( May 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. No Surprises/Running from Demons No Surprises/Running from Demons After many failed takes, with coaching from the assistant director, Yorke was eventually able to complete a take. repeated torture." Footage of the shoot appears in Meeting People is Easy, with Yorke becoming increasingly frustrated. According to Gee, "The day turned into a horror show. Although Yorke had demonstrated that he could hold his breath for over a minute in stress-free conditions, under the shooting conditions he found it difficult to hold his breath for more than ten seconds before draining the water. To reduce the time for which Yorke had to hold his breath, the crew sped up part of the song, doubled the camera speed from 25 to 50 frames a second to match, and then decelerated both the song and frame rate after the water drained, keeping Yorke's vocals in synchronisation. The crew hired a special effects company to create a perspex helmet, into which water could be slowly pumped and would allow Yorke to release the water in an emergency. He fixated on the lyric "a job that slowly kills you", and conceived a real-time video that would convey the feeling of "murderous seconds". He was also inspired by childhood memories of underwater escape acts and alien characters in the television series UFO with helmets full of liquid. Gee listened to the song while studying a still image of the astronaut character David Bowman in the 1968 science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey, and wondered if he could make a music video comprising a close-up of a man in a helmet. Six months later, after Gee had been filming Radiohead for the documentary Meeting People Is Easy, Parlophone wanted a music video for "No Surprises" and asked Gee to pitch another concept. His "Fitter Happier" concept was abandoned when Parlophone decided to shoot videos only for the singles. His initial concept for "No Surprises", which Gee later described as "some kind of sparkly music-box themed performance-based nonsense", was rejected. Gee pitched concepts for "No Surprises" and "Fitter Happier". Initially, Radiohead and their record label, Parlophone, planned to film music videos for each track on OK Computer. The music video was directed by Grant Gee and was shot on November 28, 1997. Yorke in the music video (top) and filming the music video (bottom) Once the helmet completely fills, Yorke is motionless for over a minute, after which the water is released and he resumes singing. Yorke continues singing as he attempts to lift his head above the rising water. After the first verse, the helmet begins to fill with water. The lyrics slowly scroll upwards, reflected in the helmet. The music video for "No Surprises" consists of a single close-up shot of Yorke inside an astronaut-style helmet. In October 2011, NME named "No Surprises" the 107th best track of the previous 15 years. An early version with different lyrics was included in the 2017 OK Computer reissue OKNOTOK 1997 2017. In 2008, it was included in Radiohead: The Best Of. It reached number four on the UK Singles Chart. "No Surprises" was released as the fourth single from OK Computer on 12 January 1998. It only sounds good if it's really fragile." Release When we play it, we have to play it so slow. It's on the edge of totally hamming it up but you're not. Yorke told Q: "If you play it right, it is fucking dark. He said the concept was to frighten OK Computer listeners with "Climbing Up the Walls", then comfort them "with a pop song with a chorus that sounds like a lullaby". īassist Colin Greenwood said that "No Surprises" was Radiohead's "'stadium-friendly'" song. Hoping to achieve a slower tempo than could be played well on their instruments, producer Nigel Godrich had the band record the song at a faster tempo, then slowed the playback for Yorke to overdub his vocals onto, creating an "ethereal" effect. The version on the album is the first take recorded the band recorded many further versions, but felt they could not improve on the first. He also said Radiohead wanted to recreate the atmosphere of a song by Marvin Gaye or the Louis Armstrong song " What a Wonderful World". Yorke said the "childlike guitar sound set the mood for the whole album" and that the band was aiming for a mood similar to the 1966 Beach Boys album Pet Sounds. It was the first song recorded in the sessions for OK Computer. Later, the lyrics were rewritten and a glockenspiel melody was added. Yorke introduced the song to the rest of the band in their dressing room in Oslo, Norway on August 3, 1995. Singer Thom Yorke wrote "No Surprises" while Radiohead was touring with R.E.M.
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