Song · In Rainbows era (2007–09)
I Want None of This
Recorded in a day for War Child, on sale as a download the next, and never put on a Radiohead album.
sep 2005
a day in the life
Radiohead recorded it on 8 September 2005 for War Child's Help: A Day in the Life, in a gap between two autumn sessions for their next album. Ten years earlier the first Help album had been recorded on a Monday and was in the shops by the Saturday, and the band had made “Lucky” for it in a day; this time War Child meant to beat its own record. About 20 acts recorded on the same day and sent their songs to one studio in London, the downloads went on sale the next day at 99p, and the CD followed on 26 September.
It is a piano ballad, sung plainly at first and then buried under distortion. “Lucky” went on to OK Computer; this one stayed on the charity album, which went to number one in Britain, and reached the streaming services only on 20 January 2020, the day the band opened the Radiohead Public Library.
2006
the british dates
They took it on tour the next spring. It opened the second encore in Blackpool on 13 May 2006, its first time on stage, and at the Hammersmith Apollo on 18 May they played it although it was not on the printed setlist. It was played four times in all, the last of them Chicago on 20 June 2006.
Those British dates, Thom Yorke told the Observer, were partly for road-testing new songs and partly for winning back the confidence the band had lost in the Hail to the Thief years. Eleven new songs were played on them, and this one, already out on the charity album, besides.
on stage
Live in 2006, filmed from the crowd.· nonaheadwatch on youtube →
the record(1)
on stage(2)
Live history
| Times played | 4 shows |
|---|---|
| Live debut | Saturday 13 May 2006 · Blackpool |
| Last played | Tuesday 20 June 2006 · Chicago |
Nights played include broadcasts; opened and closed count gigs only. A cancelled night has no setlist. All setlist stats →
sources8
- Wikipedia, “Help!: A Day in the Life”, for the album's method and chart placing.
- The site's own catalogue note, based on NME and fan archives.
- Treefingers news desk, 8 September 2005 (from NME and Xfm), for the recording day, “Lucky” and the release.
- Treefingers news desk, 23 September 2005, for the album sessions either side of it.
- Treefingers news desk, 13 May 2006 (Blackpool) and 19 May 2006 (Hammersmith), for the live debut.
- Craig McLean, “Thom Yorke: ‘It's not my job to do business with politicians’”, Observer Music Monthly, 18 June 2006, for what the British dates were for and the eleven new songs.
- Treefingers news desk, 20 January 2020, for the streaming release.
- The site's live archive for every date and count.