Nude

Album: In Rainbows (2007)
Charted: 21 37
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Colin Charles Greenwood, Edward John O'Brien, Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood, Philip James Selway, Thomas Edward Yorke
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 4

  • David Ransom from Cambridge, United Kingdom"Nude" is most definitely one of Radiohead's greatest songs (maybe even overtaking "There There" as their greatest!). It is certainly the song that best shows off Yorke's vocals! Don't really agree that Yorke's vocals have improved that much recently, or even since "The Bends". His vocals have ALWAYS been top-notch - just listen agian to "Street Spirit" from "The Bends", "Exit Music For A Film" from "OK Computer", or "How To Dissapear Completely" from "Kid A". At the time of "OK Computer, Yorke's vocals were decribed, by more than one critic, as "singing like an angel". That's not to say they haven't improved; they have - just not enormously. But what I think does greatly improve with each consecutive album are the song lyrics. Yes, Radiohead always had great lyrics: "Creep" is still just as amazing today as when it was first released. But the entire lyrics for each album have improved just that little bit more with each new release, peeking with "Hail To The Thief". The lyrics to "In Rainbows" are almost as good ("Hail To The Thief" would have been hard to beat) and the lyrics to "Nude" are some of the most inspired lyrics I have ever heard. Combine this with Yorke's heavenly vocals and the band's masterful playing, and you have a masterpiece!
  • Luke Taylor from Manchester, United KingdomWhen i heard this live, it gave me goosebumps. His voice has improved dramatically since the nineties.
  • Nelson from P-goula, MsI love this song. My friend always calls the last vocal part the Little Mermaid Theme.
  • Cris from Bucharest, RomaniaOn May 6, 2006, "Nude" was performed by Radiohead in Copenhagen at their first concert of the year. It is speculated that the band have recorded this song and it will be included in their next release.
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