Song · Radiohead
“Nude” by Radiohead
From the album In Rainbows (2007)
“Nude” by Radiohead appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2008 and 2025. It was first released in 2007 on the album In Rainbows. Its best result is #12 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #242 alternative song of 2008.
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"Nude" spent the better part of a decade as Radiohead's great lost song before it finally surfaced on In Rainbows, their seventh album, in 2007, and went out as its second single in March 2008. They first had a go at it during the OK Computer sessions in 1997, didn't like what came out, and kept it alive on stage instead, where it grew into one of the most famous tracks they'd never released.
What cracked it was a new bassline from Colin Greenwood, and the song was rebuilt around it, with Nigel Godrich producing and mixing. To sell it, the band handed fans the separated stems for a remix contest, and stem sales helped push it to 21 in the UK and 37 on the Billboard Hot 100: their first American top-40 hit since "Creep" in 1993.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 12 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2008 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 533 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2013 | 552 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2025 | 276 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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