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A song written in 1997 and performed live soon after, 'Nude' took a decade to reach disc. Radiohead first recorded it during the sessions for their third album, working title 'Big Ideas (Don't Get Any)', but shelved the track. It finally appeared as the third song on 2007's 'In Rainbows', released as the album's second single in March 2008.
The lyric adopts a voice of deflation, warning against ambition that won't materialise. Thom Yorke sings 'don't get any big ideas / they're not gonna happen', the verses moving through images of self-erasure and missed connection. The closing lines turn inward, a quiet indictment of thought itself.
Between first performance and studio release, 'Nude' became fabled among the band's audience, a known live piece that had never been committed to record. The wait gave the song a particular weight when it finally arrived, a rarity made permanent.
"Nude" is a single by Radiohead, from the album In Rainbows, released 9th October 2007. The track is 4:15 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 19 articles about Radiohead.
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Don't get any big ideas They're not gonna happen You paint yourself white And fill up with noise But there'll be something missing Now that you found it It's gone Now that you feel it You don't You've gone off the rails So don't get any big ideas They're not gonna happen You'll go to Hell For what your dirty mind Is thinking
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