The band had performed the track live as a work in progress since 1999, when it was written as part of the Ágætis byrjun studio sessions.

The song wasn't released until 2007, when it was recorded in studio, and featured on the Hvarf album as Hljómalind.

Before choosing this name, the song had the working title "The Rabbit and the Prince" (named after two friends of the band, Kiddi Kanína (or Kiddi The Rabbit) and sometime Sigur Rós roadie Valgarður "Valli" Bragason).

[1] "Hljómalind" was a record store in Reykjavík which was run by Kristinn "Kiddi Kanína" Sæmundsson, the band's then-manager.

The record shop started out as a mail-order operation, partially run from the Reykjavík flea market Kolaportið.