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The chord progression and melody in "Creep" are similar to those of the 1972 song "The Air That I Breathe", written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood. [86] After Rondor Music, the publisher of "The Air That I Breathe", took legal action, Hammond and Hazlewood received cowriting credits and a percentage of the royalties. Hammond said ...
"The Bends" is one of Radiohead's most performed songs and was described as a fan favourite by New York. [103] [104] It was the first song Radiohead performed from The Bends. [105] The song was first performed at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow, Scotland in May 1992, four months before the band began recording Pablo Honey. [59]
The chorus contains an interpolation of "Creep" by Radiohead: I'm a kreep, I'm a loser You're so very special, I wish I was special But I'm a kreep, I'm a loser I wish I was special, I wish I was special But I'm a kreep The song also contains an interpolation of the song "You Are Everything" by The Stylistics:
According to Hufford, American audiences were disappointed by the lack of a "Creep"-style song on The Bends. In response, Capitol chose "Fake Plastic Trees" as the first US single, to further distance Radiohead from "Creep". [67] It failed to enter the US Billboard Hot 100, but reached number 20 on the UK singles chart. [14] "Just", released in ...
Critics observed melodic and lyrical similarities between "Special" and the song "Creep" (1993) by Radiohead, [4] [28] noting that the songs resembled each other by their use of guitars and themes of self-hatred. [29] [30] The "I wish I was special" line from the chorus of "Special" can be found in the pre-chorus of "Creep".
"I Wish" is a song by American singer Stevie Wonder. It was released in late 1976 as the lead single from his eighteenth album, Songs in the Key of Life (1976). Written and produced by Wonder, the song focuses on his childhood from the 1950s into the early 1960s about how he wished he could go back and relive it.
"Easy" is a song by American band Commodores from their fifth studio album, Commodores (1977), released on the Motown label. Group member Lionel Richie wrote "Easy" with the intention of it becoming another crossover hit for the group given the success of a previous single, "Just to Be Close to You", which spent two weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart (now known as ...
"I Wish" is a song by American R&B singer Carl Thomas, released by Arista and Bad Boy Records on February 15, 2000 as the second single from his debut album Emotional. It was co-written by Thomas and Mike City , while production was handled by the latter.