Street Spirit (Fade Out)

This song and video were well received in North America. People found it quite melodic and peaceful, much to Thom Yorke's chagrin. It's one of his darker songs, with strange lyrics and a foreboding message. He didn't especially enjoy playing the song live, but it was one of the most highly anticipated and requested at shows.

Yorke insisted that he didn't really write this, that it wrote itself. He claimed the band was merely its messengers, for something he called "our purest, saddest song."

Yorke has said this was inspired by Ben Okri's 1991 novel The Famished Road.