Top 35 Radiohead songs
Pretty hard list to make, there will be lots of great songs that didn't made it to the list.
Regarding creep, i think it's pretty good, just not among their best.
If you disagree with the list, just argue like a normal human being. |
| 35 |  | Radiohead
The Bends
MY IRON LUNG
It takes a huge pair of balls to create a song against the single that made you famous. A great rocker with a catchy chorus that mocks creep and it's success. |
| 34 |  | Radiohead
The King of Limbs
CODEX
Not the biggest fan of TKOL but it have it's moments, codex along with bloom and separator keeps this short album good enough. |
| 33 |  | Radiohead
OK Computer
NO SURPRISES
I love how a totally depressive song about emptiness of an average man's life is played in major key. |
| 32 |  | Radiohead
Amnesiac
LIKE SPINNING PLATES
I have a soft spot for backwards sounds so i couldn't exclude a song entirely played backwards. |
| 31 |  | Radiohead
Kid a
KID A
Pretty divisive, this embryonic lullaby is basically the uncanny valley of music |
| 30 |  | Radiohead
Hail to the Thief
2+2=5
This Orwellian title contains one of their most satirical lyrics and a great dynamic structure switching to a powerful rocker second half |
| 29 | | Radiohead
OK Computer
SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK ALIEN
An uplifting psychedelic track about alienation, it's pretty confusing. Is it supposed to be sad or happy? |
| 28 |  | Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool
FUL STOP
A slow burning, yetdynamic track surrounded by an alienating space atmosphere |
| 27 |  | Radiohead
Pyramid Song
THE AMAZING SOUNDS OF ORGY
A gloomy experimental jazz piece that should replace Hunting bears. |
| 26 |  | Radiohead
In Rainbows
ALL I NEED
Simple yet effective balance between raw bass sound and an overall peaceful atmosphere exploding in a powerful ending |
| 25 |  | Radiohead
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
TALK SHOW HOST
Retrofuturistic vibes all over this existentialism anthem |
| 24 | | Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool
IDENTIKIT
One of the best guitar performances by Greenwood |
| 23 | | Radiohead
Hail to the Thief
A WOLF AT THE DOOR
Pretty atypical song for Radiohead, Eerie mood with an almost rapped verse and cryptic lyrics probably dealing with mental disorders |
| 22 | | Radiohead
Amnesiac
YOU AND WHOSE ARMY?
50s vibes first half switching to a triumphant second one in this twisted dirge |
| 21 | | Radiohead
In Rainbows
WEIRD FISHES/ARPEGGI
I will get a lot of shit for choosing the 21th place for this. However, while I don't think it deserves a place in the top 10 it's undeniably marvelous. It really gives you the feeling of swimming underwater |
| 20 | | Radiohead
In Rainbows
BODYSNATCHERS
The rocker of the album combines proto punk and psychedelic influences with some post rock feels during the bridge |
| 19 | | Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool
TRUE LOVE WAITS
"I'm not living, i'm just killing time" may be one of their most powerful lines ever |
| 18 | | Radiohead
OK Computer
AIRBAG
This opener show how they were ahead of their time. A bridge between old and new radiohead. |
| 17 | | Radiohead
Kid A
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
Their most avant-garde song, perfectly showing the chaotic nature of man through a cacophony of trumpets and distorted hymns, almost agoraphobic |
| 16 | | Radiohead
OK Computer
KARMA POLICE
Beatles influences all over this iconic song, ten times more actual nowadays that when it came out. Sounds almost like they predicted social medias. The ending is perfect |
| 15 | | Radiohead
In Rainbows
VIDEOTAPE
how come this track is so underappreciated? This makes you feel nostalgic for past years. The syncopated drum emulating the sound of the film tape is pure genius |
| 14 | | Radiohead
Kid A
MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
Basically a depressive suicidal version of a disney score |
| 13 | | Radiohead
Amnesiac
PYRAMID SONG
An abstract uplifting depiction of death |
| 12 | | Radiohead
The Bends
STREET SPIRIT (FADE OUT)
Hauntingly beautiful.Yorke described it as their purest song, about fighting with the devil and loosing every time. |
| 11 | | Radiohead
In Rainbows
RECKONER
Somehow healing, this song reminds me of a modern Faust adaptation |
| 10 | | Radiohead
Kid A
EVERYTHING IN IT'S RIGHT PLACE
Primordial yet futuristic, minimal yet complex, relaxing yet unnerving. The depiction of birth |
| 9 | | Radiohead
Amnesiac
LIFE IN A GLASS HOUSE
Claustrophobic jazz song that perfectly concludes amnesiac in a bitterswet finale |
| 8 | | Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool
DAYDREAMING
The final strings violently cutting out the dreamy piano displays the wake from a dream and return to rough reality in a majestic way. |
| 7 | | Radiohead
Kid A
IDIOTEQUE
The perfect representation of mass hysteria. Perfectly produced, this anthem is basically a panic attack transposed into music |
| 6 | | Radiohead
OK Computer
EXIT MUSIC (FOR A FILM)
A darker version of Romeo and Juliet. The background loop, and final build up makes this an oneirc masterpiece with some of the best atmospheres in Radiohead's career |
| 5 | | Radiohead
The Bends
FAKE PLASTIC TREES
The melancholic displaying of shallowness in the world. A representation of the blank and mechanical life of plastic people, living in a plastic town. |
| 4 | | Radiohead
OK Computer
CLIMBING UP THE WALLS
Sure their darkest piece. The intense climax throws the listener in the uncomfortable point of view of a person being stalked, instilling the doubt that that's someone inside his house or maybe inside himself |
| 3 | | Radiohead
OK Computer
PARANOID ANDROID
A 3 acts masterpiece that defined a generation, how they created the sensation of paranoia is delightful, showing a psychic wish of revenge for being ignored, through a cynical view this song shows perfectly the condition of the modern individual. That's what i think, the great thing about radiohead is the large amount of interpretations wothin their songs. |
| 2 | | Radiohead
OK Computer
LET DOWN
The ultimate depiction of disappointment. Entire populations walking aimlessly in a disappointing empty life with the only hope of flying away. Musically sounds melancholic yet hopeful, contrasting the hopelessness of the message. The digital sounds adds the apt feeling of the modern world incoming. |
| 1 | | Radiohead
Kid A
HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY
If let down is disappointment, this one is just pure realization. Not even depression, just discovering being completely irrelevant. The deserted urban atmosphere reached in this song is unbearable.Thom said it's his best work yet, who am i to disagree? |
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