The Daily Mail / Staircase

"The Daily Mail" / "Staircase"
Single by Radiohead
from the album The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement
Released 19 December 2011
Format
Recorded 2011
Genre
Length 8:08
Label Ticker Tape Ltd.
Producer(s)
Radiohead singles chronology
"Supercollider" / "The Butcher"
(2011)		 "The Daily Mail" / "Staircase"
(2011)		 "Spectre"
(2015)

"Supercollider" / "The Butcher"
(2011)		 "The Daily Mail" / "Staircase"
(2011)		 "Spectre"
(2015)

"The Daily Mail" and "Staircase" are songs by the English alternative rock band Radiohead. They were released as a download single on 19 December 2011 in WAV and MP3 formats.[1] Both recordings are taken from the live video The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement (2011),[2] and feature additional drummer and percussionist Clive Deamer of Get the Blessing.[3]

"The Daily Mail" was written six years before release. When the band decided to perform the song for From the Basement, a final arrangement "came together within a week", featuring a brass section arranged by guitarist Jonny Greenwood.[4] The song attacks the Daily Mail newspaper, with lyrics such as "the lunatics have taken over the asylum" and "we'll feed you to the hounds, to the Daily Mail".[5]

"Staircase" features "atmospheric" synthesisers and "busy, skittering" beats.[6] Radiohead worked on it before their eighth album, The King of Limbs (2011), but it did not progress beyond the demo stages until after the album's release.[7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Daily Mail"3:37
2."Staircase"4:31
Total length:8:08

Charts

ChartPosition
UK Singles Chart[8] 71

References

  1. ↑ "The King of Limbs". Retrieved December 13, 2011.
  2. ↑ Young, Alex (December 19, 2011). "Check Out: Radiohead – "The Daily Mail" + "Staircase" (studio versions)". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
  3. ↑ Frith, Holly (December 20, 2011). "Radiohead unveil new tracks 'The Daily Mail' and 'Staircase' online - listen". Gigwise. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
  4. ↑ O'Brien, Ed (13 December 2011). Zane Lowe (Interview). Interviewed by Zane Lowe. BBC Radio 1. Missing or empty |title= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  5. ↑ "Radiohead take festive pop at the Daily Mail". The Independent. 2011-12-14. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  6. ↑ "Radiohead Debut New Song 'Staircase'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  7. ↑ "Radiohead UK Arena Tour". BBC. December 14, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Radiohead". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
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