"No Surprises" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released as the fourth and final single from their third studio album, OK Computer (1997), in 1998. It was also released as a mini-album in Japan, titled No Surprises / Running from Demons.
The singer, Thom Yorke, wrote "No Surprises" while Radiohead were on tour with R.E.M. in 1995.
It features glockenspiel and a "childlike" sound inspired by the 1966 Beach Boys album Pet Sounds. Yorke described it as a "fucked-up nursery rhyme", with a gentle mood and harsh lyrics conveying dissatisfaction with social or political order.
The music video, directed by Grant Gee, features Yorke wearing a helmet as it fills with water, inspired by the 1960s science fiction and underwater escape acts. Inspired by the lyric "a job that slowly kills you", Gee conceived a video that would convey the feeling of "murderous seconds".
"No Surprises" was released as the fourth single from OK Computer and reached number four on the UK singles chart. In 2011, NME named "No Surprises" the 107th-best track of the preceding 15 years.
1. No Surprises (3:51)
Written-By – Radiohead
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – EMI Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – EMI Records Ltd.
- Published By – Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.
- Manufactured By – EMI
- Distributed By – EMI
- Glass Mastered At – EMI Uden
- Pressed By – EMI Uden
Credits
- Artwork – Donwood, Chocolate
- Producer – Nigel Godrich, Radiohead
- Written-By – Radiohead
Notes
Label: Parlophone – 7243 8 84901 2 2
Released: 1997
Genre: Alternative Rock
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