"We Share Our Mothers' Health" is the fourth single from the album Silent Shout

Silent Shout

Silent Shout is the third studio album by Swedish electronic duo The Knife. It was initially released in Sweden on 15 February 2006 by Rabid Records, and subsequently in the rest of Europe the following month and in the United States on 25 July by Mute Records. Silent Shout is darker than its...

by the Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 electropop duo The Knife

The Knife

The Knife are a Swedish electronic music duo from Gothenburg, formed in 1999. The group consists of siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer, who together also run their own record company, Rabid Records. They first received international attention after their song "Heartbeats", covered by...

. It was released in four different regions by four different labels in three different formats.

Critical reception

Pitchfork Media

Pitchfork Media

Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...

 placed "We Share Our Mothers' Health" at #14 on The Top 100 Tracks of 2006.

Music video

The music video for the song is an animated video directed and animated by Motomichi Nakamura. It is available online, on the enhanced US CD single, and on the Silent Shout: An Audio Visual Experience

Silent Shout: An Audio Visual Experience

Silent Shout: An Audio Visual Experience is a live DVD from The Knife, taken from the April 12, 2006 concert at the Trädgår'n, Gothenburg, Sweden, in their 2006 Silent Shout tour...

CD/DVD. Motomichi wrote about the video, "The animation starts with a girl that wakes up from a long sleep and starts searching for a sacred apple. At the end of a nightmarish story the girl is able to find her apple but only to discover the real price that she has to pay for it."

Track listings

• Swedish CD single

1. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Radio Edit)" - 3:32
2. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Trentemøller
   Trentemøller
   Anders Trentemøller is a Danish electronic music producer and multi-instrumentalist based in Copenhagen, Denmark.-History:...
   
    Remix)" - 8:01
3. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Original Version)" - 4:09

• UK CD single

1. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Radio Edit)" - 3:34
2. "Kino (Live)" - 5:13
3. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Trentemøller Remix)" - 8:02

• UK CD-R, Promo single

1. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Original Version)" - 4:14
2. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Trentemøller Remix)" - 8:03
3. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Radio Slave's Secret Base Remix)" - 9:02
4. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Ratatat
   Ratatat
   Ratatat is a New York City electronic music duo consisting of Mike Stroud and producer Evan Mast .-History:Evan Mast and Mike Stroud first met as students at Skidmore College, but they did not work together until 2001, when they recorded several songs under the name "Cherry"...
   
    Remix)" - 4:02

• UK 7-inch single

1. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Radio Edit)" - 3:28
2. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Ratatat Remix)" - 3:55

• UK 12-inch single

1. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Trentemøller Remix)" - 7:58
2. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Album Version)" - 4:06
3. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Radio Slave's Secret Base Remix)" - 8:57

• Europe 12-inch single

1. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Trentemøller Remix)" - 7:58
2. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Album Version)" - 4:06
3. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Radio Slave's Secret Base Remix)" - 8:57

• US CD, Maxi single

1. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Radio Edit)" - 3:35
2. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Trentemøller Remix)" - 8:04
3. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Radioslave Remix)" - 9:03
4. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Album Version)" - 4:13
5. "Kino (Live)" - 5:11
6. "We Share Our Mothers' Health (Music Video)"

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak Position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	85
U.S. Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes...	18