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Paranoid Android

Radiohead / OK Computer

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Radiohead

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Album

OK Computer

Release date

May 21, 1997

Duration

6:27

Genres

Alternative

Label

Parlophone

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Songwriters / credits

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

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"Paranoid Android" is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead, released as the lead single from their third studio album, OK Computer (1997), on 26 May 1997. The lyrics were written by singer Thom Yorke following an unpleasant experience in a Los Angeles bar. The song is over six minutes long and contains four sections. The name is taken from Marvin the Paranoid Android from the science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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