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{{Short description|1997 single by Radiohead}}
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{{Infobox song
| name          = Paranoid Android
| cover         = Paranoid_Android_CD1.jpg
| alt           = 
| border        = yes
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Radiohead]]
| album         = [[OK Computer]]
| B-side        = * "Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)"
* "Pearly*"
* "A Reminder"
* "Melatonin"
| released      = 26 May 1997
| recorded      = 
| studio        = 
| venue         = 
| genre         = * [[Alternative rock]]
* [[art rock]]
* [[neo-prog]]
* [[progressive rock]]
| length        = 6:27
| label         = *[[Parlophone]]
*[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| writer        = Radiohead
| producer      = * [[Nigel Godrich]]
* Radiohead
| prev_title    = [[The Bends (song)|The Bends]]
| prev_year     = 1996
| next_title    = [[Karma Police]]
| next_year     = 1997
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|fHiGbolFFGw|"Paranoid Android"}}}}
}}

"'''Paranoid Android'''" is a song by English [[alternative rock]] band [[Radiohead]], released as the lead single from their third studio album, ''[[OK Computer]]'' (1997), on 26 May 1997. The lyrics were written by singer [[Thom Yorke]] following an unpleasant experience in a Los Angeles bar. The song is over six minutes long and contains four [[section (music)|sections]]. The name is taken from [[Marvin the Paranoid Android]] from the science fiction series ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]].''

"Paranoid Android" charted at number three on the [[UK Singles Chart]], Radiohead's highest-charting position in the UK to date. It received acclaim, with critics claiming it to be the band's ''[[magnum opus]]'', comparing it to the songs "[[Happiness Is a Warm Gun]]" by [[the Beatles]] and "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]" by [[Queen (band)|Queen]]. It has appeared regularly on lists of the best songs of all time, including ''[[NME]]''{{'}}s and ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s respective 500 Greatest Songs of All Time lists. Its animated [[music video]], directed by [[Magnus Carlsson (illustrator)|Magnus Carlsson]], was placed on [[heavy rotation]] on [[MTV]], although the network censored portions containing nudity in the US. At the [[1998 Brit Awards]], the song was nominated for [[1998 Brit Awards#The awards|Best British Single]]. The track has been covered by artists in a variety of genres. It was included in the 2008 ''[[Radiohead: The Best Of]].''