| Play Dead | |
| Cover: | Björk - Play Dead.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Björk featuring David Arnold |
| B-Side: | End Titles/Play Dead |
| Released: | [1] |
| Studio: | Whitfield Street Recording (London) |
| Length: | 3:56 |
| Label: | |
| Producer: | |
| Chronology: | Björk |
| Prev Title: | Venus as a Boy |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | Big Time Sensuality |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
"Play Dead" is a song by Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk, released by the labels Island and Mother as the only single from the soundtrack of the 1993 crime drama The Young Americans, starring Harvey Keitel. The song was not included in the first edition of Björk's debut album, Debut (1993), but was later included as a bonus track, and the album was re-issued in November 1993.[2] It was written by Jah Wobble, Björk, and David Arnold, produced by Cannon and Arnold, and received additional production and mixing by Tim Simenon.[3]
"Play Dead", inspired by the main character of the film, was released on 11 October 1993 and charted within the top 20 in Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. An accompanying music video was released, directed by Danny Cannon, featuring images from the film which also was directed by Cannon. "Play Dead" was included in Björk's 2002 greatest hits album Greatest Hits.
