The correct title of this article is untitled #8. The substitution or omission of the # sign is because of technical restrictions.
| "untitled #8" |
| Song by Sigur Rós from the album ( ) |
| Released |
October 28, 2002 |
| Recorded |
Sundlaugin |
| Genre |
Post-rock |
| Length |
11:45 |
| Label |
Smekkleysa Records |
| Writer |
Sigur Rós |
| Producer |
Sigur Rós |
| ( ) track listing |
- "Untitled #1 (a.k.a. "Vaka")"
- "Untitled #2 (a.k.a. "Fyrsta")"
- "Untitled #3 (a.k.a. "Samskeyti")"
- "Untitled #4 (a.k.a. "Njósnavélin")"
- "Untitled #5 (a.k.a. "Álafoss")"
- "Untitled #6 (a.k.a. "E-Bow")"
- "Untitled #7 (a.k.a. "Dauðalagið")"
- "Untitled #8 (a.k.a. "Popplagið")"
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"untitled #8" (also known under its unofficial title "Popplagið", or "The Pop Song") is a song by the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós, found as the eighth and final song on the 2002 album ( ).
In concert, the song is played as the final encore, most likely for its epic climactic buildup and intensity. In most concerts a curtain is drawn across the stage during the song with an accompanying light show.
The song also appears on the compilation CD Screaming Masterpiece, as well as being the penultimate performance on the Sigur Rós self-produced movie Heima.
[edit] Lyrics and melody
As with all songs on ( ), "untitled #8" is sung in an imaginary language called Vonlenska (Hopelandic). The song itself starts out very dreamlike and slow and gradually builds up into an emotional climax, which stands out on the album for its intensity and speed as most of the songs on the album are much slower and more mellow.
[edit] Use in film and television
The ending climax of the song was featured in the trailer for the 2007 film The Invasion.
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