Song · Hail to the Thief era (2003–04)
Gagging Order
A quiet acoustic song from the Kid A sessions that waited four years for a B-side and nearly seven for a stage.
jul 1999
move along
Thom Yorke brought it to rehearsal during the Kid A sessions without a title, and a week later Ed O'Brien's diary gave it one out of its own words.
oh and the new song from 22nd is called 'move along' for the moment.
ed o'brien · online diary, 29 july 1999
The 2003 version of this site listed it twice, once under that name with the note “Nothing we don't know about this song”, and again as “Gagging Order” once the single was announced.
2003–06
the b-side, and koko
It went out on 18 August 2003 on the second CD of the “Go to Sleep” single, and later on the Com Lag EP. The words are about being told to move along because there is nothing to see.
Its first time on stage came nearly three years later, when Yorke and Jonny Greenwood played it as a pair at KOKO in London on 1 May 2006, a benefit for Friends of the Earth's Big Ask climate campaign, and it opened the encore. Between songs that night Yorke talked about climate change.
2009
the bonus disc
When Hail to the Thief was reissued with its B-sides on a second disc in 2009, Joe Tangari, reviewing it for Pitchfork, picked this as the best of them, a quiet acoustic song he likened to the band's B-sides of the mid-1990s.
on stage
Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood as a duo, the first time it was played, at The Big Ask Live, Koko, London, May 2006. Cut together from several fans' films.· Wonsaponatimewatch on youtube →
the record(1)
on stage(1)
Live history
| Times played | 1 show |
|---|---|
| Live debut | Monday 1 May 2006 · London |
Nights played include broadcasts; opened and closed count gigs only. A cancelled night has no setlist. All setlist stats →
sources6
- Ed O'Brien's online diary, 29 July 1999, and the 2003 lyrics pages, as preserved on this site.
- Wikipedia, “Go to Sleep” and “Com Lag”, for the releases.
- The site's own catalogue note, based on fan archives.
- NME, “Radiohead make live return”, 1 May 2006, and Freddie Windsor, “Radiohead Debut New Songs in London”, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2006, for the KOKO night.
- Joe Tangari, review of the Hail to the Thief special collector's edition, Pitchfork, 27 August 2009.
- treefingers.com live archive, the KOKO night of 1 May 2006.