Planet Telex
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| "Planet Telex" | ||
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| Single by Radiohead | ||
| from the album The Bends | ||
| Released | February 1995 | |
| Recorded | 1994 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 4:19 | |
| Label | Parlophone (UK) Capitol (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Thom Yorke | |
| Producer(s) | John Leckie Radiohead Nigel Godrich |
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| Radiohead singles chronology | ||
| "Stop Whispering" (1993) |
"High and Dry/Planet Telex" (1995) |
"Fake Plastic Trees" (1995) |
| The Bends track listing | ||
| "Planet Telex" (1) |
"The Bends" (2) |
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"Planet Telex" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, the opening track from their 1995 album The Bends, and also released as a double A-side single with "High and Dry", although receiving far less airplay. "Planet Xerox" was the song's original title, but as Xerox was a trademarked name, they needed permission to use it. They asked Xerox if they could use the title for the song and with lyrics like "You can force it but it will stay stung" and a chorus repeating the line "Everything is Broken", naturally Xerox declined. Radiohead then changed the title to "Planet Telex".
The only song written in the studio during the Bends sessions, it evolved from an abandoned coda to the earlier song "Killer Cars". It was recorded one night when the studio chef decided to take the night off. The band decided to eat out at a restaurant. At the restaurant the band had a lot of alcohol to drink. Then inspired to write, they returned to the studio from the restaurant and recorded the song. Thom Yorke sung the vocals lying down with a microphone placed next to his head, completely inebriated.
This is one of the most frequently remixed songs in Radiohead's catalog.[1] Some see its more atmospheric keyboard-dominated sound, compared to other tracks on The Bends, as an indication of the band's future sound on albums such as OK Computer and Kid A. Band members have commented that the first or last songs on their albums tend to point ahead to their next album.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ Planet Telex lyrics (1994).
| Radiohead |
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| 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 |
