The song was premiered on Björk's MySpace profile on 19 March 2007 as part of the fan contest to submit ideas for the music video.

[2] The original deadline for the competition was to be on July 10; however, due to the worldwide success of Volta, Björk had to perform more international promotion work than her label One Little Indian had originally planned, meaning that the previously-planned video shoot for "Declare Independence" in London could not take place.

The decision was met with mixed reactions by fans as many were subsequently unable to submit their ideas due to the new deadline.

[7] These tracks were omitted from the final digital release for unknown reasons, but they were present on promotional CDs which aren't commercially available.

[9] A limited edition "multiformat" box set was released at the beginning of March 2008 with different artwork and with two of the missing remixes added.