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Street Spirit (Fade Out)

May 08, 2024

"Street Spirit (Fade Out)" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released on their second studio album, The Bends (1995). It was released as a single on 22 January 1996 and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart, Radiohead's highest position up to that point. Radiohead considered it a breakthrough in their songwriting. It was accompanied by a music video by Jonathan Glazer, and has been covered by acts including Peter Gabriel and the Darkness.

"Street Spirit (Fade Out)"
Single by Radiohead
from the album The Bends
B-side
  • "Talk Show Host"
  • "Bishop's Robes"
Released22 January 1996 (1996-01-22)[1]
Recorded1994
GenrePost-grunge[2]
Length4:13
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)Radiohead
Producer(s)John Leckie
Radiohead singles chronology
"Just"
(1995) 		"Street Spirit (Fade Out)"
(1996) 		"The Bends"
(1996)
Music video
"Street Spirit (Fade Out)" on YouTube

Composition edit

Radiohead's songwriter, Thom Yorke, said "Street Spirit" was inspired by the American band R.E.M. and the 1991 novel The Famished Road by Ben Okri.[3] It features a guitar arpeggio written by Yorke and played by Ed O'Brien.[4] In 2018, Pitchfork wrote that the song "channels a sense of capitalist dread that even class-conscious Britpop artists repressed".[5]

Recording edit

Radiohead recorded several versions of "Street Spirit" before settling on the final version. The members felt it was a breakthrough in their songwriting.[6] Yorke said later: "If I ever forget why I started this as a career, then ['Street Spirit'] is why I started ... We spent a day going round in circles until I was thinking, 'This is never going to happen'. Then suddenly something happened and I was transported to a place that I'd been willing myself to be in for months on end."[6]

Music video edit

The music video for "Street Spirit" was directed by Jonathan Glazer and filmed over two nights in a desert outside Los Angeles. Glazer described it as a "turning point" for his work. He felt that Radiohead had "found their own voices as an artist" and that "I got close to whatever mine was, and I felt confident that I could do things that emoted, that had some kind of poetic as well as prosaic value".[7]

Release edit

"Street Spirit" was released as the second single from Radiohead's second album, The Bends (1995), on 22 January 1996. It reached number five on the UK Singles Chart, Radiohead’s highest placement up to that point.[8] After Radiohead's previous singles had failed to match the success of their 1992 debut, "Creep", "Street Spirit" demonstrated that they were not one-hit wonders.[9] In 2008, "Street Spirit" was included on Radiohead: The Best Of.[10]

Covers edit

Peter Gabriel recorded a cover of "Street Spirit" for his album Scratch My Back (2010). Gabriel described his version as an "existential cry of mortality".[11] He hoped that, in return, Radiohead would record a version of his 1982 song "Wallflower" for his album And I'll Scratch Yours (2013).[12] According to Gabriel, Radiohead ceased communication after he sent them his version of "Street Spirit".[13] Gabriel said his rendition was "pretty extreme" and had since heard that Radiohead did not like it.[11]

The Darkness released a cover of "Street Spirit" on their album 2012 Hot Cakes.[14] They had included the song in their live shows in 2003.[15] In 2020, the System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan released a cover with M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine on his album These Grey Men.[16]

Track listing edit

CD 1 edit

  1. "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" – 4:13
  2. "Talk Show Host" – 4:41
  3. "Bishop's Robes" – 3:25

CD 2 edit

  1. "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" – 4:13
  2. "Banana Co." – 2:20
  3. "Molasses" – 2:27

Personnel edit

All personnel adapted from the liner notes.[17]

Charts edit

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[18] 57
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[19] 19
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[20] 21
Ireland (IRMA)[21] 25
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[22] 28
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[23] 26
Scotland (OCC)[24] 7
UK Singles (OCC)[25] 5

Year-end charts edit

Chart (2001) Position
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[26] 105

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[27] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References edit

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 20 January 1996. p. 31. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. ^ DeLuca, Dan (13 August 2008). "Review: Everything right with Radiohead". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Chipping Away - Brian Draper talks to Thom Yorke". Third Way. Vol. 27, no. 10. Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd. December 2004. p. 16.
  4. ^ Amit, Sharma (9 June 2020). "Ed O'Brien: 'The guitar to me is like an oscillator on a synthesizer - it's the start of a sound rather than the sound in itself'". Guitar World. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  5. ^ "The 50 Best Britpop Albums". Pitchfork. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  6. ^ a b Kent, Nick (June 2001). . Mojo. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  7. ^ Kaufman, Anthony (12 June 2001). . indieWIRE. Archived from the original on 13 December 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
  8. ^ Randall, Mac (1 February 2012). Exit Music: The Radiohead Story Updated Edition. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-1-4584-7147-5.
  9. ^ Randall 2012.
  10. ^ Plagenhoef, Scott (5 June 2008). "Radiohead: The Best Of". Pitchfork. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  11. ^ a b Rogers, Jude (2 June 2010). "Peter Gabriel: 'It doesn't have anything to do with witchcraft!'". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  12. ^ Bassett, Jordan (12 February 2010). "Peter Gabriel: 'Thom Yorke won't respond to my cover of 'Street Spirit'". NME. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  13. ^ Young, Alex (15 February 2010). "Radiohead's Thom Yorke "disses" Peter Gabriel, preps "something" in April". Consequence. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  14. ^ Nelson, Michael (9 August 2012). "The Darkness – "Street Spirit" (Radiohead Cover)". Stereogum. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  15. ^ Poole, Steven (10 October 2003). "This is not Spinal Tap". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  16. ^ Blistein, Jon (23 January 2020). "System of a Down's John Dolmayan taps Tom Morello for cover of Radiohead's 'Street Spirit'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  17. ^ Street Spirit (Fade Out) (single liner notes). Radiohead. Parlophone. 1995.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  18. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 3027." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  19. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 13, no. 6. 10 February 1996. p. 15. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  20. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (30.3. – 5.4. '96)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 30 March 1996. p. 52. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  21. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Street Spirit (Fade Out)". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  22. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 15, 1996" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  23. ^ "Radiohead – Street Spirit (Fade Out)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  24. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  25. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  26. ^ . Jam!. Archived from the original on 26 July 2002. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  27. ^ "British single certifications – Radiohead – Street Spirit (Fade Out)". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

External links edit

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Street Spirit Fade Out is a song by the English rock band Radiohead released on their second studio album The Bends 1995 It was released as a single on 22 January 1996 and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart Radiohead s highest position up to that point Radiohead considered it a breakthrough in their songwriting It was accompanied by a music video by Jonathan Glazer and has been covered by acts including Peter Gabriel and the Darkness Street Spirit Fade Out Single by Radioheadfrom the album The BendsB side Talk Show Host Bishop s Robes Released22 January 1996 1996 01 22 1 Recorded1994GenrePost grunge 2 Length4 13LabelParlophoneSongwriter s RadioheadProducer s John LeckieRadiohead singles chronology Just 1995 Street Spirit Fade Out 1996 The Bends 1996 Music video Street Spirit Fade Out on YouTube Contents 1 Composition 2 Recording 3 Music video 4 Release 5 Covers 6 Track listing 6 1 CD 1 6 2 CD 2 7 Personnel 8 Charts 8 1 Year end charts 9 Certifications 10 References 11 External linksComposition editRadiohead s songwriter Thom Yorke said Street Spirit was inspired by the American band R E M and the 1991 novel The Famished Road by Ben Okri 3 It features a guitar arpeggio written by Yorke and played by Ed O Brien 4 In 2018 Pitchfork wrote that the song channels a sense of capitalist dread that even class conscious Britpop artists repressed 5 Recording editRadiohead recorded several versions of Street Spirit before settling on the final version The members felt it was a breakthrough in their songwriting 6 Yorke said later If I ever forget why I started this as a career then Street Spirit is why I started We spent a day going round in circles until I was thinking This is never going to happen Then suddenly something happened and I was transported to a place that I d been willing myself to be in for months on end 6 Music video editThe music video for Street Spirit was directed by Jonathan Glazer and filmed over two nights in a desert outside Los Angeles Glazer described it as a turning point for his work He felt that Radiohead had found their own voices as an artist and that I got close to whatever mine was and I felt confident that I could do things that emoted that had some kind of poetic as well as prosaic value 7 Release edit Street Spirit was released as the second single from Radiohead s second album The Bends 1995 on 22 January 1996 It reached number five on the UK Singles Chart Radiohead s highest placement up to that point 8 After Radiohead s previous singles had failed to match the success of their 1992 debut Creep Street Spirit demonstrated that they were not one hit wonders 9 In 2008 Street Spirit was included on Radiohead The Best Of 10 Covers editPeter Gabriel recorded a cover of Street Spirit for his album Scratch My Back 2010 Gabriel described his version as an existential cry of mortality 11 He hoped that in return Radiohead would record a version of his 1982 song Wallflower for his album And I ll Scratch Yours 2013 12 According to Gabriel Radiohead ceased communication after he sent them his version of Street Spirit 13 Gabriel said his rendition was pretty extreme and had since heard that Radiohead did not like it 11 The Darkness released a cover of Street Spirit on their album 2012 Hot Cakes 14 They had included the song in their live shows in 2003 15 In 2020 the System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan released a cover with M Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine on his album These Grey Men 16 Track listing editCD 1 edit Street Spirit Fade Out 4 13 Talk Show Host 4 41 Bishop s Robes 3 25 CD 2 edit Street Spirit Fade Out 4 13 Banana Co 2 20 Molasses 2 27Personnel editAll personnel adapted from the liner notes 17 Radiohead Thom Yorke Jonny Greenwood Ed O Brien Colin Greenwood Philip Selway Production John Leckie production Street Spirit Banana Co mixing Street Spirit engineering Street Spirit Nigel Godrich production Talk Show Host Bishop s Robes Molasses engineering Street Spirit mixing Talk Show Host Molasses Chris Brown engineering Chris Blair mastering Jim Warren initial production Banana Co Sean Slade mixing Banana Co Paul Q Kolderie mixing Banana Co Design Stanley Donwood art The White Chocolate Farm artCharts editChart 1996 Peakposition Canada Top Singles RPM 18 57 Europe Eurochart Hot 100 19 19 Iceland Islenski Listinn Topp 40 20 21 Ireland IRMA 21 25 Netherlands Dutch Top 40 22 28 Netherlands Single Top 100 23 26 Scotland OCC 24 7 UK Singles OCC 25 5 Year end charts edit Chart 2001 Position Canada Nielsen SoundScan 26 105Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units sales United Kingdom BPI 27 Silver 200 000 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone References edit New Releases Singles PDF Music Week 20 January 1996 p 31 Retrieved 29 June 2021 DeLuca Dan 13 August 2008 Review Everything right with Radiohead The Philadelphia Inquirer Retrieved 18 October 2021 Chipping Away Brian Draper talks to Thom Yorke Third Way Vol 27 no 10 Hymns Ancient amp Modern Ltd December 2004 p 16 Amit Sharma 9 June 2020 Ed O Brien The guitar to me is like an oscillator on a synthesizer it s the start of a sound rather than the sound in itself Guitar World Retrieved 14 February 2022 The 50 Best Britpop Albums Pitchfork 29 March 2017 Retrieved 30 May 2017 a b Kent Nick June 2001 Happy now Mojo Archived from the original on 6 February 2012 Retrieved 27 March 2012 Kaufman Anthony 12 June 2001 Shooting the Beast Jonathan Glazer Tames the Gangster Genre indieWIRE Archived from the original on 13 December 2007 Retrieved 8 January 2008 Randall Mac 1 February 2012 Exit Music The Radiohead Story Updated Edition Backbeat Books ISBN 978 1 4584 7147 5 Randall 2012 Plagenhoef Scott 5 June 2008 Radiohead The Best Of Pitchfork Retrieved 14 February 2022 a b Rogers Jude 2 June 2010 Peter Gabriel It doesn t have anything to do with witchcraft The Guardian London Retrieved 19 August 2015 Bassett Jordan 12 February 2010 Peter Gabriel Thom Yorke won t respond to my cover of Street Spirit NME Retrieved 19 August 2015 Young Alex 15 February 2010 Radiohead s Thom Yorke disses Peter Gabriel preps something in April Consequence Retrieved 25 January 2015 Nelson Michael 9 August 2012 The Darkness Street Spirit Radiohead Cover Stereogum Retrieved 25 January 2015 Poole Steven 10 October 2003 This is not Spinal Tap The Guardian Retrieved 27 February 2022 Blistein Jon 23 January 2020 System of a Down s John Dolmayan taps Tom Morello for cover of Radiohead s Street Spirit Rolling Stone Retrieved 24 January 2020 Street Spirit Fade Out single liner notes Radiohead Parlophone 1995 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Top RPM Singles Issue 3027 RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved 14 August 2019 Eurochart Hot 100 Singles PDF Music amp Media Vol 13 no 6 10 February 1996 p 15 Retrieved 17 October 2020 Islenski Listinn Topp 40 30 3 5 4 96 Dagbladid Visir in Icelandic 30 March 1996 p 52 Retrieved 2 October 2019 The Irish Charts Search Results Street Spirit Fade Out Irish Singles Chart Retrieved 14 August 2019 Nederlandse Top 40 week 15 1996 in Dutch Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 14 August 2019 Radiohead Street Spirit Fade Out in Dutch Single Top 100 Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 14 August 2019 Official Singles Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Canada s Top 200 Singles of 2001 Jam Archived from the original on 26 July 2002 Retrieved 28 March 2022 British single certifications Radiohead Street Spirit Fade Out British Phonographic Industry Retrieved 21 February 2020 External links edit Street Spirit Fade Out at AllMusic Street Spirit Fade Out disc 2 at MusicBrainz Street Spirit Fade Out at Discogs Street Spirit Fade Out at Discogs list of releases Article from The Guardian with Jonathan Glazer talking about the video Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php 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