The most-hated song on OK Computer, "Fitter Happier" nonetheless serves an important role on the album as a clear statement of the record's primary theme at its middle point: Essentially, "We are all just so unbelievably alienated by technology." The robot voice is not Stephen Hawking's – it was generated in a drunken late night at the computer, by Thom Yorke, if the legend is to be believed. Recorded live in a fruit farm for the My Iron Lung EP, this song is notable for its very Radiohead-esque ability to make the minor annoyance of never doing the dishes sound like an international tragedy, and for the fact that it clocks in at 1:44, making it the perfect track to fill up the extra space on the A-side of that mix tape you're making for your ex (yes, I am 100 years old). " You Never Wash Up After Yourself," My Iron Lung EP " Harry Patch (In Memory Of)," Harry Patch (In Memory Of) (single)ġ51. " Phillipa Chicken," Manic Hedgehog (demo)ġ52. As opposed to everything so far on the list, this song appeared on a full album, and while it doesn't really stand on its own, at least in the context of an album it makes sense, marking a transition on Kid A between the pensive "How To Disappear Completely" and more straightforward rock of "Optimistic." (SL)ġ53. Guitarist Ed O'Brien once called the song "a hideous mistake." (SL)ġ56. The video for this song is just delightfully weird! Radiohead at their most campy. " Million Dollar Question," Creep (single)ġ57. " Trans-Atlantic Drawl," Pyramid Song (single)ġ58. " I Am Citizen Insane," Go to Sleep (single)ġ59. " Where Bluebirds Fly," There There (single)ġ61. Classic example of the sonic bits n pieces that hang around some of Radiohead's later albums. Is this a song? It's included here because it appears as a separate track on the bonus disc from In Rainbows, but reasonable people could certainly disagree.
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