Ísjaki

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"Ísjaki"
File:Sigur Rós - "Ísjaki".jpg
Single by Sigur Rós
from the album Kveikur
Released April 29, 2013 (2013-04-29)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2012 at
Sundlaugin Studio
(Mosfellsbær, Iceland)
Genre Dream pop, post-rock
Length 5:03
Label XL Recordings
Writer(s) Jón Þór Birgisson, Georg Hólm, Orri Páll Dýrason
Producer(s) Jón Þór Birgisson, Orri Páll Dýrason, Georg Hólm
Sigur Rós singles chronology
"Brennisteinn"
(2013)
"Isjaki"
(2013)
"Rafstraumur (Cyril Hahn Remix)"
(2013)
Music video
"Ísjaki" on YouTube

"Ísjaki" (Icelandic for "Iceberg", pronounced [ˈiːsjacɪ]) is a song written and recorded by Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós for their seventh studio album Kveikur. It appears as the third track on the album. "Ísjaki" was released to Icelandic contemporary hit radio as a promotional single from Kveikur on April 24, 2013. It was later released early on the Kveikur album listing on iTunes on April 25, 2013.[1]

A lyric video for the song was also released on April 24, 2013.[1]

Track listing

Digital download
No. Title Length
1. "Ísjaki"   5:03
Icelandic promotional single
No. Title Length
1. "Ísjaki" (Radio edit) 3:46

Personnel

Adapted from Kveikur liner notes.[2]

Sigur Rós
Additional musicians
  • Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson - brass arrangement
  • Daníel Bjarnason - string arrangement
  • Sigrún Jónsdóttir - brass
  • Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson - brass
  • Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir - brass
  • Borgar Magnason - strings
  • Margrét Árnadóttir - strings
  • Pálína Árnadóttir - strings
  • Una Sveinbjarnardóttir - strings
  • Þórunn Ósk Marinósdóttir - strings
Additional personnel
  • Ted Jensen - mastering
  • Rich Costey - mixing
  • Alex Somers - mixing, recording
  • Elisabeth Carlsson - assistant mixing
  • Eric Isip - assistant mixing
  • Chris Kasych - assistant mixing
  • Laura Sisk - assistant mixing
  • Birgir Jón Birgisson - recording
  • Valgeir Sigurdsson - recording (strings)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Iceland (Tónlist)[3] 12

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Iceland April 24, 2013 CD-R (Contemporary hit radio) XL Recordings
United Kingdom[4] April 29, 2013 Digital download
United States[5]
United Kingdom[6] June 17, 2013 CD-R (Contemporary hit radio)

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