Lucky

Regarding the line, "We are standing on the edge," Thom Yorke said: "The history of our times calls to mind those Walt Disney characters who rush madly over the edge of a cliff without seeing it. The power of their imaginations keeps them suspended in mid-air, but as soon as they look down and see where they are, they fall."

Radiohead recorded this in one day on September 4, 1995. It was originally released on the album Help: A Charity Album For The Children Of Bosnia and was chosen as a single from the album. It was then included on OK Computer. Ed O'Brien told Q magazine. "We wanted to give the Help album the best song we had at the time. We didn't have any fear about holding songs back. We've been touring the bends and played 'Lucky' for the first time in a sound check in Japan. It was probably the best song that we'd done to that date. It was like, 'OK this is what the next phrase could be.'" When Radiohead made OK Computer, they asked Go! Discs, the label that released The Help Album, if they could reuse Lucky on their new record. Their answer was: "Of course you can, it's your song."

Radiohead received lots of praise for recording a brand new song for the Help album, but Ed O'Brien later admitted it was because the band were terrible at covers. All five of the band thought this was the best thing they'd done. They were ashamed that the single release flopped and didn't make any money for the charity.