"Human Behaviour" is Icelandic singer Björk's first solo single, taken from the album Debut. It contains a sample of "Go Down Dying" by Antonio Carlos Jobim. The lyrics reflect on human nature and emotion from an animal's point of view. The song is the first part of a trilogy that includes "Isobel" and "Bachelorette".
"Human Behaviour" was an underground smash, and reached #36 in the UK Singles Chart. It is often performed on her recent concerts as an encore.
Music video
The music video, directed by Michel Gondry, is a loose take on the children's tale "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", with visuals inspired by Yuri Norstein's animated film Hedgehog in the Fog. Unlike in the story, however, Björk is hunted by a bear in a forest. She also flies to the moon where she plants a Soviet flag. She ends up being eaten by the bear and trapped in its stomach. The video received six nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards of 1994 including Best Female Video, Best New Artist in a Video, Breakthrough Video, Best Special Effects, Best Art Direction and Best Direction (for Gondry's work), winning none. Also this video was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video - Short Form losing to Peter Gabriel's "Steam.
Parody
The song was parodied on the PBS show Bill Nye the Science Guy as "Cross Pollination," with lyrics concerning plants. Although the original vocal melody was not used, the music is unmistakably an attempt to spoof the backing of "Human Behaviour."Single track listing
UK- "Human Behaviour"
- "Human Behaviour" ('Close to Human' mix)
- "Human Behaviour" (Underworld mix)
- "Human Behaviour" (Dom T mix)
- "Human Behaviour" (Bassheads edit)
Versions
- Acoustic version
- Album version
- Bassheads edit
- Close to Human mix (by Speedy J)
- Deep Behaviour (by Dimitri from Paris)
- Dom T. mix
- Le French Touch (by Dimitri From Paris)
- Mark Bell Remix
- Underground Behaviour (by Dimitri From Paris)
- Underground Behaviour dub (by Dimitri from Paris)
- Underworld dub 1
- Underworld dub 2
- Underworld mix
- MTV Unplugged version
Charts
TriviaIn "The Bracebridge Dinner", an episode of the Gilmore Girls, the song was played in the end.ReferencesExternal links
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The behavior of people (and other organisms or even mechanisms) falls within a range with some behavior being common, some unusual, some acceptable, and some outside acceptable limits. In sociology, behavior is considered as having no meaning, being not directed at other people and thus is the most basic human action. Behavior should not be mistaken with social behavior, which is more advanced action, as social behavior is behavior specifically directed at other people. The acceptability of behavior is evaluated relative to social norms and regulated by various means of social control.
The behavior of people is studied by the academic disciplines of psychology, sociology, economics, and anthropology.
In 1970, a book was published called "The Social Contract: A Personal Inquiry into the Evolutionary Sources of Order and Disorder" written by the anthropologist Robert Ardrey. The book and study investigated animal behavior (Ethology) and then compared human behavior as a similar phenomenon.
Factors affecting human behavior
*Genetics - (see also evolutionary psychology)
- Attitude – It is the degree to which the person has a favourable or unfavourable evaluation of the behaviour in question.
- Social Norms – This is the influence of social pressure that is perceived by the individual (normative beliefs) to perform or not perform a certain behaviour.
- Perceived Behavioural Control – This is the individual’s belief concerning how easy or difficult performing the behaviour will be.
See also
- Behavior
- Behavioral modernity
- Behaviorism
- Emotions
- Human sexual behavior
- Human timescales
- Motivation
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