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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Stop Whispering
| name = Stop Whispering
| cover = StopWhisperingUSCD1.jpg
| cover = StopWhisperingUSCD1.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| border = yes
| border = yes
| caption = US CD single
| caption = US CD single
| type = single
| type = single
| artist = [[Radiohead]]
| artist = [[Radiohead]]
| album = [[Pablo Honey]]
| album = [[Pablo Honey]]
| released = 5 October 1993
| released = 5 October 1993
| recorded = 1993
| recorded = 1993
| studio =
| studio =
| venue =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|[[Alternative rock]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Hogan|first=Marc|date=28 March 2019|title=I Might Be Wrong: Every Radiohead Song, Ranked|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/05/every-radiohead-song-ranked.html|access-date=2 February 2021|website=Vulture}}</ref>|[[Psychedelic music|psychedelia]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Zaleski|first=Annie|date=7 May 2008|title=Sweet Honey: B-Sides defends Radiohead's Pablo Honey and dishes dirt on new local rock & roll bar the TRADE|url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/sweet-honey-b-sides-defends-radioheads-pablo-honey-and-dishes-dirt-on-new-local-rock-and-roll-bar-the-trade/Content?oid=2507756|access-date=2 February 2021|website=[[Riverfront Times]]}}</ref>}}
| genre = * [[Alternative rock]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Hogan|first=Marc|date=28 March 2019|title=I Might Be Wrong: Every Radiohead Song, Ranked|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/05/every-radiohead-song-ranked.html|access-date=2 February 2021|website=Vulture}}</ref>
* [[jangle pop]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Zaleski|first=Annie|date=7 May 2008|title=Sweet Honey: B-Sides defends Radiohead's Pablo Honey and dishes dirt on new local rock & roll bar the TRADE|url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/sweet-honey-b-sides-defends-radioheads-pablo-honey-and-dishes-dirt-on-new-local-rock-and-roll-bar-the-trade/Content?oid=2507756|access-date=2 February 2021|website=[[Riverfront Times]]}}</ref>
| length = 5:25
| length = 5:25
| label = [[Parlophone]]
| label = [[Parlophone]]
| writer = Radiohead
| composer = Radiohead
| lyricist = [[Thom Yorke]]
| producer = {{hlist|[[Sean Slade]]|[[Paul Q. Kolderie]]}}
| prev_title = [[Pop Is Dead]]
| producer = * [[Sean Slade]]
* [[Paul Q. Kolderie]]
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = [[My Iron Lung]]
| prev_title = [[Pop Is Dead]]
| next_year = 1994
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = [[My Iron Lung]]
| next_year = 1994
}}
}}


"'''Stop Whispering'''" is a single by the English [[alternative rock]] band [[Radiohead]], released in the US on 5 October 1993.{{cfn}} It was the third single from their debut album, ''[[Pablo Honey]]'' (1993). It reached #23 on the [[Alternative Songs|US Modern Rock Tracks]] chart in October 1993.<ref name=alternative>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/277326/radiohead/chart?f=377|title=Billboard > Artists / Radiohead > Chart History > Alternative Songs|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref>
"'''Stop Whispering'''" is a song by the English [[alternative rock]] band [[Radiohead]], included on their debut album, ''[[Pablo Honey]]'' (1993). It was released as a single in the US in October 1993. Radiohead rerecorded it for the single release, as they were unsatisfied with the album version.

"Stop Whispering" was released as the follow-up to "[[Creep (Radiohead song)|Creep]]" in Australia on 7 February 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/Mmmu9ck.png|title=New Release Summary – Product Available from : 7/2/94 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 208)|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]])|access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref> It peaked at #131 on the Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] singles chart.<ref name=aus>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/rYlw97T.jpg|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 17 February 2016|publisher=[[Imgur]]|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref>


==Recording==
==Recording==
Radiohead recorded various demos of "Stop Whispering" while they were an unsigned band in [[Abingdon-on-Thames|Abingdgon]], Oxfordshire.<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal|last=Doyle|first=Tom|date=April 2008|title=The complete Radiohead|journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|publisher=[[Bauer Media Group]]|volume=261|pages=65-69|issn=0955-4955}}</ref> One version impressed the owner of another local studio, Chris Hufford, who became Radiohead's co-manager with his partner Bryce Edge.<ref name=":6" /> The band recorded it for their first album, ''[[Pablo Honey]]'' (1993).<ref name=":4">{{cite journal|last1=Irvin|first1=Jim|author-link=Jim Irvin|last2=Hoskyns|first2=Barney|date=July 1997|title=We have lift-off!|journal=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|issue=45}}</ref> According to co-producer [[Paul Q. Kolderie|Paul Kolderie]], “We tinkered with it a bit. It was kind of a sprawling thing and we weren't sure how long it would be."<ref name=":6" />
Radiohead recorded various demos of "Stop Whispering" while they were an unsigned band in [[Abingdon-on-Thames|Abingdgon]], Oxfordshire.<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal|last=Doyle|first=Tom|date=April 2008|title=The complete Radiohead|journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|publisher=[[Bauer Media Group]]|volume=261|pages=65–69|issn=0955-4955}}</ref> One version impressed the owner of another local studio, Chris Hufford, who became Radiohead's co-manager with his partner, Bryce Edge.<ref name=":6" />


Radiohead re-recorded "Stop Whispering" for the US single, as they were not happy with the album version; guitarist [[Ed O'Brien]] said the new version was "more atmospheric", like a [[Joy Division]] record.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Runtagh|first=Jordan|date=2018-02-22|title=Radiohead's ''Pablo Honey'': 10 things you didn't know|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/radioheads-pablo-honey-10-things-you-didnt-know-201729/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-21|website=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
Radiohead recorded "Stop Whispering" for their debut album, ''[[Pablo Honey]]'' (1993).<ref name=":4">{{cite journal|last1=Irvin|first1=Jim|author-link=Jim Irvin|last2=Hoskyns|first2=Barney|date=July 1997|title=We have lift-off!|journal=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|issue=45}}</ref> According to the co-producer, [[Paul Q. Kolderie|Paul Kolderie]], "We tinkered with it a bit. It was kind of a sprawling thing and we weren't sure how long it would be."<ref name=":6" /> Radiohead re-recorded "Stop Whispering" for the US single, as they were not happy with the album version. The guitarist [[Ed O'Brien]] said the new version was more atmospheric, likening it to [[Joy Division]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine|last=Runtagh|first=Jordan|date=2018-02-22|title=Radiohead's ''Pablo Honey'': 10 things you didn't know|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/radioheads-pablo-honey-10-things-you-didnt-know-201729/|access-date=2021-10-21|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US}}</ref>


== Release ==
==Release==
"Stop Whispering" was the third single released from ''Pablo Honey''. It was unsuccessful.<ref name="popisdead-1">{{cite book|author=Randall, Mac|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GU9QmQEpLoYC&q=%22Pop+Is+Dead%22+radiohead&pg=PT112|title=Exit Music – The Radiohead Story: The Radiohead Story|publisher=Omnibus|year=2011|isbn=978-0857126955}}</ref> [[Jimmy Eat World]] covered the song on their EP ''[[Damage (Jimmy Eat World EP)|Damage]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=McGovern|first=Kyle|date=4 April 2013|title=Jimmy Eat World Revive Long-Forgotten Radiohead Song for Record Store Day|url=https://www.spin.com/2013/04/jimmy-eat-world-radiohead-stop-whispering-record-store-day/|access-date=20 April 2013|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref>
"Stop Whispering" was the third single released from ''Pablo Honey''. It was unsuccessful.<ref name="popisdead-1">{{cite book|author=Mac Randall|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0q9bTJp2Bi4C&pg=PT152|title=Exit Music – The Radiohead Story: The Radiohead Story|page=152|publisher=Omnibus|year=2011|isbn=978-0857126955}}</ref> It reached #23 on the [[Alternative Songs|US Modern Rock Tracks]] chart in October 1993.<ref name="alternative"/> In Australia, it was released as the follow-up to Radiohead's debut single, "[[Creep (Radiohead song)|Creep]]", on 7 February 1994,<ref>{{cite web |title=New Release Summary – Product Available from : 7/2/94 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 208) |url=http://i.imgur.com/Mmmu9ck.png |access-date=30 March 2017 |publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]])}}</ref> reaching #131 on the Australian [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] singles chart.<ref name="aus">{{cite web |title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 17 February 2016 |url=http://i.imgur.com/rYlw97T.jpg |access-date=17 February 2016 |publisher=[[Imgur]]}}</ref> [[Jimmy Eat World]] covered the song on their EP ''[[Damage (Jimmy Eat World EP)|Damage]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=McGovern|first=Kyle|date=4 April 2013|title=Jimmy Eat World Revive Long-Forgotten Radiohead Song for Record Store Day|url=https://www.spin.com/2013/04/jimmy-eat-world-radiohead-stop-whispering-record-store-day/|access-date=20 April 2013|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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#"[[Pop Is Dead]]" – 2:12
#"[[Pop Is Dead]]" – 2:12
#"Inside My Head" (live) – 2:58
#"Inside My Head" (live) – 2:58

Note: The US version was remixed by [[Chris Sheldon]] and featured strings and a slower tempo than the original.


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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*[[Ed O'Brien]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*[[Ed O'Brien]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*[[Philip Selway]] – drums
*[[Philip Selway]] – drums
*Peter Darley Miller – cover art photography


==Charts==
==Chart performance==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1993)
!Peak<br>position
|-
|align="left"|US [[Alternative Songs|''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks]]<ref name=alternative/>
|23
|-
|-
!Chart (1994)
! scope="col"| Chart (1993–1994)
!Peak<br>position
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
|-
|align="left"|Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref name=aus/>
! scope="row"| Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref name=aus/>
|131
| 131
|-
|-
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|23|artist=Radiohead|rowheader=true|access-date=30 March 2017|refname="alternative"}}
|}
|}


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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.mtv.com/lyrics/radiohead/stop_whispering/6518208/lyrics.jhtml "Stop Whispering" lyrics on MTV.com]{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
*{{YouTube|PECnzN8P6KQ|"Stop Whispering" video}}
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*[http://www.mtv.com/lyrics/radiohead/stop_whispering/6518208/lyrics.jhtml Stop Whispering Lyrics on MTV.com]


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{{Radiohead}}

Latest revision as of 18:24, 10 August 2024

"Stop Whispering"
US CD single
Single by Radiohead
from the album Pablo Honey
Released5 October 1993
Recorded1993
Genre
Length5:25
LabelParlophone
Composer(s)Radiohead
Lyricist(s)Thom Yorke
Producer(s)
Radiohead singles chronology
"Pop Is Dead"
(1993) 		"Stop Whispering"
(1993) 		"My Iron Lung"
(1994)

"Stop Whispering" is a song by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, included on their debut album, Pablo Honey (1993). It was released as a single in the US in October 1993. Radiohead rerecorded it for the single release, as they were unsatisfied with the album version.

Recording

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Radiohead recorded various demos of "Stop Whispering" while they were an unsigned band in Abingdgon, Oxfordshire.[3] One version impressed the owner of another local studio, Chris Hufford, who became Radiohead's co-manager with his partner, Bryce Edge.[3]

Radiohead recorded "Stop Whispering" for their debut album, Pablo Honey (1993).[4] According to the co-producer, Paul Kolderie, "We tinkered with it a bit. It was kind of a sprawling thing and we weren't sure how long it would be."[3] Radiohead re-recorded "Stop Whispering" for the US single, as they were not happy with the album version. The guitarist Ed O'Brien said the new version was more atmospheric, likening it to Joy Division.[5]

Release

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"Stop Whispering" was the third single released from Pablo Honey. It was unsuccessful.[6] It reached #23 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart in October 1993.[7] In Australia, it was released as the follow-up to Radiohead's debut single, "Creep", on 7 February 1994,[8] reaching #131 on the Australian ARIA singles chart.[9] Jimmy Eat World covered the song on their EP Damage.[10]

Track listing

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  1. "Stop Whispering" (US version) – 4:11
  2. "Creep" (acoustic) – 4:19
  3. "Pop Is Dead" – 2:12
  4. "Inside My Head" (live) – 2:58

Personnel

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Radiohead

Charts

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Chart (1993–1994) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[9] 131
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[7] 23

References

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  1. ^ Hogan, Marc (28 March 2019). "I Might Be Wrong: Every Radiohead Song, Ranked". Vulture. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  2. ^ Zaleski, Annie (7 May 2008). "Sweet Honey: B-Sides defends Radiohead's Pablo Honey and dishes dirt on new local rock & roll bar the TRADE". Riverfront Times. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Doyle, Tom (April 2008). "The complete Radiohead". Q. 261. Bauer Media Group: 65–69. ISSN 0955-4955.
  4. ^ Irvin, Jim; Hoskyns, Barney (July 1997). "We have lift-off!". Mojo (45).
  5. ^ Runtagh, Jordan (22 February 2018). "Radiohead's Pablo Honey: 10 things you didn't know". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  6. ^ Mac Randall (2011). Exit Music – The Radiohead Story: The Radiohead Story. Omnibus. p. 152. ISBN 978-0857126955.
  7. ^ a b "Radiohead Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  8. ^ "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 7/2/94 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 208)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 17 February 2016". Imgur. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  10. ^ McGovern, Kyle (4 April 2013). "Jimmy Eat World Revive Long-Forgotten Radiohead Song for Record Store Day". Spin. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
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