Karma Police by Radiohead

Genre: Alternative Rock
Year: 1997

"Karma Police" is the second single from Radioheads acclaimed 1997 album OK Computer, and is perhaps Radioheads best known hit worldwide, apart from "Creep." It is perhaps best recognized for its piano riff, which is similar to Sexy Sadie, and its dark bass line. While few songs from 1995s The Bends became hits outside the UK, and the six-and-a-half-minute "Paranoid Android" (first single from OK Computer) received MTV promotion but was hardly played on radio, "Karma Police" became an alternative radio anthem. In the UK, however, the single peaked at #8, hardly the bands best showing. OK Computers popularity was largely not seen to be single-driven. The song also appears on the inaugural Now Thats What I Call Music compilation in the United States, which is highly unusual since the song Read full article at wikipedia.org

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