Idioteque

"Idioteque"
Promotional single cover
Promotional single by Radiohead
from the album Kid A
Released2 October 2000 (2000-10-02)
Recorded31 January[1] – April 2000
Genre
Length5:09
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Radiohead
  • Paul Lansky
  • Arthur Kreiger
Producer(s)

"Idioteque" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released on their fourth album, Kid A (2000). Radiohead developed it while experimenting with modular synthesisers. It contains samples of two 1970s computer music compositions.

"Idioteque" was named one of the best songs of the decade by Pitchfork and Rolling Stone. In 2021, Rolling Stone ranked it number 48 on their list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

A live version appears on the 2001 live album I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings. "Idioteque" was included on Radiohead: The Best Of (2008).

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  2. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 31 May 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  3. ^ Domanick, Andrea (13 April 2017). "The Guide to Getting Into Radiohead". Vice. Retrieved 23 February 2023.