Knives Out (song)

"Knives Out"
Single by Radiohead
from the album Amnesiac
Released6 August 2001 (2001-08-06)
Recorded10 March 1999 – 17 March 2000[1]
GenrePost-rock[2]
Length4:17
Label
Songwriter(s)Radiohead
Producer(s)
Radiohead singles chronology
"Pyramid Song"
(2001)
"Knives Out"
(2001)
"There There"
(2003)

"Knives Out" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released as the second single from their fifth album, Amnesiac (2001). It features lyrics about cannibalism and guitars influenced by the Smiths.

Critics described "Knives Out" as one of the more conventional tracks on Amnesiac, which departed from Radiohead's earlier guitar-led sound. It received positive reviews and reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the Canadian Singles Chart. The music video was directed by Michel Gondry.

  1. ^ "Ed's Diary Archive". www.greenplastic.com. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. ^ Jones, Chris. "BBC – Music – Review of Radiohead – Amnesiac". Retrieved 4 September 2018.