.

One of the most amazing songs ever written. Absolutely sublime.

I was 19 going on 20 when I bought this and saw them live, today I'm turning 54 and still listening ...

I remember the song being released and the person who brought this under attention to me. Hope he's well and alive still, as we only got to know each other for about half a year. Loved the unique voice and song back then and still do today. ❤

I can't describe what it does to me hearing this childish, sad, furious beautiness in Bjørks voice. She has thousand fragments in her soul.

As a young girl I was obsessed with this song, just waiting hours in front of the tv to watch it come by so I could videotape it. Love her, she is one of a kind.

Today is the first time I've ever heard this song, or heard of the Sugar cubes, or knew that Bjork was ever in a band before going solo. But both the song and video have stood the test of time. Not dated at all.

Still gives me goosebumps all these years later.

This song is magic.

Estamos em 2020 e ainda amo ouvir essa música, como da primeira vez. Björk é perfeita demais, uma das vozes da minha vida.

I love Björk so much

It's one of my favourite songs, I loved the Sugarcubes when I was a kid (showing my age!) I wish I could sing like her, and I do try, when the neighbours are out :D

I remember watching this one afternoon after school in Australia. I have NEVER fallen in love with a human as quickly as I did with Bjork.

still as fresh as ever

Remember when I first heard that song. I immediately got a 'crush' for it. It's not just Björk's voice and style of intonation; also the guitars, bass, the drum rhythm, simply everything. Great, timeless music!

Bjork is the beautiful Wordsmith that tames frequencies and sequence in one glorious executed thought , that gifts us with a soundscape of her mind . Where would we be , without Bjork. It's good to be alive

I was 18 when this first came out in 1988. It was a great time to be around the late 80s and early 90s, a golden age for music.

I love it when she almost screams but yet its not a crackle but pure raw power that's just so appealing to my ears! What a voice!! Love it to bits!!

one of the most beautiful songs ive ever heard in my life, thank you Bjork. SO much emotion in her vocals

life is too good by Sugar Cubes is one essential album from the 80´s. and one of the greatest ever. that doesn´t get said as much as it should. just listen to Deus, Coldsweat, Mama, Motorcrash, Birthday...every track is amazing, is still current musically. and nothing can be said about Bjork´s voice that will get closer to how incredible it is.

Possibly one of the greatest vocal performances of all time on this song, utterly mesmorising!

Björk has the most profound and beautiful vocals. An honorary mention to the band too though for the riffs, just wonderful!!

Unconventional beauty for the true connoisseur of the heart of humanity. "The love is for all". Be we all as wonderful as Bjork!

I've been a fan since this track came out and saw her live for several solo tours, I've followed her career and have played various remixes in my DJ sets-- and she is totally weird. She doesn't shy from it, she embraces it, sings about it. She knows that she sees the world in an odd way, that every moment for her is an ecstatic release that most people have shut themselves off from. Normal is boring.

Loved this when it came out....what an amazing time in music...Blessed! Still loving this In 2024...have 1 friend who gets it still 😊

20 years ago I tried and failed to go to Iceland as my partner couldn't afford it. Finally made it there this year. I loved it. I've never felt more at home anywhere in the world. That it reconnected me with Bjork is just a great bonus.

Today is my birthday, but that is secondary to the fact it is also my twin brother's birthday. I dedicate this song to him and his indomitable spirit and energy. Thank you for 44 years of memories, kinship, brotherhood and adventure! I love you, bro! I still remember sitting with you, seeing this for the first time on SNL in 1988.

Happy 51th birthday, Björk. This song stays as one of the 1980's most memorable. Woulnd it be magical if we could all express ourselves like that.

30+ years on, and this still sounds good enough to make me cry. And I say that as someone who generally prefers the "now" to looking back.

Этот трек меня стимулирует,провоцирует,заставляет,радует,возносит,ласкает ...... до слёз счастья

Increíble, cuando no había música digital que nos tocaba grabar con.casetes de cinta de la radio yo piye esa canción, sabía que Bjork la cantaba su voz es inconfundible, eso fue como en 1997 y hace poco la escuche y la.recordé enseguida y supe.que era ella, tremenda sorpresa!

Hailing from Iceland and some fun facts - my dad did the filming in this video downtown and in the Blue Lagoon in the English video version (there is an Icelandic one as well but a well different and hard to understand but imo the better version) - it features the original Blue Lagoon - not the artificial one that tourists are paying a fortune to go to now and 10$ for a towel ... she has always been down to earth and supportive of even the smallest of artists - Iceland is small and last time we met was on coach flying from LDN to KEF ... no business class, she was making music just on the plane and I had the isle seat next to her and just ez and chatting - she/they has always supported "underground" music scenes and been very "punk" from the start - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BFQPNApwJGU.html

ohmygoodness. she is adorable and her voice is so beautiful

The more I listen to this song the more it rips me apart. So tragic yet beautiful.

One of the most wild, happy, strange, expressive, unique and beautiful songs the 20th century ever made.

I was fifteen when they came out. 16 when I saw them live. Bjork threw a hissy fit and stormed off the stage. Mosh pit was crazy.

I still love this song after all these years. It's so beautiful it makes me cry ❤

repeat, repeat, repeat..... I can't get enough of this song! She is a musical genius

I still remember to this day the first time I heard debut, I was on my own on the farm I worked, it was the first time I had wine I was 17, I heard the song come to me and I remember where all the furniture was in the dining room looking over rolling fields of Devon, massive inpact on my musical progression Bjork thanks love x 🙏

"He knows how many freckles she's got" - single most romantic line ever.

its like the most beautiful song i've ever heard. im absolutely obsessed with bjork sugarcubes era

Ridiculously beautiful song and mesmerising vocals. I loved the Sugarcubes.

Easily up there with the most underrated songs, magnificent aural landscape under an amazing voice.

it's one of the songs nobody should ever cover . that's björk's song, this refrain is unique and only possible with her voice...absolutly incredible.

Absolute Legend my Lady X 🌻🙏

And that's your birthday today, Björk. The only woman who inspires me and brings the feelings that are hard to describe with words. I think you're the only woman in this world that I feel a mutual connection with the complexity of the universe. Your music makes me happy and I thank you for that.

Just heard this for the first time…. Pure joy.

I wish you an happy birthday my tender Bjork.Music is my only Love and you,you are the sweet beautiful queen of music for eternity!!!!

Saw these live in Liverpool rarely met such a humble and friendly group of people(band). We waited at the stage entrance and the whole band chatted to us for about 45 mins. And the gig was awesome.

This song brings me to another dimension, like a lost era... a moment in time you wish could go back to... The white honda civic makes the moment so real like the dimension still exist... goosebumps all over

Extraordinary Unique one-of-a-kind peerless talent beyond art❤❤❤

Such a catchy song. Brilliant.

she has been my all time fave for 30 something years...I got to see her live in 2013 and well.....my life is complete xxxx

Otherworldly, ethereal, absolutely beautiful, it has a slight Cocteau twins vibe but completely hers and the sugarcubes own, a masterpiece 11/10

I'm 49 now , I heard this first at 15....I still ❤ her x

Why do old music videos give me a feeling that i was there at the time when those were made. I mean there is something in the back of my head telling me all of the sceneries, people etc that i was a part of it .

до чего ж хороша!

I am not exaggerating when I say this is the greatest song ever recorded

Absolutely phenomenal track.

I lived in Iceland back in 1988 and they were big back then, like every bar and club would play their songs.

That voice! I was blown away the first time I heard them do this on SNL back in the day, and I went out right away to buy the 'cassette tape'! My friends didn't get it, so it was a personal experience listening to it. It always carries me back to that time.

What a beautiful song.

An absolute powerhouse in voice and presence! You have never failed to mesmerise me Bjork ! ❤️✌️

She's a beautiful genius

32 years later, i can tell you : this song changes my life !

I was 14 when I heard it the first Time in German TV, "Formel Eins", Music Show with Kai Böcking ! I first thought, "What is THIS crazy Stuff ?" ;-)) !! Now I`m 49 years old, and #StillListeningToItJuly2023 !!!

She lives in this house over there, has her world outside it. Grapples with the earth with her fingers and her mouth, she's five years old. Thread worms on a string, keeps spiders in her pocket, collects fly-wings in A jar scrubs horse flies and pinches them on a line. she's got one friend He lives next door, they listen to the weather, he knows how many freckles she's got, She scratches his beard. she's painting huge books, glues them together, They saw a big raven; it glided down the sky, she touched it. Today's a birthday, they're smoking cigars, he got a chain of flowers, Sows a bird in her knickers, they're smoking cigars, lie in the bathtub, chain of flowers.

So great. I saw the Sugarcubes at the Metro in Melbourne, but never saw Bjork's later stuff. I wanted to, but she only ever played festivals here afterwards. Will never forget that gig, and how wonderful she was.

Brb moving to Iceland

Bjork is an original illusionist and true artist, her voice is the literal essence of beauty

I saw these guys at Red Rocks in Summer of 89 and when this song was played it was awesome.

Oh Bjork! So special!

this is one of the best song i've ever heard

First time ever listening to The Sugar cubes and it makes me bloody melancholic.

I fully agree. Being unique has nothing to do with being weird. However, anything that is unique will always be percieved as "Weird" by people who worship the mainstream. When it comes to understanding Bjork, she gives a reason for almost everything she does, so I find her easy to understand as a person. Her music isn't abnormal to people (like me) who admire the creativeness of an artist, yet to someone that listens to only one genre of music, anything else will be weird to them.

I have heard many songs in my life, some of which are special. But I always find myself coming back to this one more than any other. The pure expression in this is delightful.