Pearly*
Radiohead * Track #2 On Airbag / How Am I Driving? [EP]
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Pearly* by Radiohead
Release Date
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RadioheadWrited by
Philip Selway & Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood & Ed O’Brien & Colin GreenwoodAbout
“Pearly*” was released in 1997 on the “Paranoid Android” single.
It can also be found on the Collector’s Edition of OK Computer, OK Computer OKNOTOK and on the Airbag/How Am I Driving EP.
Pearly* Lyrics
[Verse 1]
How'd you get your
Teeth so pearly?
Dew-drop dentures
White-washed fences
[Refrain]
She runs from the third world, pearly
[Verse 2]
Vanilla (Feel it crawl to me) milkshakes (Crawl back again)
From Hard Rock (Whatever you say) Cafés (Make it go away)
That's where (I feel it crawl to me) she got her (Crawls back again)
Sweet tooth (Make it go away) for white boys (Whatever you say)
[Refrain]
She runs from the third world, pearly
[Outro]
Use me, darling use me
Darling use me, darling use me
Pearly* Q&A
Who wrote Pearly*'s ?
Pearly* was written by Philip Selway & Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood & Ed O’Brien & Colin Greenwood.
Who produced Pearly*'s ?
Pearly* was produced by Nigel Godrich & Radiohead.
Is there any significance to the asterisk in the song title?
One common fan theory is that the star signifies pearly white teeth. Toothpaste advertisements at the time would often feature a shining, rotating star to demonstrate how white and clean someone’s teeth were, often accompanied by a ‘ping’ sound. While there are two different mixes of “Pearly*”, both...
What did Radiohead say about "Pearly*"?
Thom Yorke, the lead singer of Radiohead, described “Pearly*” as:
A dirty song for people who use sex for dirty things
- from Welcome to the Machine: OK Computer and the Death of the Classic Album by Tim Footman