� Idioteque 5:08

 
Originally released: October 2000

Available on: Kid A (album)

Alternative version: Live - I Might Be Wrong - Live Recordings (EP)

 
Who's in bunker, who's in bunker?
Women and children first
Women and children first
Women and children
I'll laugh until my head comes off
I swallow till I burst
Until I burst
Until I ...

Who's in bunker, who's in bunker
I've seen too much
I haven't seen enough
You haven't seen enough
I'll laugh until my head comes off
Women and children first
And children first
And children ...

Here I'm alive, everything all of the time
Here I'm alive, everything all of the time

Ice age coming, ice age coming
Let me hear both sides
Let me hear both sides
Let me hear both ...

Ice age coming, ice age coming
Throw me in the fire
Throw me in the fire
Throw me in the ...

We're not scaremongering
This is really happening, happening
We're not scaremongering
This is really happening, happening

Mobiles squawking
Mobiles chirping
Take the money and run
Take the money and run
Take the money ...

Here I'm alive, everything all of the time

The first of the children

 

Idioteque can be seen in two ways: A blatantly stupid attempt at making a cheesy dance song (hence the name), or genius. What Idioteque essentially is, is a dance song, beats, and all. This, of all the songs on the album, is the experimental one that stands out as much as Electioneering did on OKC. It will either be your favorite song, or your most hated. However, it can't be ignored.

The song samples a bit from Paul Lansky's 1975 computer-made song Mild Und Leise.