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About This Track
One of Radiohead’s most successful singles, yet also a fan favourite.
Noted by singer-songwriter and guitarist Thom Yorke as “one of saddest songs” and describing it as “the dark tunnel without the light at the end,” “Street Spirit” was released as the band’s ninth single and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart, the highest chart position untilParanoid Android from OK Computer, which reached number three in 1997.
Radiohead attributes a great deal of depth to “Street Spirit”, beyond the level typically perceived by its audience. Lead singer Thom Yorke said,
“Street Spirit is our purest song, but I didn’t write it. It wrote itself. We were just its messengers; its biological catalysts. Its core is a complete mystery to me, and, you know, I wouldn’t ever try to write something that hopeless. All of our saddest songs have somewhere in them at least a glimmer of resolve. Street Spirit has no resolve. It is the dark tunnel without the light at the end. It represents all tragic emotion that is so hurtful that the sound of that melody is its only definition. We all have a way of dealing with that song. It’s called detachment. Especially me; I detach my emotional radar from that song, or I couldn’t play it. I’d crack. I’d break down on stage. That’s why its lyrics are just a bunch of mini-stories or visual images as opposed to a cohesive explanation of its meaning. I used images set to the music that I thought would convey the emotional entirety of the lyric and music working together. That’s what’s meant by ‘all these things you’ll one day swallow whole’. I meant the emotional entirety, because I didn’t have it in me to articulate the emotion. I’d crack…
Noted by singer-songwriter and guitarist Thom Yorke as “one of saddest songs” and describing it as “the dark tunnel without the light at the end,” “Street Spirit” was released as the band’s ninth single and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart, the highest chart position until
Paranoid Android from OK Computer, which reached number three in 1997.Radiohead attributes a great deal of depth to “Street Spirit”, beyond the level typically perceived by its audience. Lead singer Thom Yorke said,
“Street Spirit is our purest song, but I didn’t write it. It wrote itself. We were just its messengers; its biological catalysts. Its core is a complete mystery to me, and, you know, I wouldn’t ever try to write something that hopeless. All of our saddest songs have somewhere in them at least a glimmer of resolve. Street Spirit has no resolve. It is the dark tunnel without the light at the end. It represents all tragic emotion that is so hurtful that the sound of that melody is its only definition. We all have a way of dealing with that song. It’s called detachment. Especially me; I detach my emotional radar from that song, or I couldn’t play it. I’d crack. I’d break down on stage. That’s why its lyrics are just a bunch of mini-stories or visual images as opposed to a cohesive explanation of its meaning. I used images set to the music that I thought would convey the emotional entirety of the lyric and music working together. That’s what’s meant by ‘all these things you’ll one day swallow whole’. I meant the emotional entirety, because I didn’t have it in me to articulate the emotion. I’d crack…
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last_nickname wrote:
System of a Down totally ripped this song off with 'Lost in Hollywood'. [3]
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toodaloo4no wrote:
pure brilliance!!!!
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oilysubstance wrote:
Great tune!
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Timppa2000 wrote:
System of a Down totally ripped this song off with 'Lost in Hollywood'. [2]
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Timitzi wrote:
@kabulgaf The songs share similar atmospheres and structures but I wouldn't call SOAD's song a rip-off at all. Two great songs, though this one is phenomenal.
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matt1337c wrote:
This song is intensely haunting. I get chills every time I hear it.
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dannyboy182 wrote:
Gotta love this
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GREYinGREY78 wrote:
Grandiose!! Just perfect...
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ynsemreshn wrote:
Best universe song ever !
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me_araujo wrote:
masterpiece
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bernlin2000 wrote:
Likely sadder than I can contemplate in a non-suicidal state. Great song.
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obscurecendo wrote:
this song destroys me
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Leaf_Thief wrote:
Its taking me an age to get into Radiohead. This has been one of my favourites for years. Finally now there are others creeping up behind. Still the best though IMAO
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bex23 wrote:
This song made me a Radiohead fan [10]
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
Great song
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tihsymtae wrote:
http://8tracks.com/tihsymtae/blue
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lost__vampire wrote:
a song to drown in... [2]
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kabulgaf wrote:
HAH! System of a Down totally ripped this song off with 'Lost in Hollywood'. I love 'em both tremendously, two of my favorites bands... but DAMN.
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barsam2 wrote:
the intensity of this song is untouchable.... such an urgecy in the way its sung. Pure magic [2]
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ButterflyCourt wrote:
the intensity of this song is untouchable.... such an urgecy in the way its sung. Pure magic
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