How I Made My Millions

Appearing alongside their most recognisable track on the second issue of the No Surprises single in 1997, this song went largely unnoticed by even the stalwart Radiohead community. Thom Yorke sat alone at home by the piano with his mini-disc recorder beside him, and his girlfriend washing up in the background; who might have guessed that he'd produce one of the most beautiful songs in recent memory? When he replayed the track to his bandmates with the view to making a studio version they refused, recognising that the previous three minutes were, at once, raw, yet sublimely perfect, and well beyond their improvement. If your eyes don't glaze over with the sour impulse to cry when you click below then your heart has left you.