"Analyse" is a song by Radiohead

Radiohead

Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...

 frontman Thom Yorke

Thom Yorke

Thomas "Thom" Edward Yorke is an English musician who is the lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Radiohead. He mainly plays guitar and piano, but he has also played drums and bass guitar...

 and is the second track on his 2006

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 album

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 The Eraser

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The Eraser is the debut solo album by Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke, released on 10 July 2006. The album debuted at #3 on the UK Albums Chart and at #2 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, selling over 90,000 copies in its first week. Critical reception to the album was generally positive...

. The song was released on 30 October as a digital download

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 and on 6 November as a limited edition

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 12" single

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 in the United Kingdom

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Track listing

• 12" XLT252

1. "Analyse" – 4:05
2. "A Rat's Nest" – 3:35
3. "Iluvya" – 2:59

Song information

"Analyse" was inspired by a blackout

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 in Oxford

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. Yorke "used to live in central Oxford, on one of those historical streets, with all these houses built in the 1860s. I came home one night and for some reason, the street had a power cut. The houses were all dark, with candlelight in the windows, which is obviously how it would have been when they were built. It was beautiful."

"Analyse" was played by Yorke at the 2006 Mercury Prize

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 ceremony. The song is also featured during the closing credits of Christopher Nolan's

Christopher Nolan

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 2006 film The Prestige

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, starring Hugh Jackman

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 and Christian Bale

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A remix of this song has been done by Various Productions which Thom Yorke described on the Radiohead

Radiohead

Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...

 blog Dead Air Space as 'a deranged twist'.

External links

• theeraser.net
• Thom Yorke page at the XL Recordings website.
• Analyse page at the XL Recordings website.
• "Analyse" at MusicBrainz
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