How I Lost my Mind Trying to Find the Saddest Radiohead Song 

15 steps being happiest song while being about suicide is peak radiohead

How can you make a video about Radiohead saddest songs and commit the sin of doesnt talking about How To Disappear Completely?

True Love Waits is such a fucking masterpiece. It just feels like a finale. And it might be that actully. Ed has said that “even though Radiohead hasn’t really “split up” Radiohead doesn’t exist anymore” True Love Waits might actually be a goodbye to Radiohead.

For me, it was always "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" Yes, How to Dissapear is devastating, specially if you know the context and "been there" Same with True Love Waits, if you count the AMSP version But there is something about Fade Out that just puts me in a state of total hopelesness. Like you're gettin into a dark void and never return. The riff, the tempo and the final line "Immerse your soul in love". Man it hits me every time

Let Down is incredibly sad in my opinion

This was great! Honestly IMO Motion Picture Soundtrack is the saddest song.

How is “How to disappear completely” so high up…

I’ve only ever cried to fake plastic trees

6 hours straight dawg i could never sit still but props on you dude

My Top 10 ranking of the Most Melancholy Radiohead songs.. 1. True Love Waits 2. How To Disappear Completely 3. Videotape 4. Codex 5. Motion Picture Soundtrack 6. Pyramid Song 7. Bullet Proof…I Wish I Was 8. Street Spirit (Fade Out) 9. No Surprises 10. Let Down

Alternate title: Running up my Therapy Bill

Great video, man. IMO the melody of a song is way more important than the lyrics when deciding how depressing the song is, that’s why nothing will top Videotape P.S: the most depressing song I’ve ever heard was also written by Thom, it’s dawn chorus

Let Down doesn’t really sound that sad initially but man after the first couple listens of OC, it just kinda hits you. It sounds so drowned out and like your feelings are just bottling up and then come out in a beautiful resolution. Not to mention the lyrics are so relatable for a lot of people in the modern world, which is impressive given how it was written in the late 90’s and still carries weight 30 years later. I think Thom is a time traveler… or just a very introspective guy lmao

I love how professional you are, these videos are good.

Honestly, I don't feel sad when listening to Radiohead lol. I feel relaxed during their sad songs.

Bro, 15 step is literally the song that most mess me up Is ironic how personal experience can change completeley the meaning of the original sound and context

let down deserves fourth, such a depressing and dejected vignette despite the lively instrumentation

One of the saddest for me will always be "Sail to the Moon". It manages to be optimistic, but also somewhat resigned to disappointment.

The fact that No Surprises was nowhere to be found here upsets me. Why? Because I have a history of listening to No Surprises when I feel suicidal because No Surprises contains a subtle form of sadness, only in the lyrics. The instrumentation sounds quite positive and drowsy; as if it were a lullaby - but it’s far from a lullaby, because lullabies are meant to be soothing; not speaking about a way to attempt suicide. That on top of the fact that the first time I heard it, I cried for 2 and a half hours because I was extremely depressed and did nothing but weep for at least an hour everyday during that time.

The saddest IMO: 5. Exit Music (for a Film) 4. Street Spirit 3. Pyramid Song 2. True Love Waits 1. Videotape

If you don't think How to disappear completely is their saddest song, you have never been depressed Edit: and true love waits I am saying htdc because this specific Spotify playlist did not consider it sad

I still don't get why 15 Step is "Radiohead's happiest song" when the title literally refers to the 15 steps before death. It also touches on themes like hopelessness and even suicide. Bloom is upbeat and is even in a major key and has way less but still depressing lyrics.

It's True Love Waits 2016 and nothing else compares. Good vid!

Great video, but the gloom index does NOT count lyrics. If it did, then Fitter Happier would have been at 100, and 15 Step would be way, way lower. For a happy sounding song, 15 Step has some of the darkest lyrics on In Rainbows.

Nah, how to disappear completely isn’t even there what

bro i’m so happy i found you early wtf you’re so class

This was really good, the way you explained everything was really interesting and made the time to explain and explore further on how the songs made you feel honestly this was really great video to watch can’t wait to see what else you come up with 🔥🔥👑

For me it’s a tie between Glassy Eyes and How To Disappear Completely

honestly, i have no clue why, but the first time i heard Subterranean Homesick Alien it made me feel really.. empty.

How does this only have 400 views? This was really well done video!

True Love Waits was the second Radiohead song, right after Iron Lung. As someone who never experienced romantic feelings for anyone, my lack of romantic emotions combined with the theme of the song struck me every time. And it's so interesting how both people who never felt romantic love and who did can have their hearts equally torn apart by the violence of Mr Yorkes' words.

Thank you for bringing us another Liam Anthony vid, Gloom Index

honestly, even if its from OKNOTOK, man of war is imo the saddest radiohead song okay maybe not saddest persay but its definitely tragic, and i feel SO many emotions listening to it its unreal

Well done, great experiment and video. Let Down's place was highly unexpected, as I find the climax towards the end to be almost optimistic and beautiful, at least melodically.

Really cool video. I liked the section bringing up Fitter Happier - this shows above all that "sadness" is something that is much more nuanced than can be displayed in a number. A lot of songs which I consider to be Radiohead's most depressing (I Might Be Wrong, My Iron Lung, How To Disappear Completely) were completely misplaced

Fun experiment, at least for the audience - keep ‘em coming!

You are SO underrated, this was so good!!!

Videotape seems sadder than True Love Waits to me. It’s also my favorite Radiohead song.

Motion Picture Soundtrack is really sad but to me its very comforting and even a little bit hopeful. It gives me an overwhelming sense of "you cant do anything but carry on".

Man, what an interesting video! You're so charismatic.

I find it funny how you describe "Give Up the Ghost"--a song that would listen to on purpose during my sad boi phase--as an alley-oop. 😅

How to dissapeare i feel is more like a release for Thom of all they went through when they were thrown into and felt trapped by the wonderful (not) music industry so its actually a medicine for him , making it not so sad and you can feel it all through you when i cries it out in the end and its a good 👍 feeling ♥️

I can't believe how to dissapear completely was so high up

For me, You never wash up after yourself is one of Radiohead's saddest songs 😢

Loved the video keep them coming 👍

Great video bro!! Just discovered your channel cuz RU-vid recommendation, I liked it!

Really good video, i loved it!

I've always thought I will is the saddest song, just with the subject matter and the symbolic meaning in the album.

How to disappear completely is their saddest song, my favorite song, and one of their best in my opinion

I have cried with All I Need, Motion Picture Soundtrack and How to disappear completely The day that I cry with Last Flowers it will rip my soul from my body

Great video men, i'm honnored to be your 10 000th subscriber ;)

let down underrated though

Saddest RH song and I’ll never change my mind, it’s the only song that makes me speechless Last Flowers

Motion picture soundtrack is my favourite Radiohead song lol

Honestlty there's no other song in the world that could make feel so fucking drepressed and sad than How to Disappear Completely

ice age coming ice age coming

The saddest: 1) no surprises 2) Street spirit 3) you and whose army 4) like spinning plate (why us)?

Bullet Proof … I Wish I Was is incredibly sad. I find Codex uplifting.

i find motion picture soundtrack to be mesmerizing

Thank you for using livers delay in this video it’s an amazing song

i feel like Fake Plastic Trees deserves a much higer spot...talking about the fake love and being fake yourself, wearing you out all the time until you feel you couldnt be who she wanted all the time, truly fucks me up

i think that how to dissapear completley, motion picture sountrack, exit music for a film, no surprises, street spirit (fade out) and pyramid song are the saddest

This video is amazing

great video!!

nice vid, I subbed. imo How to Disappear Completely should be lower.

videotape and true love waits have the most emotional impact for me and are the most “depressing”, but let down and no surprises are a different type of sadness. you can’t tell which radiohead song is the saddest cause they’re all different types of sadness

Pretty accurate for the saddest songs, but the ranking of happiest songs needs to be reworked for sure. There are definitely quite a few songs more upbeat than 15 Step is, like Go to Sleep, Bones, or Bodysnatchers imo

Nice to hear a young man admit to his idiocy. Refreshing. You all are, sweetheart! You'll grow faster and stronger from those roots. Admirable 👍

"MK Uktra like 6 hour experiment" lol

Very well made video

Lighten up, Squirt

I listen to Radiohead so much their sad songs are happy songs to me.

Thanks for the list. I think I’ll be off for about 6 hours

I’d be interested in trying this backwards… something about ending at 15 Step ironically still feels just as depressing as ending with True Love Waits.

I can't begin to explain how much Radiohead helps when I'm not good mentally

Motion picture soundtrack is my favourite and listening it come on at 11:29 just beautiful

Videotapes’s lyrics are actually kind of sweet and speak of love and happiness (as well as suicide)

hi this is a good video keep it up yeah yeah yeah

What about let down!😢 its really sad!

street spirit not being mentioned is a let down

he doesn't miss

Wow, what a great video, I bet this guy has a lot of subscribers…wait what?! That’s not that many. Let me fix that ❤️❤️

i listened to true love waits for 3h straight, i ended up being really numb

All of the pitch-shifted versions sound like Coldplay songs

True Love Waits (Live In Oslo), with the acoustic guitar, in my opinion, is much sadder than the original.

how to disappear completely is obviously their saddest song, but for me personally, just due to individual attachment, it has always been "Gagging Order," from com lag, the b-sides to hail to the thief.

I would personally say life in a glass house is the most unnerving songs because of the lyrics and the story it tells

1. How to Disappear 2. True Love Waits 3. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi 4. Let Down 5. No surprises 6. Pyramid Song

Nice Rainbow Road remix at the end haha

live footage of me at school every day

You didnt even talk about How To Disappear Completely... thats actually an insane take

OOOOOOOOKAY THEN I think i can share my thoughts on fitter happier *ahem* so last year was really rough for me and that's putting it lightly my emotions were all over the place and my partner at the time wasn't helping with anything whatsoever (in fact they made feel worse and gaslit me into believing i was insane) anyway i got to where i HATED feeling any kind of emotion and then i listened to OK computer again (for like the 10th time but i fucking love that album) and fitter happier just clicked with me. The cold robotic tone of the TTS voice (which is Fred from the mac computers) and the out of tune and eerie piano just made me zone out and listen, almost made me feel as if that could be the solution to all the shit that was going on, just being cold and calculating, I'm so fucking glad I'm out of that head space and out of that relationship but fitter happier took on a new meaning to me and it felt different in the context of the album as well

Motion picture soundtrack should be number 1

Good choices but personally i think let down is the saddest or even maybe how to disappear completely

Last Flowers

amazing video, how to disappear completely placement confused me so much though

Fitter Happier being the 3rd happiest Radiohead song is crazy. It’s depressing as shit.

It's like Nobody knows "Videotape"....

fitter happier being 75 is comedy gold

can't believe you and who's army wasnt mentioned