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===Singles=== Radiohead chose "[[Paranoid Android]]" as the lead single, despite its unusually long running time and lack of a catchy chorus.<ref name="KENT"/><ref name="SUTHERLAND">{{citation | first = Mark | last = Sutherland | title = Rounding the Bends | magazine = [[Melody Maker]] | date = 4 March 1998}}</ref> Colin Greenwood said the song was "hardly the radio-friendly, breakthrough, buzz bin unit shifter [radio stations] can have been expecting", but that Capitol supported the choice.<ref name="SUTHERLAND"/> The song premiered on the Radio 1 programme ''The Evening Session'' in April 1997{{sfn|Randall|2000|p=201}} and was released as a single in May 1997.<ref>{{citation | first = David | last = Broc | title = Remembering the Future β Interview with Jonny Greenwood | magazine = MondoSonoro | date = June 2001}}</ref> On the strength of frequent radio play on Radio 1<ref name="SUTHERLAND"/> and rotation of the song's music video on MTV,<ref>{{citation | first = Bob | last = Gulla | title = Radiohead: At Long Last, a Future for Rock Guitar | magazine = [[Guitar World]] | date = October 1997}}</ref> "Paranoid Android" reached number three in the UK, giving Radiohead their highest chart position.{{sfn|Randall|2000|pp=242β243}} "[[Karma Police]]" was released in August 1997 and "[[No Surprises]]" in January 1998.{{sfn|Clarke|2010|pp=117β119}} Both singles charted in the UK top ten, and "Karma Police" peaked at number 14 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]] chart.<ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web|title=Radiohead {{!}} full Official Chart History|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28161/radiohead/|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=15 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="Billboard singles">{{cite magazine|title=Radiohead Chart History: Alternative Songs|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/radiohead/chart-history/mrt/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=15 August 2020}}</ref> "Lucky" was released as a single in France, but did not chart.{{sfn|Footman|2007|p=116}} "[[Let Down (Radiohead song)|Let Down]]", considered for release as the lead single,{{sfn|Footman|2007|p=74}} was issued as a [[promotional single]] in September 1997 and charted on the Modern Rock Tracks chart at number 29.<ref name="Billboard singles" />
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