Karma Police

For the surveillance program, see Karma Police (surveillance programme).

"Karma Police"
Single by Radiohead
from the album OK Computer
B-side
  • "Meeting in the Aisle"
  • "Lull"
Released25 August 1997 (1997-08-25)
Genre
Length4:24
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Radiohead singles chronology
"Paranoid Android"
(1997) 		"Karma Police"
(1997) 		"Lucky"
(1997)
Audio sample
Music video
"Karma Police" on YouTube

"Karma Police" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 25 August 1997 as the second single from their third studio album, OK Computer (1997). It reached number one in Iceland and number eight on the UK Singles Chart. In the US, it reached number 14 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. It was included on Radiohead: The Best Of (2008).

The music video, directed by Jonathan Glazer, sees the singer, Thom Yorke, in the back of a car pursuing a man. Rolling Stone placed "Karma Police" at position 279 on its ranking of the 500 greatest songs of all time in both 2021 and 2024.[3][4]

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  2. ^ Pitchfork Staff (27 September 2022). "The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s". Pitchfork. Retrieved 21 October 2022. Its first two minutes are classic '90s Radiohead: tuneful and sardonic pop-rock...
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