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"2 + 2 = 5" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead. It is the opening track to their sixth studio album, Hail to the Thief (2003), and was released as the album's third and final single. It reached number two on the Canadian Singles Chart, number 12 on the Italian Singles Chart, and number 15 on the UK Singles Chart.
It was promoted with the singles "There There", "Go to Sleep" and "2 + 2 = 5", and short films, music videos and webcasts streamed from Radiohead's website. Hail to the Thief received acclaim; it was the fifth consecutive Radiohead album nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album , and won for the Grammy Award for Best ...
As a theme and as a subject in the arts, the anti-intellectual slogan 2 + 2 = 5 pre-dates Orwell and has produced literature, such as Deux et deux font cinq (Two and Two Make Five), written in 1895 by Alphonse Allais, which is a collection of absurdist short stories; [1] and the 1920 imagist art manifesto 2 × 2 = 5 by the poet Vadim ...
The lyrics were inspired by the stress felt by the singer, Thom Yorke, while promoting Radiohead's album OK Computer (1997). Yorke wrote "Everything in Its Right Place" on piano. Radiohead worked on it in a conventional band arrangement before transferring it to synthesiser, and described it as a breakthrough in the album recording.
Dublin's River Liffey (pictured in 2007) was one of the sources of inspiration for the song. [2]One of the earliest songs written for Kid A (2000), [3] "How to Disappear Completely" was written primarily by the Radiohead singer, Thom Yorke, [4] [5] [c] during the tour for their third album, OK Computer (1997).
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Fans booed the American national anthem before NHL and NBA games in Canada on Tuesday night, a sign that some Canadians were still upset despite President Donald Trump’s 30-day pause on tariff ...
According to the Radiohead singer, Thom Yorke, he and the lead guitarist, Jonny Greenwood, wrote "Optimistic" in 1998 while traveling through a desert. [1] The refrain, "Try the best you can / The best you can is good enough", was an assurance by Yorke's partner, Rachel Owen, when he was frustrated with Radiohead's recording progress. [4]