4EVER SONGS: RADIOHEAD ‘CREEP’

Creep. It was released as a debut single in 1992, and appeared on their debut album, Pablo Honey. The song wasn’t an initial success, but later became a worldwide hit when it was rereleased in 1993.

The song was supposedly written by singer Thom Yorke while he was studying at Exeter University in second half of the 1980’s. According to guitarist Jonny Greenwood, the song was inspired by a girl that Thom followed around whom also attended a Radiohead event.

The song talks about a intoxicated man that keeps following a woman around, whom he is attacted to. Towards the end, he is not enough self-confident to confront her.  

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