Radiohead - No Suprises

Radiohead wrote "No Surprises", while touring with the band REM in 1995. "No Surprises" was the first song of Radiohead in the first day of recording sessions for OK Computer. The version of the song on the album is the first recorded. Singer Thom Yorke said: "We made endless versions and then they were all only covers the first version. So he returned to [the original]."

The music video for "No Surprises" was directed by Grant Gee. The video is only a single stage photo of Thom Yorke's head inside a plastic bubble. The lyrics of the song move backwards at the bottom of the screen throughout the video. After the first verse.the plastic hull starts to fill with water. Yorke is still singing as attempts to lift his head above the rising water. Once the bubble completely full, Yorke is motionless for more than a minute. Subsequently, the water is released and returns to sing.

A heart that's full up like a landfill
A job that slowly kills you
Bruises that won't heal

You look so tired and unhappy
Bring down the government
They don't, they don't speak for us
I'll take a quiet life
A handshake of carbon monoxide

No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
Silent, silent

This is my final fit, my final bellyache with

No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises please

Such a pretty house, such a pretty garden

No alarms and no surprises (let me out of here)
No alarms and no surprises (let me out of here)
No alarms and no surprises please (let me out of here)

The song initially told the story of a man who has become sick of the way they are working for him and is having problems with his girlfriend. Two lines in this release are, "He was sick of his excuses / To not take off her dress when bleedin 'in the bathroom." Prepare to record the song, Yorke dramatically altered the lyrics, instead of telling a love story about a man and his girlfriend, the song seems to have included a reference to one's own life (as evidenced in the letter as "I'm going to take a quiet life / a handshake / carbon monoxide ") to illustrate the disregard by the complacency of the British" normalcy ".

Single by Radiohead
from the album OK Computer
Released : 12 January 1998
Format : CD, 12", Cassette
Recorded : July 1996 at Canned Applause, Didcot, Oxfordshire
Genre : Alternative rock
Length : 3:49
Producer : Nigel Godrich, Radiohead