Since their 1992 debut, the English rock band Radiohead have recorded more than 160 songs, most credited to the band as a whole. They have worked with producer Nigel Godrich since 1994. Several of their albums are consistently ranked among the greatest of all time.[1][2][3]
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.[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 songs.[11]
Kid A (2000) and Amnesiac (2001), recorded in the same sessions,[12][13] marked a drastic change in style, incorporating influences from electronic music, 20th-century classical music, krautrock and jazz.[14] Radiohead's sixth album, Hail to the Thief (2003), combines electronic and rock music with lyrics written in response to the War on Terror.[15] Radiohead self-released their seventh album, In Rainbows (2007), as a pay-what-you-want download.[5] It incorporates alternative rock and art pop[16][17] with more personal, "universal" lyrics.[18][19] Outtakes from the album were released on In Rainbows Disk 2 (2007).[20] In 2009, Radiohead released two non-album singles: "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)", a tribute to the last surviving World War I soldier Harry Patch,[21] and "These Are My Twisted Words", a free download.[22]
Radiohead's eighth album, The King of Limbs (2011), emphasises the rhythm section with extensive samples and loops.[23][24] The band released four non-album singles in 2011: "Supercollider" and "The Butcher",[25] followed by "The Daily Mail" and "Staircase".[26][27] After a hiatus,[5] Radiohead recorded a title song for the 2015 James Bond film Spectre, but it was rejected.[28] Their next album, A Moon Shaped Pool (2016), incorporates art rock and ambient music,[29][30] with string and choral arrangements performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra.[31] In 2017, Radiohead released a deluxe remaster of OK Computer, OKNOTOK 1997 2017, including B-sides and the previously unreleased songs "I Promise", "Man of War", and "Lift".[32] Kid A Mnesia, an anniversary reissue compiling Kid A, Amnesiac and previously unreleased material, was released on 5 November 2021.[33]
All songs written by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien and Philip Selway, except where noted.
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Song | Original release | Producers | Year | Ref. |
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"15 Step" | In Rainbows | Nigel Godrich | 2007 | [34] |
"2 + 2 = 5" | Hail to the Thief | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2003 | [35] |
"4 Minute Warning" | In Rainbows Disk 2 | Nigel Godrich | 2007 | [36] |
"Airbag" | OK Computer | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1997 | [37] |
"All I Need" | In Rainbows | Nigel Godrich | 2007 | [34] |
"The Amazing Sounds of Orgy" | B-side to "Pyramid Song" (CD1) | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2001 | [38] |
"Anyone Can Play Guitar" | Pablo Honey | Sean Slade Paul Q. Kolderie |
1993 | [39] |
"Backdrifts" | Hail to the Thief | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2003 | [35] |
"Banana Co."[a] (live) | B-side to "Pop Is Dead" | Radiohead Jim Warren |
1993 | [41] |
"Bangers + Mash" | In Rainbows Disk 2 | Nigel Godrich | 2007 | [36] |
"The Bends" | The Bends | John Leckie | 1995 | [42] |
"Bishop's Robes" | B-side to "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" (CD1) | John Leckie | 1996 | [43] |
"Black Star" | The Bends | Radiohead Nigel Godrich John Leckie |
1995 | [42] |
"Bloom" | The King of Limbs | Nigel Godrich | 2011 | [44] |
"Blow Out" | Pablo Honey | Sean Slade Paul Q. Kolderie |
1993 | [39] |
"Bodysnatchers" | In Rainbows | Nigel Godrich | 2007 | [34] |
"Bones" | The Bends | John Leckie | 1995 | [42] |
"Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was" | The Bends | John Leckie | 1995 | [42] |
"Burn the Witch" | A Moon Shaped Pool | Nigel Godrich | 2016 | [45] |
"The Butcher" | Non-album single | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2011 | [25] |
"Climbing Up the Walls" | OK Computer | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1997 | [37] |
"Codex" | The King of Limbs | Nigel Godrich | 2011 | [44] |
"Coke Babies" | B-side to "Anyone Can Play Guitar" | Jim Warren Chris Hufford |
1993 | [46] |
"Creep"[b] | Pablo Honey | Sean Slade Paul Q. Kolderie |
1993 | [39] |
"Cuttooth" | B-side to "Knives Out" (CD1) | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2001 | [47] |
"The Daily Mail" | The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2011 | [48] |
"Daydreaming" | A Moon Shaped Pool | Nigel Godrich | 2016 | [45] |
"Decks Dark" | A Moon Shaped Pool | Nigel Godrich | 2016 | [45] |
"Desert Island Disk" | A Moon Shaped Pool | Nigel Godrich | 2016 | [45] |
"Dollars and Cents" | Amnesiac | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2001 | [49] |
"Down Is the New Up" | In Rainbows Disk 2 | Nigel Godrich | 2007 | [36] |
"Electioneering" | OK Computer | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1997 | [37] |
"Everything in Its Right Place" | Kid A | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2000 | [50] |
"Exit Music (For a Film)" | OK Computer | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1997 | [37] |
"Faithless, the Wonder Boy" | B-side to "Anyone Can Play Guitar" | Jim Warren Chris Hufford |
1993 | [46] |
"Fake Plastic Trees" | The Bends | John Leckie | 1995 | [42] |
"Fast-Track" | B-side to "Pyramid Song" (CD2) | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2001 | [51] |
"Faust Arp" | In Rainbows | Nigel Godrich | 2007 | [34] |
"Feral" | The King of Limbs | Nigel Godrich | 2011 | [44] |
"Fitter Happier" | OK Computer | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1997 | [37] |
"Fog" | B-side to "Knives Out" (CD2) | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2001 | [52] |
"Follow Me Around" | Kid A Mnesia | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2021 | [53] |
"Ful Stop" | A Moon Shaped Pool | Nigel Godrich | 2016 | [45] |
"Gagging Order"[c] | B-side to "Go to Sleep" (CD2) | Radiohead | 2003 | [54] |
"Give Up the Ghost" | The King of Limbs | Nigel Godrich | 2011 | [44] |
"Glass Eyes" | A Moon Shaped Pool | Nigel Godrich | 2016 | [45] |
"The Gloaming" | Hail to the Thief | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2003 | [35] |
"Go Slowly" | In Rainbows Disk 2 | Nigel Godrich | 2007 | [36] |
"Go to Sleep" | Hail to the Thief | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2003 | [35] |
"Harry Patch (In Memory Of)" | Non-album single | Nigel Godrich | 2009 | [21] |
"High and Dry" | The Bends | Radiohead Jim Warren ‡ |
1995 | [42] |
"House of Cards" | In Rainbows | Nigel Godrich | 2007 | [34] |
"How Can You Be Sure?" | B-side to "Fake Plastic Trees" | John Leckie | 1995 | [55] |
"How Do You?" | Pablo Honey | Sean Slade Paul Q. Kolderie |
1993 | [39] |
"How I Made My Millions" | B-side to "No Surprises" | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1998 | [56] |
"How to Disappear Completely" | Kid A | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2000 | [50] |
"Hunting Bears" | Amnesiac | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2001 | [49] |
"I Am a Wicked Child"[c] | B-side to "Go to Sleep" (CD2) | Radiohead | 2003 | [54] |
"I Am Citizen Insane"[c] | B-side to "Go to Sleep" (CD1) | Radiohead | 2003 | [57] |
"I Can't" | Pablo Honey | Chris Hufford | 1993 | [39] |
"I Might Be Wrong" | Amnesiac | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2001 | [49] |
"I Promise" | OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017 | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2017 | [58] |
"I Want None of This" | Help!: A Day in the Life | Nigel Godrich | 2005 | [59] |
"I Will" | Hail to the Thief | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2003 | [35] |
"Identikit" | A Moon Shaped Pool | Nigel Godrich | 2016 | [45] |
"Idioteque"[d] | Kid A | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2000 | [50] |
"If You Say the Word" | Kid A Mnesia | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2021 | [53] |
"Ill Wind" | A Moon Shaped Pool (special edition) | Nigel Godrich | 2016 | [60] |
"In Limbo" | Kid A | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2000 | [50] |
"India Rubber" | B-side to "Fake Plastic Trees" | Radiohead | 1995 | [55] |
"Inside My Head" | B-side to "Creep" | Sean Slade Paul Q. Kolderie |
1992 | [61] |
"Jigsaw Falling into Place" | In Rainbows | Nigel Godrich | 2007 | [34] |
"Just" | The Bends | John Leckie | 1995 | [42] |
"Karma Police" | OK Computer | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1997 | [37] |
"Kid A" | Kid A | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2000 | [50] |
"Killer Cars" | B-side to "Planet Telex" / "High and Dry" (CD2) |
John Leckie | 1995 | [62] |
"Kinetic" | B-side to "Pyramid Song" (CD2) | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2001 | [51] |
"Knives Out" | Amnesiac | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2001 | [49] |
"Last Flowers" | In Rainbows Disk 2 | Nigel Godrich | 2007 | [36] |
"Let Down" | OK Computer | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1997 | [37] |
"Lewis (Mistreated)" | My Iron Lung | John Leckie | 1994 | [63] |
"Life in a Glasshouse" | Amnesiac | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2001 | [49] |
"Lift" | OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017 | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2017 | [58] |
"Like Spinning Plates" | Amnesiac | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2001 | [49] |
"Little by Little" | The King of Limbs | Nigel Godrich | 2011 | [44] |
"Lotus Flower" | The King of Limbs | Nigel Godrich | 2011 | [44] |
"Lozenge of Love" | My Iron Lung | John Leckie | 1994 | [63] |
"Lucky"[e] | The Help Album | Nigel Godrich | 1995 | [64] |
"Lull" | B-side to "Karma Police" | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1997 | [65] |
"Lurgee" | Pablo Honey | Chris Hufford | 1993 | [39] |
"Man of War" | OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017 | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2017 | [58] |
"Maquiladora" | B-side to "Planet Telex" / "High and Dry" (CD1) |
John Leckie | 1995 | [66] |
"Meeting in the Aisle"[f] | B-side to "Karma Police" | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1997 | [65] |
"Melatonin"[f] | B-side to "Paranoid Android" (CD2) | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1997 | [67] |
"Million Dollar Question" | B-side to "Creep" | Sean Slade Paul Q. Kolderie |
1992 | [61] |
"MK 1" | In Rainbows Disk 2 | Nigel Godrich | 2007 | [36] |
"MK 2" | In Rainbows Disk 2 | Nigel Godrich | 2007 | [36] |
"Molasses" | B-side to "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" (CD2) | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1996 | [40] |
"Morning Bell" | Kid A | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2000 | [50] |
"Morning Bell/Amnesiac" | Amnesiac | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2001 | [49] |
"Morning Mr Magpie" | The King of Limbs | Nigel Godrich | 2011 | [44] |
"Motion Picture Soundtrack" | Kid A | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2000 | [50] |
"My Iron Lung" | The Bends | John Leckie | 1995 | [42] |
"Myxomatosis" | Hail to the Thief | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2003 | [35] |
"The National Anthem" | Kid A | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2000 | [50] |
"(Nice Dream)" | The Bends | John Leckie | 1995 | [42] |
"No Surprises" | OK Computer | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1997 | [37] |
"Nothing Touches Me" | Pablo Honey (collector's edition) | Sean Slade Paul Q. Kolderie |
2009 | [68] |
"Nude" | In Rainbows | Nigel Godrich | 2007 | [34] |
"The Numbers" | A Moon Shaped Pool | Nigel Godrich | 2016 | [45] |
"Optimistic" | Kid A | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2000 | [50] |
"Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box" | Amnesiac | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2001 | [49] |
"Palo Alto"[f] | B-side to "No Surprises" | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1998 | [56] |
"Paperbag Writer"[c] | B-side to "There There" | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2003 | [70] |
"Paranoid Android" | OK Computer | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1997 | [37] |
"Pearly*"[f] | B-side to "Paranoid Android" (CD1) | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1997 | [72] |
"Permanent Daylight" | My Iron Lung | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1994 | [63] |
"Planet Telex" | The Bends | John Leckie | 1995 | [42] |
"Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)"[f] | B-side to "Paranoid Android" (CD1) | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1997 | [72] |
"Pop Is Dead" | Non-album single | Jim Warren Radiohead |
1993 | [41] |
"Present Tense" | A Moon Shaped Pool | Nigel Godrich | 2016 | [45] |
"Prove Yourself"[g] | Drill | Chris Hufford (Drill) Sean Slade Paul Q. Kolderie (Pablo Honey) |
1992 | [73] |
"Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors" | Amnesiac | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2001 | [49] |
"Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong" | My Iron Lung | John Leckie | 1994 | [63] |
"A Punchup at a Wedding" | Hail to the Thief | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2003 | [35] |
"Pyramid Song" | Amnesiac | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2001 | [49] |
"Reckoner" | In Rainbows | Nigel Godrich | 2007 | [34] |
"A Reminder"[f] | B-side to "Paranoid Android" (CD2) | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1997 | [67] |
"Ripcord" | Pablo Honey | Sean Slade Paul Q. Kolderie |
1993 | [39] |
"Sail to the Moon" | Hail to the Thief | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2003 | [35] |
"Scatterbrain" | Hail to the Thief | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2003 | [35] |
"Separator" | The King of Limbs | Nigel Godrich | 2011 | [44] |
"Sit Down. Stand Up" | Hail to the Thief | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2003 | [35] |
"Spectre" | Non-album single | Nigel Godrich | 2015 | [28] |
"Staircase" | The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2011 | [48] |
"Stop Whispering" | Pablo Honey | Sean Slade Paul Q. Kolderie |
1993 | [39] |
"Street Spirit (Fade Out)" | The Bends | John Leckie | 1995 | [42] |
"Stupid Car" | Drill | Chris Hufford | 1992 | [73] |
"Subterranean Homesick Alien" | OK Computer | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1997 | [37] |
"Sulk" | The Bends | John Leckie | 1995 | [42] |
"Supercollider" | Non-album single | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2011 | [25] |
"Talk Show Host" | B-side to "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" (CD1) | John Leckie | 1996 | [43] |
"There There" | Hail to the Thief | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2003 | [35] |
"These Are My Twisted Words" | Non-album single | Nigel Godrich | 2009 | [74] |
"Thinking About You"[g] | Drill | Chris Hufford (Drill) Sean Slade Paul Q. Kolderie (Pablo Honey) |
1992 | [73] |
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief" |
A Moon Shaped Pool | Nigel Godrich | 2016 | [45] |
"The Tourist" | OK Computer | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
1997 | [37] |
"Trans-Atlantic Drawl" | B-side to "Pyramid Song" (CD1) | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2001 | [38] |
"Treefingers" | Kid A | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2000 | [50] |
"The Trickster" | My Iron Lung | John Leckie | 1994 | [63] |
"True Love Waits"[h] (live) | I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings | Nigel Godrich (A Moon Shaped Pool) |
2001 | [75] |
"Up on the Ladder" | In Rainbows Disk 2 | Nigel Godrich | 2007 | [36] |
"Vegetable" | Pablo Honey | Sean Slade Paul Q. Kolderie |
1993 | [39] |
"Videotape" | In Rainbows | Nigel Godrich | 2007 | [34] |
"We Suck Young Blood" | Hail to the Thief | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2003 | [35] |
"Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" | In Rainbows | Nigel Godrich | 2007 | [34] |
"Where Bluebirds Fly"[c] | B-side to "There There" | Radiohead | 2003 | [70] |
"Where I End and You Begin" | Hail to the Thief | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2003 | [35] |
"A Wolf at the Door" | Hail to the Thief | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2003 | [35] |
"Worrywort" | B-side to "Knives Out" (CD2) | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2001 | [52] |
"Yes I Am" | B-side to "Creep" (re-release) | Radiohead | 1993 | [76] |
"You"[g] | Drill | Chris Hufford (Drill) Sean Slade Paul Q. Kolderie (Pablo Honey) |
1992 | [73] |
"You and Whose Army?" | Amnesiac | Nigel Godrich Radiohead |
2001 | [49] |
"You Never Wash Up After Yourself" (live) | My Iron Lung | Jim Warren | 1994 | [63] |
Radiohead have written numerous songs that have not been officially released. Live performances of many of the songs circulate as bootlegs. Asked in 2013 about the status of the unreleased songs, Radiohead's producer Nigel Godrich said he believed it would all "surface one day".[77] He cited "Nude", written in the 1990s but released in 2007,[78] as an example of a song that took years to complete.[77]
Song | Notes |
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"Come to Your Senses" | Radiohead played "Come to Your Senses" in 2006 at a soundcheck at the Hearst Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California. A minute-long bootleg was circulated before a full bootleg appeared in June 2018.[79] According to Consequence of Sound, the song "sounds like nothing else Radiohead has ever written", with country and folk elements.[80] |
"Cut a Hole" | Radiohead debuted "Cut a Hole" on the King of Limbs tour in 2012.[81] The song builds gradually to a climax, with "menacing" lyrics about a "long-distance connection".[81] NME described it as "an atmospheric, shifting gloomathon" with a "head-flung-back vocal from Thom, climaxing with some of his highest notes since OK Computer".[82] |
"I Froze Up" | Yorke debuted "I Froze Up" on Rhodes piano during a webcast performance in 2002. In 2010, he performed it at a solo concert in Cambridge, England, and two months later in Chicago while touring with his band Atoms for Peace. Rolling Stone described it as "sparse" and "haunting".[83] |
"I Lie Awake" | Played in soundchecks during Radiohead's 2006 tour.[84] |
"Riding a Bullet" | Played in soundchecks during the 2008 In Rainbows tour.[84] |
"Slave" | Yorke mentioned "Slave" in a 2008 interview, and said he would send it to Godrich for mixing that night.[85] |
"Wake Me" | Played in soundchecks during the 2008 In Rainbows tour.[84] |
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