List of songs recorded by Radiohead

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]

A collage of all five Radiohead members in the mid-2010s
Radiohead in the mid-2010s; from left to right: Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien and Philip Selway

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]

Songs

All songs written by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien and Philip Selway, except where noted.

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Key
Indicates song not produced or co-produced by Nigel Godrich
Radiohead first worked with producer Nigel Godrich in 1994, when he produced some songs on the My Iron Lung EP (1994). He has produced every Radiohead release since their third album, OK Computer (1997).
John Leckie produced Radiohead's second album, The Bends (1995).
"Harry Patch (In Memory Of)" is a tribute to the last surviving World War I combat soldier, Harry Patch.[21]
SongOriginal releaseProducersYearRef.
"15 Step"In RainbowsNigel Godrich2007[34]
"2 + 2 = 5"Hail to the ThiefNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2003[35]
"4 Minute Warning"In Rainbows Disk 2Nigel Godrich2007[36]
"Airbag"OK ComputerNigel Godrich1997[37]
"All I Need"In RainbowsNigel Godrich2007[34]
"The Amazing Sounds of Orgy"B-side to "Pyramid Song" (CD1)Nigel Godrich
Radiohead
2001[38]
"Anyone Can Play Guitar"Pablo HoneySean Slade
Paul Q. Kolderie
1993[39]
"Backdrifts"Hail to the ThiefNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2003[35]
"Banana Co."[a] (live)B-side to "Pop Is Dead"Radiohead
Jim Warren
1993[41]
"Bangers + Mash"In Rainbows Disk 2Nigel Godrich2007[36]
"The Bends"The BendsJohn Leckie1995[42]
"Bishop's Robes"B-side to "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" (CD1)John Leckie1996[43]
"Black Star"The BendsRadiohead
Nigel Godrich
John Leckie
1995[42]
"Bloom"The King of LimbsNigel Godrich2011[44]
"Blow Out"Pablo HoneySean Slade
Paul Q. Kolderie
1993[39]
"Bodysnatchers"In RainbowsNigel Godrich2007[34]
"Bones"The BendsJohn Leckie1995[42]
"Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was"The BendsJohn Leckie1995[42]
"Burn the Witch"A Moon Shaped PoolNigel Godrich2016[45]
"The Butcher"Non-album singleNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2011[25]
"Climbing Up the Walls"OK ComputerNigel Godrich1997[37]
"Codex"The King of LimbsNigel Godrich2011[44]
"Coke Babies"B-side to "Anyone Can Play Guitar"Jim Warren
Chris Hufford
1993[46]
"Creep"[b]Pablo HoneySean 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 BasementNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2011[48]
"Daydreaming"A Moon Shaped PoolNigel Godrich2016[45]
"Decks Dark"A Moon Shaped PoolNigel Godrich2016[45]
"Desert Island Disk"A Moon Shaped PoolNigel Godrich2016[45]
"Dollars and Cents"AmnesiacNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2001[49]
"Down Is the New Up"In Rainbows Disk 2Nigel Godrich2007[36]
"Electioneering"OK ComputerNigel Godrich1997[37]
"Everything in Its Right Place"Kid ANigel Godrich
Radiohead
2000[50]
"Exit Music (For a Film)"OK ComputerNigel Godrich1997[37]
"Faithless, the Wonder Boy"B-side to "Anyone Can Play Guitar"Jim Warren
Chris Hufford
1993[46]
"Fake Plastic Trees"The BendsJohn Leckie1995[42]
"Fast-Track"B-side to "Pyramid Song" (CD2)Nigel Godrich
Radiohead
2001[51]
"Faust Arp"In RainbowsNigel Godrich2007[34]
"Feral"The King of LimbsNigel Godrich2011[44]
"Fitter Happier"OK ComputerNigel Godrich1997[37]
"Fog"B-side to "Knives Out" (CD2)Nigel Godrich
Radiohead
2001[52]
"Follow Me Around"Kid A MnesiaNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2021[53]
"Ful Stop"A Moon Shaped PoolNigel Godrich2016[45]
"Gagging Order"[c]B-side to "Go to Sleep" (CD2)Radiohead2003[54]
"Give Up the Ghost"The King of LimbsNigel Godrich2011[44]
"Glass Eyes"A Moon Shaped PoolNigel Godrich2016[45]
"The Gloaming"Hail to the ThiefNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2003[35]
"Go Slowly"In Rainbows Disk 2Nigel Godrich2007[36]
"Go to Sleep"Hail to the ThiefNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2003[35]
"Harry Patch (In Memory Of)"Non-album singleRadiohead2009[21]
"High and Dry"The BendsRadiohead
Jim Warren ‡
1995[42]
"House of Cards"In RainbowsNigel Godrich2007[34]
"How Can You Be Sure?"B-side to "Fake Plastic Trees"John Leckie1995[55]
"How Do You?"Pablo HoneySean 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 ANigel Godrich
Radiohead
2000[50]
"Hunting Bears"AmnesiacNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2001[49]
"I Am a Wicked Child"[c]B-side to "Go to Sleep" (CD2)Radiohead2003[54]
"I Am Citizen Insane"[c]B-side to "Go to Sleep" (CD1)Radiohead2003[57]
"I Can't"Pablo HoneyChris Hufford1993[39]
"I Might Be Wrong"AmnesiacNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2001[49]
"I Promise"OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017Nigel Godrich2017[58]
"I Want None of This"Help!: A Day in the LifeWar Child2005[59]
"I Will"Hail to the ThiefNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2003[35]
"Identikit"A Moon Shaped PoolNigel Godrich2016[45]
"Idioteque"[d]Kid ANigel Godrich
Radiohead
2000[50]
"If You Say the Word"Kid A MnesiaNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2021[53]
"Ill Wind"A Moon Shaped Pool (special edition)Nigel Godrich2016[60]
"In Limbo"Kid ANigel Godrich
Radiohead
2000[50]
"India Rubber"B-side to "Fake Plastic Trees"Radiohead1995[55]
"Inside My Head"B-side to "Creep"Sean Slade
Paul Q. Kolderie
1992[61]
"Jigsaw Falling into Place"In RainbowsNigel Godrich2007[34]
"Just"The BendsJohn Leckie1995[42]
"Karma Police"OK ComputerNigel Godrich1997[37]
"Kid A"Kid ANigel Godrich
Radiohead
2000[50]
"Killer Cars"B-side to "Planet Telex" /
"High and Dry" (CD2)
John Leckie1995[62]
"Kinetic"B-side to "Pyramid Song" (CD2)Nigel Godrich
Radiohead
2001[51]
"Knives Out"AmnesiacNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2001[49]
"Last Flowers"In Rainbows Disk 2Nigel Godrich2007[36]
"Let Down"OK ComputerNigel Godrich1997[37]
"Lewis (Mistreated)"My Iron LungJohn Leckie1994[63]
"Life in a Glasshouse"AmnesiacNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2001[49]
"Lift"OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017Nigel Godrich2017[58]
"Like Spinning Plates"AmnesiacNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2001[49]
"Little by Little"The King of LimbsNigel Godrich2011[44]
"Lotus Flower"The King of LimbsNigel Godrich2011[44]
"Lozenge of Love"My Iron LungJohn Leckie1994[63]
"Lucky"[e]The Help AlbumNigel Godrich1995[64]
"Lull"B-side to "Karma Police"Nigel Godrich
Radiohead
1997[65]
"Lurgee"Pablo HoneyChris Hufford1993[39]
"Man of War"OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017Nigel Godrich2017[58]
"Maquiladora"B-side to "Planet Telex" /
"High and Dry" (CD1)
John Leckie1995[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 2Nigel Godrich2007[36]
"MK 2"In Rainbows Disk 2Nigel Godrich2007[36]
"Molasses"B-side to "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" (CD2)Nigel Godrich
Radiohead
1996[40]
"Morning Bell"Kid ANigel Godrich
Radiohead
2000[50]
"Morning Bell/Amnesiac"AmnesiacNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2001[49]
"Morning Mr Magpie"The King of LimbsNigel Godrich2011[44]
"Motion Picture Soundtrack"Kid ANigel Godrich
Radiohead
2000[50]
"My Iron Lung"The BendsJohn Leckie1995[42]
"Myxomatosis"Hail to the ThiefNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2003[35]
"The National Anthem"Kid ANigel Godrich
Radiohead
2000[50]
"(Nice Dream)"The BendsJohn Leckie1995[42]
"No Surprises"OK ComputerNigel Godrich1997[37]
"Nothing Touches Me"Pablo Honey (collector's edition)Sean Slade
Paul Q. Kolderie
2009[68]
"Nude"In RainbowsNigel Godrich2007[34]
"The Numbers"A Moon Shaped PoolNigel Godrich2016[45]
"Optimistic"Kid ANigel Godrich
Radiohead
2000[50]
"Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box"AmnesiacNigel 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 ComputerNigel Godrich1997[37]
"Pearly*"[f]B-side to "Paranoid Android" (CD1)Nigel Godrich
Radiohead
1997[72]
"Permanent Daylight"My Iron LungNigel Godrich
Radiohead
1994[63]
"Planet Telex"The BendsJohn Leckie1995[42]
"Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)"[f]B-side to "Paranoid Android" (CD1)Nigel Godrich
Radiohead
1997[72]
"Pop Is Dead"Non-album singleJim Warren
Radiohead
1993[41]
"Present Tense"A Moon Shaped PoolNigel Godrich2016[45]
"Prove Yourself"[g]DrillChris Hufford1992[73]
"Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors"AmnesiacNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2001[49]
"Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong"My Iron LungJohn Leckie1994[63]
"A Punchup at a Wedding"Hail to the ThiefNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2003[35]
"Pyramid Song"AmnesiacNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2001[49]
"Reckoner"In RainbowsNigel Godrich2007[34]
"A Reminder"[f]B-side to "Paranoid Android" (CD2)Nigel Godrich
Radiohead
1997[67]
"Ripcord"Pablo HoneySean Slade
Paul Q. Kolderie
1993[39]
"Sail to the Moon"Hail to the ThiefNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2003[35]
"Scatterbrain"Hail to the ThiefNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2003[35]
"Separator"The King of LimbsNigel Godrich2011[44]
"Sit Down. Stand Up"Hail to the ThiefNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2003[35]
"Spectre"Non-album singleNigel Godrich2015[28]
"Staircase"The King of Limbs: Live from the BasementNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2011[48]
"Stop Whispering"Pablo HoneySean Slade
Paul Q. Kolderie
1993[39]
"Street Spirit (Fade Out)"The BendsJohn Leckie1995[42]
"Stupid Car"DrillChris Hufford1992[73]
"Subterranean Homesick Alien"OK ComputerNigel Godrich1997[37]
"Sulk"The BendsJohn Leckie1995[42]
"Supercollider"Non-album singleNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2011[25]
"Talk Show Host"B-side to "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" (CD1)John Leckie1996[43]
"There There"Hail to the ThiefNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2003[35]
"These Are My Twisted Words"Non-album singleNigel Godrich2009[74]
"Thinking About You"[g]DrillChris Hufford1992[73]
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man
Poor Man Beggar Man Thief"
A Moon Shaped PoolNigel Godrich2016[45]
"The Tourist"OK ComputerNigel Godrich1997[37]
"Trans-Atlantic Drawl"B-side to "Pyramid Song" (CD1)Nigel Godrich
Radiohead
2001[38]
"Treefingers"Kid ANigel Godrich
Radiohead
2000[50]
"The Trickster"My Iron LungJohn Leckie1994[63]
"True Love Waits"[h] (live)I Might Be Wrong: Live RecordingsNigel Godrich
(A Moon Shaped Pool)
2001[75]
"Up on the Ladder"In Rainbows Disk 2Nigel Godrich2007[36]
"Vegetable"Pablo HoneySean Slade
Paul Q. Kolderie
1993[39]
"Videotape"In RainbowsNigel Godrich2007[34]
"We Suck Young Blood"Hail to the ThiefNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2003[35]
"Weird Fishes/Arpeggi"In RainbowsNigel Godrich2007[34]
"Where Bluebirds Fly"[c]B-side to "There There"Radiohead2003[70]
"Where I End and You Begin"Hail to the ThiefNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2003[35]
"A Wolf at the Door"Hail to the ThiefNigel 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)Radiohead1993[76]
"You"[g]DrillChris Hufford (Drill)
Sean Slade
Paul Q. Kolderie
(Pablo Honey)
1992[73]
"You and Whose Army?"AmnesiacNigel Godrich
Radiohead
2001[49]
"You Never Wash Up After Yourself" (live)My Iron LungJim Warren1994[63]

Unreleased songs

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]

SongNotes
"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]

See also

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