‘Paranoid Android’ topped the ultimate Radiohead Top 20. The poll was broadcast on Phoenix FM in association with ateaseweb.com. Eddie Curry played out listeners’ top 20 Radiohead songs on Saturday 21 May 2005.
Thanks to At Ease readers Phoenix FM had a record entry for this poll – a total of 2,273 votes, along with a record listener numbers on line.
Here are the results with the number of points scored for each song. A vote at number 1 gets 10 points, a vote at number 2 gets 9 points, and so on)
1. Paranoid Android 9342 pts 2. Idioteque 5841 pts 3. Fake Plastic Trees 5303 pts 4. Street Spirit [Fade Out] 5257 pts 5. Let Down 5080 pts 6. How To Disappear Completely 4737 pts 7. Pyramid Song 4642 pts 8. Karma Police 4113 pts 9. Exit Music (For A Film) 4020 pts 10. Everything In Its Right Place 3661 pts 11. 2+2=5 3514 pts 12. There There 3468 pts 13. No Surprises 3444 pts 14. Lucky 2987 pts 15. Airbag 2426 pts 16. Climbing Up The Walls 2384 pts 17. Talk Show Host 2353 pts 18. The National Anthem 2313 pts 19. A Wolf At The Door 2140 pts 20. Just 2027 pts 21. Creep 1928 pts 22. I Might Be Wrong 1890 pts 23. Like Spinning Plates 1789 pts 24. You And Whose Army? 1680 pts 25. Motion Picture Soundtrack 1669 pts 26. Kid A 1474 pts 27. Where I End And You Begin 1472 pts 28. Life In A Glass House 1437 pts 29. Knives Out 1309 pts 30. High & Dry 1277 pts 31. Subterranean Homesick Alien 1186 pts 32. My Iron Lung 1184 pts 33. Morning Bell 1121 pts 34. Optimistic 1092 pts 35. The Tourist 1084 pts 36. The Bends 1000 pts 37. Fog 980 pts 38. Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was 906 pts 39. Polyethylene (1&2) 885 pts 40. Myxomatosis 849 pts 41. Black Star 798 pts 42. Dollars & Cents 768 pts 43. How I Made My Millions 763 pts 44. Fog (Again) 680 pts 45. Electioneering 670 pts 46. Nice Dream 668 pts 47. Gagging Order 652 pts 48. Cuttooth 642 pts 49. I Will 627 pts 50. Sail To The Moon 611 pts 51. A Punch-Up At A Wedding 586 pts 52. Planet Telex 582 pts 53. Go To Sleep 561 pts 54. A Reminder 544 pts 55. Sit Down Stand Up 522 pts 56. Pearly* 519 pts 57. The Trickster 517 pts 58. Scatterbrain 486 pts 59. In Limbo 436 pts 60. Backdrifts 414 pts 61. Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box 394 pts 62. The Amazing Sounds Of Orgy 368 pts 63. Amnesiac/Morning Bell 337 pts 64. The Gloaming 317 pts 65. Killer Cars 307 pts 66. Worrywort 291 pts 67. Palo Alto 276 pts 68. Banana Co 274 pts 69. Thinking About You 270 pts 70. How Can You Be Sure? 265 pts 71. Blow Out 259 pts 72. You 242 pts 73. Anyone Can Play Guitar 238 pts 74. Sulk 238 pts 75. Lurgee 210 pts 76. We Suck Young Blood 209 pts 77. You Never Wash Up After Yourself 189 pts 78. Kinetic 189 pts 79. I Am A Wicked Child 188 pts 80. Permanent Daylight 172 pts 81. Meeting In The Aisle 159 pts 82. Bones 156 pts 83. Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong 154 pts 84. Fitter Happier 142 pts 85. Bishop's Robes 139 pts 86. Maquilarora 136 pts 87. Trans-Atlantic Drawl 120 pts 88. Lull 113 pts 89. Hunting Bears 111 pts 90. Paperbag Writer 107 pts 91. Stop Whispering 100 pts 92. Lozenge Of Love 95 pts 93. Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors 88 pts 94. India Rubber 77 pts 95. Where Bluebirds Fly 75 pts 96. Coke Babies 73 pts 97. Inside My Head 56 pts 98. I Am Citizen Insane 55 pts 99. Lewis [Mistreated] 54 pts 100. Pop Is Dead 51 pts 101. Treefingers 43 pts 102. Fast Track 41 pts 103. Yes I Am 37 pts 104. Melatonin 36 pts 105. Vegetable 35 pts 106. Faithless The Wonder Boy 34 pts 107. I Can't 31 pts 108. Prove Yourself 23 pts 109. Stupid Car 23 pts 110. Molasses 20 pts 111. Ripcord 15 pts 112. How Do You? 10 pts 113. Million Dollar Question 8 pts
Radiohead news on this day..
- Bob Dylan (not) covering Radiohead’s Creep. Happy Birthday Bob! – 2012
- Stanley Donwood exhibits at Lazarides – 2008
- Los Angeles tickets on sale tomorrow – 2006
- First Listen: Thom Yorke’s The Eraser – 2006
- Radiohead reveal tour secrets – 2006
- Thom Yorke on BBC Breakfast – 2005
- Radiohead’s Oxford Playhouse performance – 2004
- Full Telegraph interview online – 2003
- More info on Beacon Theatre 2$Bill show – 2003
- Thom mentioned on Conan – 2002
