The Best Of

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1Airbag
recording engineer and producer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer) and Radiohead
programming:
Thom Yorke
assistant engineer:
Jon Bailey (engineer), Gerard Navarro (engineer) and Chris Scard
mixer and editor:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
bass guitar and bass synthesizer:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead)
drums (drum set):
Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead)
effects and background vocals:
Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead)
glockenspiel, keyboard, mellotron and organ:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer)
guitar:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead) and Thom Yorke
percussion:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead) and Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead)
piano:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) and Thom Yorke
vocals:
Thom Yorke
conductor:
Nick Ingman
strings arranger:
Radiohead
recording of:
Airbag
writer:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead), Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead), Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) and Thom Yorke
4:48
2I Might Be Wrong
assistant engineer:
Gerard Navarro (engineer) and Graeme Stewart (UK engineer & producer)
engineer and mixer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
producer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer) and Radiohead
bass guitar:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead)
guitar:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) and Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead)
keyboard and ondes Martenot:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer)
background vocals:
Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead)
vocals:
Thom Yorke
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 2001)
music videos:
I Might Be Wrong (music video) by Radiohead
recording of:
I Might Be Wrong
writer:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead), Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead), Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) and Thom Yorke
publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. (renamed as Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. since 2019‐05‐16)
3.84:52
3Go to Sleep
recording engineer, mixer and editor:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
programming:
Thom Yorke
engineer:
Darrell Thorp (record producer, mixer and engineer)
bass guitar, sampler and synthesizer [string]:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead) (from 2002-09 until 2003-02)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) (from 2002-09 until 2003-02)
effects and background vocals:
Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead) (from 2002-09 until 2003-02)
electronic instruments, glockenspiel, ondes Martenot and toy piano:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) (from 2002-09 until 2003-02)
guitar:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) (from 2002-09 until 2003-02), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead) (from 2002-09 until 2003-02) and Thom Yorke (from 2002-09 until 2003-02)
piano:
Thom Yorke (from 2002-09 until 2003-02)
vocals:
Thom Yorke (from 2002-09 until 2003-02)
recorded at:
Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 2002-09 until 2003-02)
music videos:
Go to Sleep (Music video) by Radiohead
recording of:
Go to Sleep. (Little Man Being Erased.) (from 2002-09 until 2003-02)
lyricist:
Thom Yorke
composer:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead), Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead), Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) and Thom Yorke
3.63:22
4Let Down
recorded in:
United Kingdom (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
recording engineer and producer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer) and Radiohead
programming:
Thom Yorke
assistant engineer:
Jon Bailey (engineer), Gerard Navarro (engineer) and Chris Scard
mixer and editor:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
bass guitar and bass synthesizer:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
drums (drum set):
Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
effects and background vocals:
Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
glockenspiel, keyboard, mellotron and organ:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
guitar:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03) and Thom Yorke (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
percussion:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03) and Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
piano:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03) and Thom Yorke (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
vocals:
Thom Yorke (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
conductor:
Nick Ingman (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
strings arranger:
Radiohead
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use its imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2017)
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2025-08-30 (number: 91), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-10-11 (number: 91), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-10-25 (number: 92), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-01 (number: 93), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-09-20 (number: 95), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-08 (number: 97), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-02-07 (number: 95) and Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-15 (number: 98)
recording of:
Let Down (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
writer:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead), Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead), Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) and Thom Yorke
publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and WC Music Corp.
4.25:00
5Planet Telex
recording engineer:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer)
sound engineer:
Jim Warren (producer/engineer)
assistant engineer:
Guy Massey (UK producer/engineer) and Shelley Saunders
engineer:
Chris Brown (engineer), Nigel Godrich (English record producer), John Leckie and Jim Warren (producer/engineer)
producer:
John Leckie
mixer:
John Leckie, Paul Q. Kolderee, Radiohead and Sean Slade
editor:
Chris Blair (senior mastering engineer at Abbey Road Studios, London, UK)
bass guitar:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead) (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
cello:
Caroline Lavelle (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
guitar:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) (from 1994-02 until 1994-11), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead) (from 1994-02 until 1994-11) and Thom Yorke (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
organ and synthesizer:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
piano:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) (from 1994-02 until 1994-11) and Thom Yorke (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
viola and violin:
John Matthias (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
background vocals:
Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead) (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
vocals:
Thom Yorke (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
strings arranger:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) and Thom Yorke
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1995)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1994-02 until 1994-11), RSK in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1994-02 until 1994-11) and The Manor in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
mixed at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom and Fort Apache in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
edited at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Planet Telex (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
writer:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead), Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead), Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) and Thom Yorke
publisher:
Warner Chappell Ltd.
3.94:20
6Exit Music (for a Film)
recorded in:
United Kingdom (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
recording engineer and producer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer) and Radiohead
programming:
Thom Yorke
assistant engineer:
Jon Bailey (engineer), Gerard Navarro (engineer) and Chris Scard
mixer and editor:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
bass guitar and bass synthesizer:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
drums (drum set):
Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
effects and background vocals:
Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
glockenspiel, keyboard, mellotron and organ:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
guitar:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03) and Thom Yorke (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
percussion:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03) and Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
piano:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03) and Thom Yorke (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
vocals:
Thom Yorke (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
conductor:
Nick Ingman (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
strings arranger:
Radiohead
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
XL Recordings Ltd. (not for release label use! use its imprint XL Recordings instead) (in 2017)
recording of:
Exit Music (for a Film) (from 1996-07 until 1997-03)
writer:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead), Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead), Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) and Thom Yorke
part of:
William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (orchestral score from the 1996 Baz Luhrmann film)
44:27
7The National Anthem
assistant recording engineer:
Gerard Navarro (engineer)
recording engineer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer) and Radiohead
additional engineer:
Gerard Navarro (engineer) and Graeme Stewart (UK engineer & producer)
engineer and mixer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
alto saxophone:
Steve Hamilton (saxophonist) and Martin Hathaway
baritone saxophone:
Stan Harrison (American saxophonist)
bass guitar:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead)
bass trombone:
Mike Kearsey
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead)
guitar, keyboard and background vocals:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer)
sampler [rhythm sampling]:
Henry Binns
tenor saxophone:
Andy Hamilton (British saxophonist, composer and producer) and Mark Lockheart (UK jazz saxophonist)
trombone:
Liam Kerkman
trumpet:
Andy Bush
vocals:
Thom Yorke
recording of:
The National Anthem
writer:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead), Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead), Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) and Thom Yorke
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. (renamed as Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. since 2019‐05‐16) (ended) and Warner Chappell Music Limited (2019–present)
5:47
8Knives Out
assistant engineer:
Gerard Navarro (engineer) and Graeme Stewart (UK engineer & producer)
engineer and mixer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
producer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer) and Radiohead
bass guitar:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead)
guitar:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) and Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead)
keyboard and ondes Martenot:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer)
background vocals:
Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead)
vocals:
Thom Yorke
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 2001)
recording of:
Knives Out
writer:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead), Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead), Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) and Thom Yorke
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Limited (2019–present) and Warner/Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. (renamed as Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. since 2019‐05‐16)
3.74:16
9Talk Show Host
producer and mixer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer) and Radiohead
recording of:
Talk Show Host
writer:
Radiohead
54:40
10You
engineer, producer and mixer:
Paul Q. Kolderie and Sean Slade
bass guitar:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead) (from 1992-09 until 1992-11)
drums (drum set):
Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) (from 1992-09 until 1992-11)
guitar:
Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead) (from 1992-09 until 1992-11) and Thom Yorke (from 1992-09 until 1992-11)
guitar, organ and piano:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) (from 1992-09 until 1992-11)
vocals:
Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead) (from 1992-09 until 1992-11) and Thom Yorke (from 1992-09 until 1992-11)
recorded at:
Chipping Norton Recording Studios in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1992-09 until 1992-11)
mixed at:
Fort Apache in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
recording of:
You (from 1992-09 until 1992-11)
lyricist:
Thom Yorke
composer:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead), Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead), Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) and Thom Yorke
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
3.83:29
11Anyone Can Play Guitar
engineer, producer and mixer:
Paul Q. Kolderie and Sean Slade
bass guitar:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead) (from 1992-09 until 1992-11)
drums (drum set):
Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) (from 1992-09 until 1992-11)
guitar:
Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead) (from 1992-09 until 1992-11) and Thom Yorke (from 1992-09 until 1992-11)
guitar, organ and piano:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) (from 1992-09 until 1992-11)
vocals:
Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead) (from 1992-09 until 1992-11) and Thom Yorke (from 1992-09 until 1992-11)
recorded at:
Chipping Norton Recording Studios in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1992-09 until 1992-11) and Courtyard Studios in Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1992-09 until 1992-11)
mixed at:
Fort Apache in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
recording of:
Anyone Can Play Guitar (from 1992-09 until 1992-11)
lyricist:
Thom Yorke
composer:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead), Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead), Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) and Thom Yorke
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
3.653:37
12How to Disappear Completely
additional engineer:
Gerard Navarro (engineer) and Graeme Stewart (UK engineer & producer)
engineer and mixer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
assistant producer:
Gerard Navarro (engineer)
producer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer) and Radiohead
additional orchestra:
The Orchestra of St. John’s
additional conductor:
John Lubbock (English singer, conductor & founder of Orchestra of St. John’s, Smith Square Orchestra)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 2000)
recording of:
How to Disappear Completely
writer:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead), Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead), Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) and Thom Yorke
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. (renamed as Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. since 2019‐05‐16) (ended)
4.055:56
13True Love Waits
assistant recording engineer:
Gerard Navarro (engineer)
recording engineer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer) and Radiohead
additional engineer:
Gerard Navarro (engineer) and Graeme Stewart (UK engineer & producer)
engineer and mixer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
bass guitar:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead)
guitar, keyboard and background vocals:
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer)
vocals:
Thom Yorke
live recording of:
True Love Waits
writer:
Colin Greenwood (English bassist in Radiohead), Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer), Ed O’Brien (guitarist & songwriter in Radiohead), Philip Selway (drummer in Radiohead) and Thom Yorke
publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
5:04