"It's Oh So Quiet" is a song by American singer Betty Hutton, released in 1… Read Full Bio ↴"It's Oh So Quiet" is a song by American singer Betty Hutton, released in 1951 as the B-side to the single Murder, He Says. It is a cover of the German song Und jetzt ist es still, performed by Horst Winter in 1948, with music written by Austrian composer Hans Lang and German lyrics by Erich Meder. The English lyrics were written by Bert Reisfeld. A French title Tout est tranquille was performed in 1949 by Ginette Garcin and the Jacques Hélian Orchestra.
The Betty Hutton version was covered by Björk in 1995. It remains her biggest hit, reaching number 4 in the UK and spending 15 weeks on the UK Singles Chart. Fuelled by the Spike Jonze-directed music video clip, the single also shot Björk into the spotlight in Australia, where it reached number 6. In the United Kingdom the single has been certified as Gold, having sold upwards of 400,000 copies.
Original and cover versions:
Horst Winter - Und jetzt ist es still (1948)
Ginette Garcin and the Jacques Hélian Orchestra - Tout est tranquille (1949)
Henri Salvador - Tout est tranquille sch... sch...
Björk - It's Oh So Quiet (1995)
Lisa Ekdahl - It's Oh So Quiet (1997)
Happy Girls - It's Oh So Quiet (1999)
Noise For Pretend - It's Oh So Quiet (2002)
Lucy Woodward - It's Oh So Quiet (2005)
The Betty Hutton version was covered by Björk in 1995. It remains her biggest hit, reaching number 4 in the UK and spending 15 weeks on the UK Singles Chart. Fuelled by the Spike Jonze-directed music video clip, the single also shot Björk into the spotlight in Australia, where it reached number 6. In the United Kingdom the single has been certified as Gold, having sold upwards of 400,000 copies.
Original and cover versions:
Horst Winter - Und jetzt ist es still (1948)
Ginette Garcin and the Jacques Hélian Orchestra - Tout est tranquille (1949)
Henri Salvador - Tout est tranquille sch... sch...
Björk - It's Oh So Quiet (1995)
Lisa Ekdahl - It's Oh So Quiet (1997)
Happy Girls - It's Oh So Quiet (1999)
Noise For Pretend - It's Oh So Quiet (2002)
Lucy Woodward - It's Oh So Quiet (2005)
It's Oh So Quiet!
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Lyrics:
Shhhh, Shhhh
It's, oh, so quiet
Shhhh Shhhh
It's, oh, so still
Shhhh Shhhh
You're all alone
Shhh Shhh
And so peaceful until...
You fall in love
Zing boom
The sky up above
Zing boom
Is caving in
Wow bam
You've never been so nuts about a guy
You wanna laugh you wanna cry
You cross your heart and hope to die
'Til it's over and then...
Shhhh, Shhhh
It's nice and quiet
Shhhh, Shhhh
But soon again
Shhhh, Shhhh
Starts another big riot
You blow a fuse
Zing boom
The devil cuts loose
Zing boom
So what's the use
Wow bam
Of falling in love?
It's, oh, so quiet
It's, oh, so still
You're all alone
And so peaceful until...
You ring the bell
Bim bam
You shout and you yell
Hi ho ho
You broke the spell
Gee, this is swell you almost have a fit
This guy is "gorge" and I got hit
There's no mistake this is it
'Til it's over and then...
It's nice and quiet
Shhhh Shhhh
But soon again
Shhhh Shhhh
Starts another big riot
You blow a fuse
Zing boom
The devil cuts loose
Zing boom
So What's the use
Wow bam
Of falling in love?
The sky caves in
The devil cuts loose
You blow blow blow blow blow your fuse
Aaaaah!
When you fall in love...
Ssshhhhhh...
@marci0thiag0
it's interesting that i always thought this was one of the bjorkest songs by bjork even though it was a cover, but i never cared to check out the original, and now that i did i realized that her cover is true genius exactly because it is so similar to the original, calling our attention not to how innovative bjork's version was in 1995 but how innovative betty hutton's version was in 1951. i guess all the modern things have always existed indeed!
@stephaniesaxon973
Never knew there was another version before Bjork's, which I love. Now after hearing this, I can totally understand the genius, as Betty Hutton was perfect for this song.
@jenssimoens9106
It is a cover of the German song "Und jetzt ist es still", performed by Horst Winter in 1948,
@seanmegumi
It’s actually German, "Und jetzt ist es still.” Worth translating into every language, haha!
@alanhicks3073
For those of us who have been Betty Hutton fans for many years, this is no secret. She was an amazing artist, and is so under appreciated and forgotten today.
@Lathburn
This was one of the most out of place tracks on Post so I googled if it was a cover or something because it was so unlike anything Björk to write a song that sounds like this,, and yeah turns out it was a cover which explains how out of place it is
@scb5140
I love both versions. Bjork really paid the proper respect!
@dylans.1741
Betty Hutton was way ahead of her time. She had a stage presence and an energetic persona that very few performers of the era had.
@andyd3447
She sounds amazing! Imagine making a song like this in the 50s. wow Jazz music is truly underrated.
@JohnStephenDwyer
Came for the zing, stayed for the boom.