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{{Infobox Song <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs --> |
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| Name = Electioneering |
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| Artist = [[Radiohead]] |
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| Album = [[OK Computer]] |
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| Released = [[16 June]] [[1997]] |
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| track_no = 8 |
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| Recorded = [[1996]], [[1997]] |
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| Genre = [[Alternative rock]] |
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| Length = 3:50 |
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| Writer = |
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| Composer = |
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| Label = [[Parlophone]] |
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| Producer = [[Nigel Godrich]] with [[Radiohead]] |
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| Tracks = |
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# "[[Airbag (song)|Airbag]]" |
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# "[[Paranoid Android]]" |
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# "[[Subterranean Homesick Alien]]" |
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# "[[Exit Music (For a Film)]]" |
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# "[[Let Down]]" |
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# "[[Karma Police]]" |
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# "[[fitter happier]]" |
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# "'''Electioneering'''" |
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# "[[Climbing Up the Walls]]" |
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# "[[No Surprises]]" |
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# "[[Lucky (Radiohead song)|Lucky]]" |
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# "[[The Tourist]]" |
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}} |
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"'''Electioneering'''" is a song by [[Radiohead]], from the band's [[1997]] album ''[[OK Computer]]''. |
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[[Thom Yorke]] describes "Electioneering" as being about preaching to others through a microphone. He uses the metaphor of a politician selling his party platform to critique the live promotional shows Radiohead was doing to sell its music. In its original [[1996]] live form, the song ended on a catchy note with Thom repeating the line "''Doin' it all.''" Many fans were surprised and a little disappointed at the final version which made ''OK Computer''.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} |
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Yorke has commented on the song, saying "''We live under a world banking system and media that make it almost irrelevant who is in power. Political systems worldwide are at the mercy of business and bullshit economies. I can't recycle any of the polythene packaging that fills my house. Why?''" |
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Yorke was thinking of the [[Poll Tax Riots]] as he wrote "Electioneering", the scenes where people were breaking down the gates of Downing Street. As well as being political, the song is also about Radiohead, travelling around the globe and having to sell their records to people. |
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Jonny Greenwood has also commented on the song, saying "''Electioneering has a resemblance with '[[Paranoid Android]]'. It's about networking, spheres of influence, demonstrating yourself as a personality. All for the commercial gain. The song sounds very good live.''" |
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The song is in [[Drop D]] tuning, and features use of the [[D minor]] chord in the main riff. |
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While the previous songs on ''OK Computer'' were very electronically oriented, this song is closer musically to earlier "guitar" records, using a main "riff" and heavy overdubs. |
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For the 2007 tribute album from [[Stereogum]], ''[[OKX]]'', "Electioneering" was covered by the [[Cold War Kids]]. They played a more bare, organic version of the song, with drums, tambourine, Nathan Willett's voice, and distant-sounding piano, contrasting heavily with Radiohead's own guitar-driven track. |
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{{Radiohead}} |
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[[Category:Songs written by Thom Yorke]] |
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[[Category:1997 songs]] |
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[[Category:Songs written by Ed O'Brien]] |
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[[Category:Songs written by Philip Selway]] |
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[[Category:Songs written by Jonny Greenwood]] |
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[[Category:Songs written by Colin Greenwood]] |
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[[Category:Radiohead songs]] |
[[Category:Radiohead songs]] |
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[[Category:Protest songs]] |
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[[Category:Song recordings produced by Nigel Godrich]] |
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[[ro:Electioneering (cântec)]] |
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