Song · OK Computer era (1996–98)
How I Made My Millions
A home demo kept exactly as it was, with someone moving around the kitchen in the background.
1997
the take they did not redo
Yorke recorded it at home, roughly, on a piano, as a demo. The band decided not to record it properly. What went out on the “No Surprises” single in January 1998 is that original take, household noise and all: you can hear Rachel Owen moving around the room while he plays.
That is why people love it. Every other Radiohead recording of that period is worked over for months; this one is a man at a piano with somebody else doing the washing up.
the video
The B-side, as released.· ALOIRwatch on youtube →
Tabs (2)
sources1
- The site's own catalogue note, based on Citizen Insane, Drowned in Sound and Wikipedia's article on the song.