The Tourist

Radiohead * Track #12 On OK Computer

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Album OK Computer

ALBUM

Radiohead

1997

The Tourist by Radiohead

Release Date

Wed May 21 1997

Performed by

Radiohead

Produced by

Radiohead & Nigel Godrich

Writed by

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

About

“The Tourist” is the final track on OK Computer, punctuating the album with soaring guitar solos and ethereal vocals. The track is about enjoying life; when a tourist visits a place, he usually feels like he has to do a lot to take in the sights, making him move at a fast-pace, hence Thom telling hi...

The Tourist Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It barks at no one else but me
Like it's seen a ghost
I guess it's seen the sparks a-flowin
No one else would know

[Chorus]
Hey man, slow down, slow down
Idiot, slow down, slow down

[Verse 2]
Sometimes I get overcharged
That's when you see sparks
They ask me where the hell I'm going
At a thousand feet per second

[Chorus]
Hey man, slow down, slow down
Idiot, slow down, slow down

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
Hey man, slow down, slow down
Idiot, slow down, slow down

The Tourist Q&A

Who wrote The Tourist's ?

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

Who produced The Tourist's ?

The Tourist was produced by Radiohead & Nigel Godrich.

When did Radiohead release The Tourist?

Radiohead released The Tourist on Wed May 21 1997.

What did Radiohead say about "The Tourist"?

From a Radiohead interview published in Rolling Stone in 2017 for the 20th anniversary of OK Computer:

Thom Yorke: That’s a classic situation where Jonny had written this incredibly slow, moving riff so I started singing about slowing down and we were traveling, endlessly traveling, endlessly. Ever...

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