Sit Down. Stand Up.
Radiohead * Track #2 On Hail to the Thief
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Sit Down. Stand Up. by Radiohead
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RadioheadWrited by
Philip Selway & Ed O’Brien & Colin Greenwood & Jonny Greenwood & Thom YorkeAbout
The second track was influenced by the jazz musician Charlie Mingus. The militaristic imagery of its lyrics were written in response to the Rwandan Genocide. Tate noted that the song’s contradictory title lyric
Almost parodies the imperatives thrown at music audiences to ‘get up’ and dance".
Alter...
Sit Down. Stand Up. Lyrics
[Chorus]
Sit down, stand up
Sit down, stand up
[Verse 1]
Walk into the jaws of hell (sit down)
Walk into the jaws of hell (stand up)
Anytime (sit down)
Anytime (stand up)
[Chorus]
Sit down, stand up
Sit down
[Verse 2]
Hey, we can wipe you out anytime (stand up)
We can wipe you out (sit down)
Anytime
Anytime
[Interlude]
Stand up
Sit down
[Outro]
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
The raindrops, the raindrops
Sit Down. Stand Up. Q&A
Who wrote Sit Down. Stand Up.'s ?
Sit Down. Stand Up. was written by Philip Selway & Ed O’Brien & Colin Greenwood & Jonny Greenwood & Thom Yorke.
Who produced Sit Down. Stand Up.'s ?
Sit Down. Stand Up. was produced by Nigel Godrich & Radiohead.
When did Radiohead release Sit Down. Stand Up.?
Radiohead released Sit Down. Stand Up. on Mon Jun 09 2003.
What did Radiohead say about "Sit Down. Stand Up."?
Official Hail To The Thief Interview CD, April 2003
Thom
It was sort of written initially… the demo I did of it for the others was very, very, very slow, indeed. And I kind of wanted it to keep that in, keep this sort of like chanting about it, really. And the words weren’t really relevant, it was...