Studio Album · No. 3
OK Computer Songwriting Credits by Radiohead
Produced by Nigel Godrich, Radiohead · Engineered by Nigel Godrich
Holds writing credit on 12 of 12 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 12 / 12 documented
Scored across the 12 tracks with documented writers, by whether Radiohead carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 12 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Awards & Recognition 2
All songs on OK Computer are credited collectively to the five members of Radiohead (Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, and Phil Selway), continuing the band's shared songwriting practice. The album was self-produced by Radiohead with Nigel Godrich, whose engineering role on The Bends had grown into a full production partnership. That close band-and-producer collaboration shaped the record's expansive, textured sound, with the writing remaining a group undertaking rather than the product of any individual member.
Radiohead's third studio album, released May 21, 1997. Produced by Nigel Godrich and the band in a mansion in Bath, OK Computer is a sweeping meditation on alienation, consumerism, and the dehumanizing effects of technology. It is widely ranked among the greatest albums ever made and won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 1998. The album's complex arrangements, orchestral strings on 'Exit Music (For a Film)' and Jonny Greenwood's string score for 'Climbing Up the Walls', and its dense multi-part structures marked a decisive break from conventional rock songwriting. All songs are collectively credited to Radiohead.