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Released | 31 March 2008 | ||||
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Length | 4:15 | ||||
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Writer(s) | Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway and Thom Yorke | ||||
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"Nude" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released as the second single from their seventh studio album In Rainbows (2007) on 31 March 2008. Radiohead first recorded the song under the working title "Big Ideas (Don't Get Any)" during recording sessions for their third studio album OK Computer (1997), but were not satisfied with the results. They performed it several times live over the following decade, and it became one of their most famous unreleased songs, before settling on the arrangement that would appear on In Rainbows.
"Nude" became Radiohead's most successful single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart since their debut single "Creep" (1992).
Radiohead recorded a version of "Nude" during the first sessions for their third album, OK Computer (1997), with producer Nigel Godrich. This version of the song, inspired by Al Green, featured a Hammond organ, a "straighter" feel, and different lyrics. The band was initially pleased with the recording but, according to Godrich, "for some reason everyone went off it".
"Nude" was first performed live by singer Thom Yorke in a solo performance in Japan in the late 1990s. Radiohead performed it several times over the following decade, and it became one of the band's most famous unreleased songs. They and Godrich worked on the song again during the sessions for their albums Kid A (2000) and Hail to the Thief (2003), but were not satisfied with the results. The song had various working titles, including "Failure to Receive Repayment Will Put Your House at Risk" (as stated by Yorke in the documentary film Meeting People is Easy), "Big Ideas" and "(Don't Get Any) Big Ideas".