The Bends (song)
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| "The Bends" | ||
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| Song by Radiohead | ||
| from the album The Bends | ||
| Released | March 13, 1995 (UK) April 4, 1995 (U.S.) |
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| Recorded | August - November 1994 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 4:04 | |
| Label | Parlophone (UK) PCS 7372 (LP) CDPCS 7372 (CD) Capitol (U.S.) CDP 7243 8 29626 2 5 |
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| Writer(s) | Thom Yorke | |
| Producer(s) | John Leckie Radiohead Nigel Godrich |
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| The Bends track listing | ||
| Planet Telex (1) |
"The Bends" (2) |
High and Dry (3) |
The Bends is a self-entitled song by Radiohead from the the album The Bends
This track was intially introduced as being about "knowing who your real friends are and when they're going to come to your gigs." Thom soon simplified this to "knowing who your friends are." The song reflects Radiohead sense of humor; it contains many ridiculous lines about the CIA and the Marines.
Of the opening, Thom says, "The sound at the beginning comes from this caterwauling mayhem outside this hotel in the States. There was this guy training these eight-year-old kids, who were parading up and down with all these differents instruments. The guy had this little microphone on his sweater and was going: 'Yeah, keep it up, keep it up.' So I ran out and taped it."
[edit] Trivia
- At the end of Massive Attack song "False Flags," distorted samples from the song "The Bends" can be heard with the line "Where do we go from here" sticking out the most.
