Song · OK Computer era (1996–98)
A Reminder
A song written to be played down a telephone to someone who has forgotten who they were.
1997
the idea
Yorke described exactly where it came from: “this idea of someone writing a song, sending it to someone, and saying: ‘If I ever lose it, you just pick up the phone and play this song back to remind me.’”
The recording matches the premise: electric piano, fuzzed guitar, drums that thump rather than drive, everything slightly hazy, as if heard through a receiver.
It went out on the second CD of the “Paranoid Android” single, then on Airbag / How Am I Driving?, and later on OKNOTOK.
on stage
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Live history
| Times played | 4 shows |
|---|---|
| Live debut | Tuesday 2 September 1997 · Doncaster |
| Last played | Wednesday 14 January 1998 · Niigata |
Nights played include broadcasts; opened and closed count gigs only. A cancelled night has no setlist. All setlist stats →
Tabs (1)
sources2
- Tim Footman, Radiohead: Welcome to the Machine, p. 168, for Yorke's account.
- Wikipedia, “Paranoid Android”, for the single's B-sides.