Song · The King of Limbs era (2011)
Supercollider
Played alone at Malahide Castle in 2008, finished a month after the album it belonged to had already come out.
6 jun 2008
dublin
Yorke played it solo at Malahide Castle outside Dublin on 6 June 2008, three years before anyone could buy it.
2010–11
finished late
The band worked on it during the The King of Limbs sessions and did not finish it until March 2011, a month after the album was released. It runs seven minutes on a calm electronic pulse, which had more than one writer reaching for “Everything in Its Right Place”. The Guardian praised its “lovely rise and fall” and Yorke's falsetto; Rolling Stone gave the single four stars and said both songs would have fitted the moodier half of the album.
Stereogum, ten years on, went further: “the kind of epic that can work as an album's centrepiece and spine”, and suggested that The King of Limbs would be remembered as a fan favourite if it had carried this, “The Butcher”, “The Daily Mail” and “Staircase”.
16 apr 2011
record store day
It came out on a 12-inch double A-side with “The Butcher” for Record Store Day on 16 April 2011, and in North America that June. Two days later the band gave both tracks as downloads to everyone who had ordered the album from their site. Some copies of the vinyl shipped with the two labels swapped. A performance is in The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement.
the session
From the Basement.· Radioheadwatch on youtube →
Live history
| Times played | 22 shows |
|---|---|
| Live debut | Friday 6 June 2008 · Malahide |
| Last played | Tuesday 6 November 2012 · Auckland |
| Longest absence | 3 years · back on Friday 1 July 2011 · London |
First played live in 2008, 3 years before it was released.
Nights played include broadcasts; opened and closed count gigs only. A cancelled night has no setlist. All setlist stats →
sources5
- “Listen to new Radiohead song online now”, NME, 12 June 2008.
- Glenn Peoples, “Radiohead thanks online buyers with two free tracks”, Billboard, 20 April 2011.
- Michael Cragg, “New music: Radiohead: Supercollider / The Butcher”, The Guardian, 18 April 2011.
- Rob Sheffield, “Supercollider”, Rolling Stone, 25 April 2011.
- Chris DeVille, “Radiohead's The King of Limbs came out 10 years ago today”, Stereogum, 18 February 2021.