The best Radiohead songs
The top 3 according to 236 votes from people: Idioteque · Paranoid Android · Fake Plastic Trees. (Updated Oct 3, 2025.)
The Radiohead songs at the top of The Ringer's 100-song ranking, Rolling Stone's readers' poll and its lists of the greatest songs of the century.
Top 12
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1
Idioteque
Kid A, 2000. Electronic panic; eighth-greatest song of the century for Rolling Stone (2025).
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2
Paranoid Android
OK Computer, 1997. A six-minute suite in several sections, often compared to 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.
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3
Fake Plastic Trees
The Bends, 1995. Thom Yorke's ballad of artificial lives; a favourite in Rolling Stone's readers' poll.
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4
Everything in Its Right Place
Kid A, 2000. The opening track that announced the band's electronic turn.
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5
Karma Police
OK Computer, 1997. 'This is what you'll get when you mess with us'; a readers' favourite.
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6
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
In Rainbows, 2007. Interlocking guitars and a slow underwater build.
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7
Pyramid Song
Amnesiac, 2001. Piano and strings in an unusual rhythm; 94th song of the decade for Rolling Stone.
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8
Reckoner
In Rainbows, 2007. Ninth in Rolling Stone's 2011 readers' poll.
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9
No Surprises
OK Computer, 1997. A lullaby about quiet desperation.
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10
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
The Bends, 1995. Their darkest song, by Yorke's own account.
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11
Creep
Pablo Honey, 1992. The breakthrough hit the band long tried to distance themselves from.
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12
There There
Hail to the Thief, 2003. Tribal drums and a cathartic finale; 196th song of the century for Rolling Stone.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (2)
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi should be top 3.
Paranoid Android at #1, deserved.