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 | |
| Label | XL Recordings | |
| Producer(s) | Nigel Godrich | |
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| Thom Yorke singles chronology | ||
| "Black Swan" (2006) |
"Harrowdown Hill" (2006) |
"Analyse" (2006) |
| The Eraser track listing | ||
| "And It Rained All Night" (7) |
"Harrowdown Hill" (8) |
"Cymbal Rush" (9) |
"Harrowdown Hill" is a song by Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke and is the eighth track on his 2006 album The Eraser. The song was also released as a limited edition single in the United Kingdom on 21 August 2006, peaking at #23 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2006 in British music). "Harrowdown Hill" was Yorke's first official solo single, and one of two to be released from The Eraser; however, the track "Black Swan" had already been issued as a radio-only single in some areas.
A video for the song was released 31 July and had its first play on Channel 4.[1]
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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" - 4:38
- "Jetstream" - 3:44
- CD XLS238CD, limited to 10,000 copies
- "Harrowdown Hill" - 4:38
- "The Drunkk Machine" - 4:07
- "Harrowdown Hill" (extended mix) - 7:01
- 12" XLT238, limited to 3,000 copies
- "Harrowdown Hill" (extended mix) - 7:01
- "The Drunkk Machine" - 4:07
- 12" XLT238US
- "Harrowdown Hill" (extended mix) - 7:01
- "The Drunkk Machine" - 4:07
- "Jetstream" - 3:44
[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."[2] In another 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."[3] Yorke also notes that "'Harrowdown Hill' was kicking around during Hail to the Thief, but there was no way that was going to work with the band."[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Harrowdown Hill (28 July 2006). Retrieved on August 6, 2006.
- ^ "Thom Yorke interview in Globe and Mail" (14 June 2006). Retrieved on June 14, 2006.
- ^ Craig McLean (18 June 2006). "All messed up". Observer Music Monthly. Retrieved on June 18, 2006.
- ^ David Fricke (1 June 2006). "Radiohead's Thom Yorke on Going Solo". Rolling Stone. Retrieved on July 16, 2006.
[edit] External links
- theeraser.net
- Thom Yorke page at the XL Recordings website.
- "Harrowdown Hill" music video at the XL recordings website.
- Radiohead Articles Archive: compiled reviews of "Harrowdown Hill"
- "Harrowdown Hill" at MusicBrainz: CD, 7", 12"
| Radiohead |
|---|
| Thom Yorke • Jonny Greenwood • Ed O'Brien • Colin Greenwood • Phil Selway |
| Discography |
| Albums: Pablo Honey • The Bends • OK Computer • Kid A • Amnesiac • Hail to the Thief • TBA |
| EPs: Manic Hedgehog • Drill • Itch • My Iron Lung • No Surprises/Running from Demons • Airbag/How Am I Driving? • I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings • COM LAG |
| Singles: "Creep" • "Anyone Can Play Guitar" • "Pop Is Dead" • "Stop Whispering" • "My Iron Lung" • "High and Dry"/"Planet Telex" • "Fake Plastic Trees" • "Just" • "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" • "Lucky" • "Paranoid Android" • "Karma Police" • "No Surprises" • "Pyramid Song" • "Knives Out" • "There There" • "Go to Sleep" • "2 + 2 = 5" |
| DVDs: Live at the Astoria • 7 Television Commercials • Meeting People Is Easy • The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time |
| Related articles |
| Nigel Godrich • Stanley Donwood • Dead Air Space • Covers of Radiohead songs • Rare songs • Trivia |
| Other projects |
| Bodysong • The Eraser • Spitting Feathers |
