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The "Creep" music video was filmed at the Venue, Oxford. For the video, Radiohead performed a free short concert, playing "Creep" several times. They donated proceeds from audience members to the Oxford magazine Curfew, which had covered their early work. [21]
Radiohead's first album, Pablo Honey (1993), preceded by their breakthrough single "Creep", [4] features a sound reminiscent of alternative rock bands such as the Pixies and Nirvana. [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.
The English rock band Radiohead reused the chord progression and melody of "The Air That I Breathe" for their 1992 song "Creep". [8] [9] 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 Radiohead were honest about ...
The Bends combines guitar songs and ballads, with more restrained arrangements and cryptic lyrics than Radiohead's debut album, Pablo Honey (1993). Work began at RAK Studios, London, in February 1994. Tensions were high, with pressure from Parlophone to match sales of Radiohead's debut single, "Creep", and progress was slow.
In January 2018, Del Rey said on Twitter that the band Radiohead was taking legal action against her for allegedly plagiarising their 1992 song "Creep" on "Get Free". According to Del Rey, Radiohead asked for 100% of publishing royalties instead of Del Rey's offer of 40%. She denied that "Creep" had inspired "Get Free". [5]
Radiohead wrote it in response to the request from their record label, EMI, to record a single to repeat the success of "Creep". [11] The caustic lyrics use an iron lung as a metaphor for the way "Creep" had both sustained and constrained them: "This is our new song / Just like the last one / A total waste of time / My iron lung". [12]
Radiohead left EMI after their contract ended in 2003. [22] In 2007, EMI released Radiohead Box Set, a compilation of albums recorded while Radiohead were signed to EMI, including I Might Be Wrong. [22] Radiohead had no input into the reissues and the music was not remastered. [23] In February 2013, Parlophone was bought by Warner Music Group ...
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