![]() ![]() It was a risk that paid off the song landed at Number 3 in June 1997 and has shifted 195,500 copies to date. In classic Radiohead fashion, they didn't play things safe with the track, which clocks in at over six minutes long and saw them experimenting with the idea of fusing three different songs together, each written by a different member of the band. The band's second biggest selling single goes to Paranoid Android, the lead single from their 1997 album OK Computer. Paranoid Android video, directed by Magnus Carlsson ![]() One of the band's more accessible songs, No Surprises peaked at Number 4 on the Official Singles Chart in January 1998 and is Radiohead's third biggest seller in the UK, having sold just shy of 160,000 copies. Thome Yorke in the No Surprises music video "We did endless versions afterwards," Thom Yorke said, "And they were all just covers of the first version. The third and final single from their third album OK Computer, the story goes that No Surprises was the first song Radiohead recorded for the collection, and it's the first take of the song that made the final cut. But which songs in their vast catalogue are the most popular? With a headline slot at Glastonbury this weekend and a 20th anniversary reissue of their seminal OK Computer album out, we've counted down Radiohead's Top 10 best sellers.įirst, let's take a closer look at the Top 3. ![]() ![]() To date, they've amassed 17 Top 40 singles and 12 Top 10 albums (five of which hit Number 1) - not too shabby for a band who are essentially the antithesis of the mainstream. In their 32 years together, they've pushed musical boundaries and constantly evolved their sound largely to critical acclaim as well as plenty of success on the Official Charts. Radiohead have never been ones to fit in. ![]()
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