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No Surprises is a song by the British alternative rock band Radiohead. It was released as the third and final single from the group’s 1997 album OK Computer. Accompanied by a music video that featured a single shot of singer Thom Yorke’s head in a plastic bubble that filled with water, the single peaked at number four in the United Kingdom.
Radiohead wrote “No Surprises” while touring with the band R.E.M. in 1995. “No Surprises” was the first song Radiohead recorded on the first day of recording sessions for OK Computer. The version of the song on the album is the first take recorded. Singer Thom Yorke commented, “We did endless versions afterwards […] and they were all just covers of the first version. So we gave up and went back to .”
The lyrics originally told the story of a man who has become fed up with the way things are working out for him and is having problems with his girlfriend. Two lines from this version are, “He was sick of her excuses / To not take off her dress when bleedin’ in the bathroom.” Preparing to record the song, Yorke altered the lyrics dramatically; instead of telling a love story about a man and his girlfriend, the song now appears to figuratively reference taking one’s own life (as evidenced in lyrics such as “I’ll take a quiet life/A handshake/Of carbon monoxide”) to illustrate contempt for the complacency of British “normality”.
“No Surprises” was released as the third single from OK Computer on 12 January 1998. The single reached number four on the UK Singles Chart.
Radiohead wrote “No Surprises” while touring with the band R.E.M. in 1995. “No Surprises” was the first song Radiohead recorded on the first day of recording sessions for OK Computer. The version of the song on the album is the first take recorded. Singer Thom Yorke commented, “We did endless versions afterwards […] and they were all just covers of the first version. So we gave up and went back to .”
The lyrics originally told the story of a man who has become fed up with the way things are working out for him and is having problems with his girlfriend. Two lines from this version are, “He was sick of her excuses / To not take off her dress when bleedin’ in the bathroom.” Preparing to record the song, Yorke altered the lyrics dramatically; instead of telling a love story about a man and his girlfriend, the song now appears to figuratively reference taking one’s own life (as evidenced in lyrics such as “I’ll take a quiet life/A handshake/Of carbon monoxide”) to illustrate contempt for the complacency of British “normality”.
“No Surprises” was released as the third single from OK Computer on 12 January 1998. The single reached number four on the UK Singles Chart.
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killerkille wrote:
absolutely love it, such a pretty house, and such a pretty garden
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I'm Addicted to this song
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vietquat wrote:
oh the first, I hear the song. That is great !
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misiek_z11 wrote:
House MD season 6 episode 1 Song :D
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mhanclk wrote:
dangerous band.
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tomahaq wrote:
tres belle musique tres relaxate.Avec un cotee melodique bristich tres distintif.Merci last fm de me faire decouvrir plein de nouveau bo groupe.LAST FM BEST MUSIQUE
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kosiarzysko wrote:
fantastic, amazing song<3
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buizerd1975 wrote:
MMM brings back memories..
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lawrencegillies wrote:
Beautiful song
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mjaups wrote:
lovely-lovely.
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dima978 wrote:
fantasy
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danyleizar wrote:
i love Radio head, is my favorite band
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joetrizzle wrote:
I'm about to go work and this song has never felt more appropriate in my ears
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Gltch wrote:
I wouldn't say this is the best song in the world, since there are billions of songs from all over the world that I havn't heard, but I'm guessing this is better than 9.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of the songs out there.
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Benzopiler wrote:
HOUSE.....
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Marjo47 wrote:
Excellent.
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ha_ti wrote:
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schiizophrenic wrote:
beautiful...
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ModBear61R wrote:
i remember getting scared for thom during the video when he drowns himself. i thought hypothetically it'd be a cool way for a rock star to die by releasing a video for a song about suicide while your comitting suicide and actually go through with it...then i slapped myself in the face remembering this would be THOM YORKE dying.
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Craigsly wrote:
This is leagues better than every other track in Radiohead's catalog. I mean it really isn't even close.
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