"Army of Me" is a song by Björk, released in 1995 as the first, and leading, single from her second solo album Post. It is a grinding, industrial tune, punctuated by numerous samples of explosions and lyrics which encouraging the listener to stop complaining and get on with life – or else. When Björk realised it was her most popular song to be covered by other musicians, it appeared on a 2-CD charity benefit compilation entitled Army of Me-Xes in late 2004. The song also appeared, later in the same year, on the soundtrack of Tank Girl. The bizarre, dream-like music video – featuring a huge truck driven by Björk, a dentist gorilla, and a bomb in an art gallery awaking a dead boyfriend as an exhibit – was directed by Michel Gondry. The video is notable for its use of "bullet-time" (a rotating camera that captures a subject in mid-motion), the first music video to do so. This effect was later popularized by the hit film The Matrix.
The opening of the song is used for the University of Canterbury's journalism news show "Basement Radio" on Plains FM in Christchurch.
