1997Released
5:26

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Interesting facts and trivia about The Tourist. By Songfacts®.

This is the last song on OK Computer, and it deals with a reckless driver. The first song on the album is "Airbag," so this serves as a warning of impending disaster.

According to Q magazine (April 2008) this was written by Jonny Greenwood in response to seeing a group of tourists dash through a town in France. It was intended to be a song about the "speed you live your life with." Yorke later added lyrics that he'd written on holiday in Prague.

Jonny Greenwood (from Humo magazine July 22, 1997): "That is MY song. I was surprised that the other four let me do it. 'The Tourist' doesn't sound like Radiohead at all. It's a song where there doesn't have to happen anything every three seconds. It has become a song with space."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of The Tourist.
EKey
MajorMode
5/4Time Signature
114BPM

Album

The album The Tourist is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released The Tourist.
XL Recordings
1997 XL Recordings Ltd
1997 XL Recordings Ltd

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