� Stop Whispering 5:25

 
Originally released: February 1993

Available on: Pablo Honey (album)

Alternative version: Stop Whispering (single), Itch Japan Tour (EP), On a Friday (demo)

 
And the wise men say I don't want to hear your voice.
And the thin men say I don't want to hear your voice.
And they're cursing me, and they won't let me be.
And there's nothing to say, and there's nothing to do.

Stop whispering, start shouting,
stop whispering, start shouting.

And my mother say We spit on your son some more.
And the buildings say We spit on your face some more.
And the feeling is that there's something wrong,
'cause I can't find the words, and I can't find the songs.

Stop whispering, start shouting,
stop whispering, start shouting.

Dear Sir, I have a complaint.
Dear Sir, I have a complaint,
can't remember what it is,
doesn't matter anyway.
Doesn't matter anyway.

 

Written as a tribute to the Pixies, an important influence on Radiohead at this time, Stop Whispering clinched the band's relationship with the management team of Hufford and Edge. Chris Sheldon remixed it for a United States release. That version features strings and has a slower tempo. The best version of this song, however, is the live one. Thom adds a few lyrics to the ending.