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20 essential songs for your Radiohead playlist
Updated 56 minutes ago | By Jeff Mezydlo
Radiohead has enjoyed quite the career as one of the most innovative rock bands on the planet. Not afraid to take chances with its music, Radiohead’s collective talent is truly immense. So, digging into its vast and creative catalog, here’s our list of the 20 best Radiohead songs.

With kick off our list with an underrated piece from the band’s career-defining 1997 release OK Computer. Originally written to be included at the end of the 1996 film Romeo + Juliet, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, the hauntingly mesmerizing “Exit Music (For a Film) — such a catchy title — was never used in the movie. However, according to the January 2008 edition of Mojo, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke said this track helped set the stage for the rest of what would become the Grammy-Award winning OK Computer.

Radiohead’s direction-changing fourth studio album Kid A might not have suited the tastes of all fans of the band. However, it did win another Grammy Award and was the group’s first album to top the Billboard 200 in the United States. Thom Yorke and Co. abandoned their rock principles for a highly experimental, yet creatively versatile album, that dabbled in electronica, neo-classical and even jazz — just to name a few genres. The latter two completely encapsulate “The National Anthem,” which, with its notable foundational bassline and searing brass work, is truly a one-of-kind track from the band.

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