Jigsaw Falling into Place

"Jigsaw Falling into Place"
Single by Radiohead
from the album In Rainbows
B-side
  • "Videotape" (Live)
  • "Down Is the New Up" (Live)
  • "Last Flowers" (Live)
Released 14 January 2008
Format
Recorded 2005–2007
Genre
Length 4:09
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Nigel Godrich
Radiohead singles chronology
"2 + 2 = 5"
(2003)		 "Jigsaw Falling into Place"
(2008)		 "Nude"
(2008)

"2 + 2 = 5"
(2003)		 "Jigsaw Falling into Place"
(2008)		 "Nude"
(2008)

"Jigsaw Falling into Place" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released as the lead single from their seventh studio album In Rainbows (2007) on 14 January 2008.[1][2]

Background and composition

Radiohead performed first "Jigsaw Falling into Place" on their 2006 tour, with the working title "Open Pick".[3] Mike Diver of Drowned in Sound described the track as a "bass-propelled pop-rock head-bobber".[4] According to singer Thom Yorke, the lyrics are about "drinking yourself and getting fucked-up to forget".[5]

Release and reception

"Jigsaw Falling into Place" was the first Radiohead single since the band's inception not to be released through EMI-controlled Parlophone, their former major record label. The single was instead released in the UK by independent label XL Records. It reached #30 in the UK Singles Chart in its first week of release, Radiohead's lowest chart entry since "Lucky" in 1995. It spent several weeks as one of the 100-most-played songs on US modern rock radio, peaking at #69.[6]

Time named "Jigsaw Falling into Place" the fifth best song of 2007.[7] Time writer Josh Tyrangiel praised the song’s "tightness", whose rise in intensity he likened to a three-act play; he described the song as "a journey through flirtation, consummation and regret [that] gets about as close as you can to summing up a doomed relationship in four minutes."[8] Clash wrote: "It’s good but like the much-hyped In Rainbows album, musically it’s (relatively) unadventurous."[9]

Along with the 2000 Radiohead song "Everything in Its Right Place", "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" inspired contemporary classical composer Steve Reich's instrumental work Radio Rewrite.[10] Reich described "Jigsaw Falling into Place" as "a beautiful song" with "elaborate harmonic movement."[10]

Music video

The music video features the members of Radiohead performing in their studio with footage taken using head-mounted cameras attached to bicycle helmets. The video was directed by Adam Buxton and produced by Garth Jennings.[11][12] Buxton described the song as "being out on the town on a lairy Saturday night".[12] It was uploaded to Radiohead's YouTube page on 28 November 2007.

Track listing

7"
  1. "Jigsaw Falling into Place" – 4:09
  2. "Videotape" (Live from the Basement)[13] – 4:26
CD
  1. "Jigsaw Falling into Place" – 4:09
  2. "Down Is the New Up" (Live from the Basement)[13] – 5:07
  3. "Last Flowers" (Live from the Basement)[13] – 4:11

Personnel

Production


References

  1. ↑ "Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' to be released on CD this year". NME. 2007-11-08. Archived from the original on 10 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
  2. ↑ "Radiohead Reveal UK Rainbows Release Date, Single". Pitchfork Media. 2007-11-08. Archived from the original on 13 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
  3. ↑ "Pitchfork's Guide to Radiohead's In Rainbows". Pitchfork Media. 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  4. ↑ Diver, Mike (14 January 2008). "Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Readers' Poll: The 10 Best Post-1990s Radiohead Songs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  6. ↑ "Mediabase 24/7 - 7 Day Charts - Alternative - Dec 21-Dec 27". Mediabase. 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
  7. ↑ Tyrangiel, Josh (9 December 2007). "Time magazine's Top 10 Songs of 2007 at time.com". TIME.com. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Tyrangiel, Josh; "The Best Top 10 Lists of the Year"; "The 10 Best Songs"; Time magazine; December 24, 2007; Page 39.
  9. ↑ "Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place". Clash. 14 January 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  10. 1 2 Petridis, Alexis. Steve Reich on Schoenberg, Coltrane and Radiohead. The Guardian (1 March 2013) (accessed 8 March 2013)
  11. ↑ "Adam Buxton". adam-buxton.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  12. 1 2 Salter, Jessica (14 July 2012). "World of Adam Buxton, comedian and actor". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  13. 1 2 3 "Radiohead announce new release details". NME. 2007-11-30. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
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