Pop Is Dead

Album: Released as a single only (1993)
Charted: 42
Play Video

Songfacts®:

  • Released between Pablo Honey and the re-issued "Creep," this is the only Radiohead single not available on any of their albums.
  • The song is a satirical look at the way the media try to repackage everything as the new rock 'n' roll.
  • Thom Yorke said in Melody Maker, February 6, 1993: "It is a kind of epitaph for 1992. Hence the lines, 'Pop is dead, died an ugly death by back catalogue'." >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Bertrand - Paris, France
  • The video is based on a treatment Yorke wrote. In the clip, he is carried in a transparent coffin across the English countryside. The people in the procession were members of the Radiohead fan club.

Comments: 1

  • Lara from Thomspon , CtDoes anyone else notice the lyrics "pop is dead long live pop" is remarkably similiar to the who's "rock is dead they say long live rock"
see more comments

Editor's Picks

Benny Mardones

Benny MardonesSongwriter Interviews

His song "Into The Night" is one of the most-played of all time. For Benny, it took him to hell and back.

Bob Daisley

Bob DaisleySongwriter Interviews

Bob was the bass player and lyricist for the first two Ozzy Osbourne albums. Here's how he wrote songs like "Crazy Train" and "Mr. Crowley" with Ozzy and Randy Rhoads.

Peter Lord

Peter LordSongwriter Interviews

You may not recognize his name, but you will certainly recognize Peter Lord's songs. He wrote the bevy of hits from Paula Abdul's second album, Spellbound.

Gavin Rossdale On Lyric Inspirations and Bush's Album The Kingdom

Gavin Rossdale On Lyric Inspirations and Bush's Album The KingdomSongwriter Interviews

The Bush frontman on where he finds inspiration for lyrics, if his "machine head" is a guitar tuner, and the stories behind songs from the album The Kingdom.

Spot The Real Red Hot Chili Peppers Song Titles

Spot The Real Red Hot Chili Peppers Song TitlesMusic Quiz

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have some rather unusual song titles - see if you can spot the real ones.

Hardy

HardySongwriter Interviews

The country hitmaker talks about his debut album, A Rock, and how a nursery rhyme inspired his hit single "One Beer."