Harrowdown Hill
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| "Harrowdown Hill" | ||
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| Single by Thom Yorke | ||
| from the album The Eraser | ||
| B-side(s) | "Jetstream", "The Drunkk Machine" |
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| Released | 21 August 2006 | |
| Format | 7", 12", CD | |
| Genre | Art rock, electronica | |
| Length | 4:38 (album version) | |
| Label | XL Recordings | |
| Producer(s) | Nigel Godrich | |
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| Thom Yorke singles chronology | ||
| "Black Swan" (2006) |
"Harrowdown Hill" (2006) |
"Analyse" (2006) |
"Harrowdown Hill" is a song by Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke and is featured on his 2006 album The Eraser. The song was released 21 August 2006 as a limited edition single from that album in the United Kingdom, peaking at #23 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2006 in British music). The single's release follows Radiohead headlining the 2006 V Festival.[1] A video for the song was released 31 July and had its first play on Channel 4.[2]
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[edit] Track listings
- Promo CD
- "Harrowdown Hill" (Early Fade)
- "Harrowdown Hill" (Full Length)
- 7" XLS238, limited to 5,000 copies
- "Harrowdown Hill"
- "Jetstream"
- CD XLS238CD, limited to 10,000 copies
- "Harrowdown Hill"
- "The Drunkk Machine"
- "Harrowdown Hill" (extended mix)
- 12" XLT238, limited to 3,000 copies
- "Harrowdown Hill" (extended mix)
- "The Drunkk Machine"
- 12" XLT238US
- "Harrowdown Hill" (extended mix)
- "The Drunkk Machine"
- "Jetstream"
[edit] Song information
Harrowdown Hill in Oxfordshire is notable for being the place where the body of Dr David Kelly was found in 2003. His evidence had raised questions about Saddam Hussein's possession of weapons of mass destruction—the official justification for the UK government's decision to invade Iraq. In an interview with The Globe and Mail, Yorke said, "The government and the Ministry of Defence ... were directly responsible for outing him and that put him in a position of unbearable pressure that he couldn't deal with, and they knew they were doing it and what it would do to him. ... I've been feeling really uncomfortable about that song lately, because it was a personal tragedy, and Dr. Kelly has a family who are still grieving. But I also felt that not to write it would perhaps have been worse."[3] In an interview, Yorke said that "Harrowdown Hill" is "the most angry song I've ever written in my life. I'm not gonna get into the background to it, the way I see it..and it's not for me or for any of us to dig any of this up. So it's a bit of an uncomfortable thing."[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Thom Yorke to release first solo single (13 July 2006). Retrieved on 2006-07-13.
- ^ Harrowdown Hill (28 July 2006). Retrieved on 2006-08-06.
- ^ Thom Yorke interview in Globe and Mail (14 June 2006). Retrieved on 2006-06-14.
- ^ 'Angry' Yorke song on Kelly death (18 June 2006). Retrieved on 2006-06-18.
[edit] External links
- theeraser.net
- Thom Yorke page at the XL Recordings website.
- "Harrowdown Hill" music video at the XL recordings website.
- "Harrowdown Hill" at MusicBrainz: CD, 7", 12"
