"Sæglópur" ( Icelandic for "lost at sea" or "lost seafarer") is a song by

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, released in 2006 as a single from the 2005 album '' Takk...''. Parts of the song are in Icelandic, although a lengthy portion is in Hopelandic, a "language" of nonsense words selected by the band that sound similar to Icelandic.

Music video

The music video for the song track depicts the drowning of a young child, who is, towards the end of the video, rescued by a diver and, as in the "

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" video, whether the child survives is left for the viewer to decide.

Use of the song

A part of "Sæglópur" was used by video game developers

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on 15 July 2008. The song has continued to be used by the company, appearing in the televised commercials for the game. A clip of the song had also been used in an ad aimed at young people with eating disorders, running on Swedish television by Anorexi Bulimi-Kontakt. The ad was released in 2007. Also, parts of this song have been used in the British car review television series

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on numerous occasions. Parts of the song were used in the trailer for

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'' season 1 (2019). The song is played in an early scene of the 2018 movie ''

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''. The group Sigur Rós sings Sæglópur in a scene where Aquaman enters the ocean in Iceland in the 2021 release of ''

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Release history

"Sæglópur" was released three times in different formats: *Prior to the release of '' Takk...'' the song was made available as a download only single on the North-American iTunes store (2005). "

" was made available simultaneously on the European iTunes Store. *Japan Tour EP (2006). An enhanced CD, containing the "Glósóli" and " Hoppípolla" videos. *CD/DVD double pack single (2006). The DVD featured the "Glósóli", "Hoppípolla" and "Sæglópur" videos.

Track listing

Japan Tour EP #"Sæglópur" ("Lost at sea") – 8:12 #"Refur" ("Fox") – 2:45 #"Ó friður" ("Oh Peace" ; a word with a double meaning similar to '' Vonbrigði''; in this case ó Friður means "Oh Peace" but ófriður means "War") – 4:48 #"Kafari" ("Diver") – 6:11 #"Hafsól" ("The ocean's sun") – 9:59 CD/DVD single #"Sæglópur" (8:12) #"Refur" (2:45) #"Ó friður" (4:48) #"Kafari" (6:11)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saeglopur 2006 singles Sigur Rós songs Songs written by Jónsi Songs written by Orri Páll Dýrason Songs written by Georg Hólm Songs written by Kjartan Sveinsson