Radiohead’s ‘Let Down’ Is A Viral Hit, But Thom Yorke ‘Fought Tooth And Nail’ For It To Be Cut From ‘OK Computer’

Getty Image Earlier this year, Radiohead’s “Let Down,” an OK Computer promotional single in 1997, went viral and thus made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it just the band’s fourth song to ever make the ranks and their first in nearly two decades. The band’s Thom Yorke is pretty surprised by this, especially considering he really, really didn’t want the song to even be on the album. In an interview with The Sunday Times, he said, “I find that especially bizarre, because I fought tooth and nail for it not to be on the record, but Ed [O’Brien] was, like, ‘If it’s not, I’m l