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"Nude" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released in March 2008 as the second single from their seventh studio album, In Rainbows (2007). Radiohead first recorded "Nude" during the sessions for their third album, OK Computer (1997), but were not satisfied with the results.
Radiohead performed an early version of "Jigsaw Falling into Place" on their 2006 tour, with the working title "Open Pick". [1] Mike Diver of Drowned in Sound described it as a "bass-propelled pop-rock head-bobber". [2] The lyrics were inspired by the chaos witnessed by the singer, Thom Yorke, when drinking in Oxford. He said: "The lyrics are ...
It features the singer, Thom Yorke, on acoustic guitar, with lyrics expressing paranoia and dread. Radiohead recorded "Follow Me Around" during the joint sessions for Radiohead's fourth and fifth studio albums, Kid A (2000) and Amnesiac (2001), but went unreleased until 2021. It was accompanied by a music video starring Guy Pearce.
The music video, directed by Grant Gee, features Yorke wearing a helmet as it fills with water, inspired by the 1960s science fiction and underwater escape acts. Inspired by the lyric "a job that slowly kills you", Gee conceived a video that would convey the feeling of "murderous seconds". "No Surprises" reached number four on the UK singles chart.
In 2020, the Guardian named "Pyramid Song" the fourth-best Radiohead song, writing: "Lyrics alluding to Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha, piano seemingly exhumed from ancient civilisation and a newly spiritual Yorke, swimming with 'black-eyed angels' and a shoal of exes towards some nebulous afterlife. Torture for some; otherwise, cult-making."
Yorke in the video. The "Karma Police" music video was directed by Jonathan Glazer, who previously directed the video for Radiohead's 1996 single "Street Spirit (Fade Out)". [28] The video is shot from the perspective of the driver of a car pursuing a man along a dark road, with Yorke in the back seat.
"Knives Out" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released as the second single from their fifth album, Amnesiac (2001). It features lyrics about cannibalism and guitars influenced by the Smiths. Critics described "Knives Out" as one of the more conventional tracks on Amnesiac.
"15 Step" was developed in 2005, when Radiohead was experimenting with odd rhythms. The singer, Thom Yorke, arranged the song on his laptop, [1] inspired by the "clapping groove" of "Fuck the Pain Away" (2000) by Peaches. [2] [3] On March 8, 2006, Radiohead teased the song ahead of their tour later that year through a picture posted to their blog.