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"Jigsaw Falling into Place" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, produced by Nigel Godrich. It was released as the first single from Radiohead's seventh studio album, In Rainbows (2007), on 14 January 2008.
The first In Rainbows single, "Jigsaw Falling into Place", was released in January 2008, [91] followed by "Nude" on 31 March. [92] Both songs were accompanied by music videos directed by Buxton and Jennings.
[5] [6] The Bends (1995) marked a move toward "anthemic rock", [5] with more cryptic lyrics about social and global topics, and elements of Britpop. [5] [7] [8] OK Computer (1997), the first Radiohead album produced by Godrich, [9] features more abstract lyrics that reflected themes of modern alienation, [10] and subtle, complex and textured ...
Larry Bartleet of NME wrote that "a Radiohead melody has rarely sounded this joyful or indulgent, which puts the disturbing lyrics into especially sharp relief". [33] Daniel Ross, analysing the song for Classic FM, wrote that "while Radiohead are often held up as denizens of doing it differently ... 'Burn the Witch' is them working smart rather ...
The first single from In Rainbows, "Jigsaw Falling into Place", was released in January 2008, [125] followed by "Nude" in March, [126] which debuted at number 37 in the Billboard Hot 100; it was Radiohead's first song to enter the chart since "High and Dry" (1995) and their first US top 40 since "Creep". [27]
"Nude" reached number 21 on the UK singles chart, outperforming the previous In Rainbows single, "Jigsaw Falling into Place". In the US, it reached number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Radiohead's second top-40 hit after their debut single, "Creep", reached number 34 in 1993.
The lyrics were inspired by the stress felt by the singer, Thom Yorke, while promoting Radiohead's album OK Computer (1997). Yorke wrote "Everything in Its Right Place" on piano. Radiohead worked on it in a conventional band arrangement before transferring it to synthesiser, and described it as a breakthrough in the album recording.
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