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“Just” by Radiohead

From the album The Bends (1994)

“Just” by Radiohead appears on 26 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 1995 and 2025. It was first released in 1994 on the album The Bends. Its best result is #35 on The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #177 alternative song of 1995 and #1,046 alternative song of all time.

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"Just" came off Radiohead's second album, The Bends, and went out as a single on Parlophone in August 1995, all nervy elbows and bared teeth. Jonny Greenwood's riff is the star, a jagged, angular thing he owed to Magazine, and he piles on organ, synth and piano besides, while Ed O'Brien and Thom Yorke add their own guitars, Colin Greenwood and Philip Selway keep the floor from caving in, and John Matthias and Caroline Lavelle slip strings in underneath.

Yorke wrote the words and spits them out with a sneer, though all five share the writing credit, and John Leckie produced. It reached 19 on the UK singles chart, Jamie Thraves directed the video, and in 2008 it made the cut for Radiohead: The Best Of.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1995 35 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95 103

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 49 CRNC 90.1 CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of the '90s 91
1999 480 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 608 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
1999 60 The Buzz The Buzz Top 99 Songs of All-Time (1999) 99
2002 1530 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 380 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2004 276 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2005 148 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2006 351 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 111 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 618 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 604 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 594 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 167 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) 200
2010 616 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 617 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 613 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 615 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2018 602 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2020 1695 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2021 552 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2023 321 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 685 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2023 829 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2025 98 Absolute Radio Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems 100

Also listed as: Just (You Do It Yourself).

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