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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 ...
Where Bluebirds Fly" is a "rattling, fidgety" electronic piece Radiohead used as the introduction music for their Hail to the Thief tour. [1] " I Will (Los Angeles Version)" is an alternative version of "I Will" from Hail to the Thief, [ 1 ] and "Fog (Again)" is a live performance of the Amnesiac B-side "Fog", rearranged for piano. [ 2 ]
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.
The lyrics express paranoia and dread, and reference Margaret Thatcher. [1] [2] Earlier versions instead referenced Tony Blair. [1] The A.V. Club described "Follow Me Around" as perhaps the simplest pop song Radiohead had ever released, likening it to Eddie Vedder. [3] Rolling Stone said it was one of Yorke's darkest songs. [4]
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]
The lyrics explore themes of escape, social alienation, the search for peace, emotional turmoil, and dissociation—often a response to stress or trauma. [71] John Hugar of Uproxx described the song as "about being so miserable you just want to escape into the void, into the nothingness, having never been part of this universe to begin with."
"2 + 2 = 5" by Radiohead shifts through four main sections, none of which repeat. [5] Starting with the first part (in 7 8), [6] each section gets progressively louder until the climax of the song's final portion. Many Genesis songs, including "The Musical Box" and "Supper's Ready", are through-composed.