Comments on: The Twenty Best Radiohead Songs

By: lilly

lilly — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:28:58 +0000

So shoked that nobody has mentioned Nude, my favourite !

By: lilly

lilly — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:27:23 +0000

Absolutely shocked that nobody has mentioned Nude, my favourite !!!

By: sam hunt

sam hunt — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:08:56 +0000

it always changes but my top 10

fog ( cos ive just discoverd it )
how to dissapear
jigsaw falling into place
weird fishes
the national anthem
myxmatosis
paranoid android
all i need
fade out
nude
i know its a thom yorke solo not radiohead but his version of all for the best is amazing

By: David

David — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:02:12 +0000

These are all great lists, but there is one that I think is missing from all of them:

Harry Patch (in memory of)

They made this song in memory of Harry Patch, who I think was known as the oldest veteran of World War I at the time of his death. The lyrics to this song are all famous quotes from Harry Patch himself. It’s a powerful song, and I think every Radiohead fan should check it out if you’ve never heard it before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vztj_TnUQyY

By: Ernest J. King

Ernest J. King — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:25:00 +0000

Excluding Amnesiac and King of Limbs, which I haven’t gotten into, these are my favorite Radiohead songs:

1. Lucky: very underappreciated in my opinion, even though I’m not the first person to call it the most perfect Radiohead song ever. The way Thom cries “’cause I’m your superhero” just shatters my soul, picks up the pieces, and puts it back together in 5 seconds.
2. Street Spirit (Fade Out): without a doubt one of the most soul-crushing songs in the history of mankind. Everything about it is perfect and profoundly touching in the best possible way.
3. Karma Police
4. Paranoid Android
5. High and Dry and Fake Plastic Trees (tie)
and from 7 onward, with no particular order:
–Where I End and You Begin
–Scatterbrain
–A Wolf at the Door
–Just
–Planet Telex
–Motion Picture Soundtrack
–The National Anthem
–How to Disappear Completely
–Climbing up the Walls
–The Tourist
–Bulletproof
–2+2=5
–Airbag
–Jigsaw Falling Into Place
–Nude
–Exit Music
–Letdown
–The Tourist
–Sail to the Moon
–Reckoner
–Treefingers
–Subterranean Homesick Alien

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:25:42 +0000

I have to agree… spinning plates and true love waits on the I might be wrong live album is amazing!!! They are such beautiful songs with some very sharp words! you got to love that about them!

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:21:48 +0000

Hey, did you even look at my list (that I posted before your post)… 4 of my top 20 songs are from the bends. That is where my love of them began and many years later they still have me!!!

By: Johnny

Johnny — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:20:44 +0000

My 20 favorite radiohead songs.
Lots of B sides here – maybe I love them for their rarity and the fact that I feel like they are just mine…but if you haven’t heard them, you should.

Where I end and you begin

Talk Show Host (B side)

Weird Fishes/Arpeggi

Polyethylene (Parts 1&2) (B side)

Spinning Plates (I might be wrong: live album)

Million Dollar Question (B side)

Street Spirit

Lewis (Mistreated) (B side)

There There

You

Exit Music (For a Film)

Let Down

Thinking about You

True Love Waits (I might be wrong: live album)

The Trickster (My Iron Lung)

Banana Co. (B side)

Black Star

Maquiladora (B side)

Palo Alto (B side)

Nude

By: badge

badge — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:34:25 +0000

My list, in no particular order::

1) Karma Police
2) Sit Down, Stand Up
3) Myxomatosis
4) This Mess We’re In
5) You never wash up after yourself
6) Paranoid Android
7) Airbag
No surprises
9) Street Spirit
10) Fake Plastic Trees

The only song that everyone else seems to love, but I hate, is Creep. You’re so f***ing special. Thom rightly wishes he’d never done it.

By: peter stubley

peter stubley — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:53:47 +0000

talk show host is the best song ever

By: marki

marki — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:53:00 +0000

An impossible task! but here goes my top-10:

10). Fog
9). Sail To The Moon
8). Planet Telex
7). Separator
6). Karma Police
5). No Surprises
4). Pyramid Song
3). The Daily Mail
2). Paranoid Anroid
1). True Love Waits

By: Samuel

Samuel — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:16:40 +0000

I think ‘You’ is probably one of their greatest songs, but on the other hand it appears to be the one that is most overlooked

By: Samuel

Samuel — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:14:47 +0000

1. You
2. Climbing up the walls
3. Paranoid Android
4. Optimistic
5. Little by little (the first Radiohead song I’ve enjoyed since Hail To The Theif, and it is quintessentially Radiohead)
6. Go to sleep
7. Sail to the moon
8. Pyramid song
9. Everything in its right place
10. I might be wrong

By: Caleb

Caleb — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:39:24 +0000

good last point on “creep”. the song really does seem to embody thom yorke to me.

i like songs from every radiohead album, but am partial to the bends and ok computer

By: rob

rob — Sun, 29 May 2011 22:04:38 +0000

i agree, the bends is an awsome song and their best album also black star,sulk,thikin about you and you and who’s army.didnt rate kid a and hail to the thief in the same class as the other albums!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 29 May 2011 02:32:56 +0000

I think you need to listen to nude by radiohead! my favorite!

By: evo 3d forum

evo 3d forum — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 01:03:49 +0000

It does seem that everybody is into this kind of stuff lately. Don?t really understand it though, but thanks for trying to explain it. Appreciate you shedding light into this matter.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:41:30 +0000

I cant believe you guys! must be your age? the Bends hasn’t even had a mention i saw these guys in the early 90’s when only ‘Creep” was the only radio song which i actually hated these guys are soo good live and you need to listen to the first three albums over and over and over again, for the later days “reckoner” is my best song.

By: john

john — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:03:47 +0000

i can’t believe The National Anthem doesn’t get more appreciation. And personally i tire of both High and Dry and My Iron Lung. Good songs but Radiohead have much better songs. In order:
Fake Plastic Trees
Exit Music
Idioteque
The National Anthem
Paranoid Android
Let Down
Optimistic
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Creep
Climbing Up The Walls

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:46:39 +0000

In absolutely no order, these are essentially the best Radiohead songs, in my opinion:

Sail to the Moon
2+2=5
Paranoid Android
Pyramid Song
A Wolf at the Door
You and Whose Army?
Karma Police
High and Dry
My Iron Lung
Street Spirit
Fake Plastic Trees
Optimistic

Oh, I’m lacking In Rainbows, too… but that’s because I don’t like that album at all.

By: james

james — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:08:23 +0000

In no particular order:
1. Climbing Up the Walls
2. Idioteque
3. Morning Bell
4. Bodysnatchers
5. Pyramid Song
6. Everything in Its Right Place
7. Dollars and Cents
8. 2 + 2 = 5
9. Go to Sleep
10. Sail to the Moon
11. A Wolf at the Door
12. How to Disappear Completely
13. Where I End and You Begin
14. Myxomatosis
15. Scatterbrain
16. Paranoid Android
17. Lucky
18. Airbag
19. Subterranean Homesick Alien
20. Fake Plastic Trees

In Rainbows is undoubtedly great aswell but none of the songs from that album strike me as being my favourite.

By: laura

laura — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:26:09 +0000

I find myself discovering Radiohead songs from time to time. Lately I’ve listened to 2+2=5 for hours, also Jigsaw falling into place and Killer Cars. I love the list, my all time favourites: Just, Iron Lung, Black Start, Fake Plastic Trees, Knives out, Bones, Nice Dreams. I had the chance of seen them live a few times. “Just:” blew me away… Amazing!

By: Jemma

Jemma — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 19:03:56 +0000

WHAT ABOUT CLIMBING UP THE WALLS/VIDEOTAPE????
I find those are their best songs and no ones even mentioned them…

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:39:52 +0000

1, How to Disappear Completely
2. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
3. Pyramid Song
3. A Reminder
4. Reckoner
5. Everything in its Right Place
6. Lull
7. Optimistic
8. High and Dry
9. Bullet Proof I Wish I Was
10. All I need
11. Fake Plastic Trees
12. Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box
13. Meeting in the Aisle
14. I Might Be Wrong
15. Kid A
16. Dollars and Cents
17. Pearly
18. True Love Waits
19. There There
20. 4 Minute Warning

I might change the order depending on the day, except the top two. They are the two best songs radiohead has ever made (in my opinion).

By: bribees

bribees — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16:33:13 +0000

my best song is
1) how to disappear completely (it’s effortlessly awesome)
However Radiohead have the ability to maintain high quality music throughout their evolution. The only other band that I like who can do this are REM. Two awesome bands who seem to improve with age.

By: personnn

personnn — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:27:56 +0000

20? Chronologically
Airbag
Paranoid Android
Let Down
Karma Police
No Surprises
Everything in it’s Right Place
How to Disappear Completely
Idioteque
Pyramid Song
2+2=5
Sit Down Stand Up
Sail to the Moon
Where I End and You Begin
There There
Myxomatosis
Scatterbrain
A Wolf at the Door
15 Step
All I Need
Jigsaw Falling Into Place

By: James C

James C — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:19:55 +0000

In chronological order my favourite moments from Radiohead are:
The whole Bends album apart from nice dream
The whole OK Computer album apart from Fitter Happier
The whole Kid A album apart from tracks 5,7 and 10
The whole Amnesiac Album apart from Morning Bell/Amnesiac and Hunting Bears
The whole Hail to the Thief album apart from the Gloaming
The WHOLE In Rainbows album.

Yet Kid A is still my favourite album, probably.

Also, most of Radiohead’s B-sides are amazing. I love Polyethylene (parts 1 and 2), Bishop’s Robes and Palo Alto.

By: CitizenInsane

CitizenInsane — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:10:33 +0000

My personal picks. Maybe I’m a little into OK Computer/Kid A, but I love all their stuff:

1. Paranoid Android
2. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
3. Exit Music (For a Film)
4. Karma Police
5. Idioteque
6. Pyramid Song
7. The National Anthem
8. Airbag
9. Optimistic
10. No Surprises

By: Fran

Fran — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:32:19 +0000

on in rainbows, house of cars is amazing! You should redo the list with in rainbows on it

By: Jonny Guitar

Jonny Guitar — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:10:12 +0000

I agree with you Julie…Radiohead is simply superb.
Especially Paranoid Android, Karma Police.…