"We Share Our Mothers' Health" | ||||
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Single by The Knife | ||||
from the album Silent Shout | ||||
Released | May 2006 (Sweden) 24 July 2006 (UK) September 25, 2006 (US) | |||
Genre | ||||
Label | Rabid | |||
Songwriter(s) | The Knife | |||
Producer(s) | The Knife | |||
The Knife singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"We Share Our Mothers' Health" on YouTube |
"We Share Our Mothers' Health" is a song by Swedish electronic music duo The Knife from their third studio album, Silent Shout (2006). It was released in May 2006 as the album's third single. Pitchfork Media ranked it at number fourteen on The Top 100 Tracks of 2006. [1]
The music video for the song is an animated video directed and animated by Motomichi Nakamura. It is available online, on the enhanced US CD single, and on the Silent Shout: An Audio Visual Experience CD/DVD. Motomichi wrote about the video, "The animation starts with a girl that wakes up from a long sleep and starts searching for a sacred apple. At the end of a nightmarish story the girl is able to find her apple but only to discover the real price that she has to pay for it."[ citation needed ]
Chart (2006) | Peak Position |
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UK Singles Chart [9] | 85 |
U.S. Hot Dance Singles Sales [10] | 18 |
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