Initially, Radiohead and their record label, Parlophone, planned to film music videos for each track on OK Computer. The music video was directed by Grant Gee and was shot on November 28, 1997. Yorke in the music video (top) and filming the music video (bottom) Once the helmet completely fills, Yorke is motionless for over a minute, after which the water is released and he resumes singing.
Yorke continues singing as he attempts to lift his head above the rising water. After the first verse, the helmet begins to fill with water. The lyrics slowly scroll upwards, reflected in the helmet. The music video for "No Surprises" consists of a single close-up shot of Yorke inside an astronaut-style helmet. An early version with different lyrics is included in the 2017 OK Computer reissue. In 2008, it was included in Radiohead: The Best Of. It reached number four on the UK Singles Chart. "No Surprises" was released as the fourth single from OK Computer on 12 January 1998. It only sounds good if it's really fragile." Release When we play it, we have to play it so slow. It's on the edge of totally hamming it up but you're not. Yorke told Q: "If you play it right, it is fucking dark. He said the concept was to frighten OK Computer listeners with "Climbing Up the Walls", then comfort them "with a pop song with a chorus that sounds like a lullaby". īassist Colin Greenwood said that "No Surprises" was Radiohead's "'stadium-friendly'" song. Hoping to achieve a slower tempo than could be played well on their instruments, producer Nigel Godrich had the band record the song at a faster tempo, then slowed the playback for Yorke to overdub his vocals onto, creating an "ethereal" effect. The version on the album is the first take recorded the band recorded many further versions, but felt they could not improve on the first.
"No Surprises" is written and composed in the key of F major. He also said Radiohead wanted to recreate the atmosphere of a song by Marvin Gaye or the Louis Armstrong song " What a Wonderful World". Yorke said the "childlike guitar sound set the mood for the whole album" and that the band was aiming for a mood similar to the 1966 Beach Boys album Pet Sounds. It was the first song recorded in the sessions for OK Computer. Later, the lyrics were rewritten and a glockenspiel melody was added. Yorke introduced the song to the rest of the band in their dressing room in Oslo, Norway on August 3, 1995. Singer Thom Yorke wrote "No Surprises" while Radiohead was touring with R.E.M.
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