Let Down

Radiohead * Track #5 On OK Computer

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Album OK Computer

ALBUM

Radiohead

1997

Let Down by Radiohead

Release Date

Wed May 21 1997

Performed by

Radiohead

Produced by

Nigel Godrich & Radiohead

Writed by

Ed O’Brien & Colin Greenwood & Jonny Greenwood & Thom Yorke & Philip Selway

About

Featured on Radiohead’s 1997 alternative-rock classic OK Computer, “Let Down” was recorded at 3 AM in a ballroom at the historic St Catherine’s Court. The song structure features multi-layered arpeggiated guitars and electric piano, with unconventional time signatures and a Spector-esque “Wall of So...

Let Down Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Transport, motorways and tramlines
Starting and then stopping
Taking off and landing
The emptiest of feelings
Disappointed people
Clinging on to bottles
And when it comes it's so, so disappointing

[Chorus]
Let down and hanging around
Crushed like a bug in the ground
Let down and hanging around

[Verse 2]
Shell smashed, juices flowing
Wings twitch, legs are going
Don't get sentimental
It always ends up drivel

[Pre-Chorus]
One day I am gonna grow wings
A chemical reaction
Hysterical and useless
Hysterical and

[Chorus]
Let down and hanging around
Crushed like a bug in the ground
Let down and hanging around

[Bridge]
Let down again
Let down again
Let down again

[Verse 3]
You know, you know where you are with
You know where you are with
Floor collapsing
Floating, bouncing back

[Pre-Chorus]
And one day
I am gonna grow wings
A chemical reaction
(You know where you are)
Hysterical and useless
(You know where you are)
Hysterical and
(You know where you are)

[Chorus]
Let down and hanging around
Crushed like a bug in the ground
Let down and hanging around

Let Down Q&A

Who wrote Let Down's ?

Let Down was written by Ed O’Brien & Colin Greenwood & Jonny Greenwood & Thom Yorke & Philip Selway.

Who produced Let Down's ?

Let Down was produced by Nigel Godrich & Radiohead.

When did Radiohead release Let Down?

Radiohead released Let Down on Wed May 21 1997.

What did Radiohead say about "Let Down"?

Lead singer Thom Yorke, guitarist Ed O'Brien, and producer Nigel Godrich discussed the conception of the track and how it was recorded as part of an in-depth oral history of OK Computer for a Rolling Stone article:

Yorke: That came from being in the bubble and looking at things as they passed by me...

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