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This track was recorded in the ballroom of actress Jane Seymour’s mansion at 3 A.M. It closes with computerized sounds created by ZX Spectrum computers, which all the members of Radiohead owned in the 1980s. Jonny explains what it’s all about: “It’s like when Andy Warhol said he enjoyed being bored. It’s about that feeling that you get when you’re not in control of it – you just go past thousands of places and thousands of people and you’re completely removed from it.”

Thom: “I was pissed in a club, and I suddenly had the funniest thought I’d had for ages – what if all the people who were drinking were hanging from the bottles… if the bottles were hung from the ceiling with string, and the floor caved in, and the only thing that kept everyone up was the bottles? It’s also about an enormous fear of being trapped.”
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  • Phoenix_33

    one of the most beautiful songs ever written

    Sunday evening

  • hemiwell

    discrepantly. it's so strange to feel how hope, anxiety and weakness combine. Emotional orgasm.

    14 days ago

  • Nowhere-Man-7

    This is one of my favorite songs of Radiohead, Thom's voice is awesome.

    15 days ago

  • matav

    this song is simply overflowing with emotions! i love the lyrics cuz it's so optimistic even at a time when you're crushed like a bug in the ground. the power to believe :)

    16 days ago

  • ArcadeFirez

    When Thom begins to sing "You know, you know where you are with..." is honestly one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. [14]

    18 days ago

  • ArcadeFirez

    "This song inspired Coldplay and Keane's style!" Radiohead just inspired 2 extremely overrated, mediocre bands...

    18 days ago

  • KeanePazza

    This song inspired Coldplay and Keane's style!

    last month

  • kyrosmetal

    One of the best song ever made. Incredible. Me pone los pelos de punta cada vez que la escuch.

    last month

  • rcpcv

    does anybody else think this might be Radiohead's greatest achievement? The effect of the lyrics and sounds are beyond description, and they a certainly miles beyond any personal matters. It's like an anthem sung to the stars -- a desperate cry thrown out against a world completely stacked against the genuine and true people of the world.

    last month

  • WoozieGTA

    When Thom begins to sing "You know, you know where you are with..." is honestly one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. [13]

    last month

  • wwaynesworld

    Maravilloso gracias!w!

    last month

  • EricValeev

    When Thom begins to sing "You know, you know where you are with..." is honestly one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. [12]

    last month

  • wholovesthesun-

    When Thom begins to sing "You know, you know where you are with..." is honestly one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. [11]

    last month

  • shellbyrne

    I agree with the comment below, absolutely

    last month

  • mnmari

    When Thom begins to sing "You know, you know where you are with..." is honestly one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. [10] :'(

    last month

  • Brendonhamilton

    LOVE this song. Hey please take a second and visit this link. Listen to the song and comment on it. Thanks! http://www.reverbnation.com/brendonhamilton

    March 2012

  • Pharaohh

    This song makes me thing about life...

    March 2012

  • ProjectX2

    I wish I could love this twice.

    March 2012

  • Sihaya_

    When Thom begins to sing "You know, you know where you are with..." is honestly one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. [9] :'(

    March 2012

  • CONNSPURS

    Still think it's their best song after all these years, continues to give me goosebumps at 3:42... Amazing track!!!

    March 2012
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