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==Cover versions== * [[Jazz piano|Jazz pianist]] [[Brad Mehldau]] recorded a nine-minute [[Cover version|cover]] of "Paranoid Android" on his album ''[[Largo (Brad Mehldau album)|Largo]]'' (2002), featuring percussionists [[Jim Keltner]] and [[Matt Chamberlain]], as well as a horn section. Additionally, Mehldau performed a 19-minute version of the song on ''[[Live in Tokyo (Brad Mehldau album)|Live in Tokyo]]'' (2004).<ref>Footman, 2007. p. 193</ref> * The [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]'s [[University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band|Minuteman Marching Band]] covered the song live in a version featuring [[xylophone]]s, [[Tubular bells|chimes]], [[snare drum]]s, [[cymbal]]s, [[bass drum]] and [[timpani]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Cory|date=6 April 2004|title=UMASS Front Percussion Ensemble: 'Paranoid Android' [Track Review]|url=https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/track_review/29652-paranoid-android|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407101743/https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/track_review/29652-paranoid-android|archive-date=7 April 2008|access-date=12 October 2008|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> * Numerous Radiohead [[tribute album]]s include a version of "Paranoid Android", including ''Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Radiohead'' and ''Plastic Mutations: The Electronic Tribute to Radiohead''. * The [[reggae]] group [[Easy Star All-Stars]] covered ''OK Computer'' in its entirety for ''[[Radiodread]]'' (2006).<ref>Footman, 2007. p. 196</ref> Producer Michael G noted that "Paranoid Android" was particularly difficult to arrange for reggae, saying "There are songs like 'Paranoid Android', which flips between 4/4 time and 7/8 time about 13 times, and I also had to think about other ways to reinterpret those parts with horns, melodica, organ ... it was a great challenge."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lawrence |first=Eddy |date=14 August 2006 |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/music/easy-star-all-stars-3 |title=Easy Star All Stars |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305165456/http://www.timeout.com/london/music/easy-star-all-stars-3 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |magazine=[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]] |access-date=24 October 2008}}</ref> * [[Sia]] covered the song for the [[neo soul]] tribute ''[[Exit Music: Songs with Radio Heads]]'' (2006), and this version later appeared on ''[[The O.C.]]'' episode "[[The Chrismukk-huh?]]". * Los Angeles [[string quartet]] the Section recorded the song for ''Strung Out on OK Computer: The String Quartet Tribute to Radiohead'' (2001);<ref>Footman, 2007. p. 194</ref> half of this quartet went on to form the Section Quartet, who performed "Paranoid Android" and the rest of ''OK Computer'' during two concerts in October 2006.<ref>{{cite web |last=Solarski |first=Matthew |date=11 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114075834/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/track_review/29652-paranoid-android |archive-date=14 January 2009 |title=String Quartet Tackles Radiohead's ''OK Computer'' |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/39082-string-quartet-tackles-radioheads-ok-computer |access-date=12 October 2011}}</ref> * [[Weezer]] covered "Paranoid Android" in both a live studio version released as a [[YouTube]] video and in concerts during their 2011 summer tour.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.nme.com/news/weezer/56956 |title=Radiohead's 'Paranoid Android' - video |magazine=NME |date=29 May 2011 |access-date=7 August 2011}}</ref> ''Pitchfork''{{'}}s Tom Breihan called the Weezer cover "a ''fucking weird'' experience",<ref>{{cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=27 May 2011 |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/42657-watch-weezer-cover-radioheads-paranoid-android |title=Weezer Cover Radiohead's 'Paranoid Android' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111010505/http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42657-watch-weezer-cover-radioheads-paranoid-android/ |archive-date=11 November 2011 |website=[[Pitchfork (magazine)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=7 August 2011}}</ref> and [[Jenny Eliscu]] of ''Rolling Stone'' criticised the song as "mainly boring" for not venturing far enough from Weezer's traditional sound.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Eliscu |first=Jenny |date=13 June 2011 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] }}</ref> * The Montreal duo Stick&Bow recorded a 6:14 cover of "Paranoid Android" on their 2019 album Resonance, arranged for the cello and marimba.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Musbach |first=Julie |title=Stick&Bow Present RESONANCE |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/montreal/article/StickBow-Present-RESONANCE-20191018 |access-date=8 April 2022 |website=[[BroadwayWorld]] |language=en}}</ref> * On 23 October 2020, Australian indie rock band [[Ball Park Music]] performed a cover of the song live for [[Triple J]]'s ''[[Like a Version]]'' segment, alongside a performance of their track "[[Cherub (song)|Cherub]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/ball-park-music-cover-paranoid-android-radiohead-for-triple-j-like-a-version-2795282/ |title=Ball Park Music cover a Radiohead classic for triple j's Like a Version |website=[[NME Australia]] |date=23 October 2020 |access-date=23 October 2020 |last=Bruce |first=Jasper}}</ref> ''[[Music Feeds]]'' thought the cover "play[ed] it fairly safe", additionally stating the cover had been "execute[d] with such finesse",<ref>{{cite web |url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/watch-ball-park-music-cover-radioheads-paranoid-android-for-like-a-version/ |title=Watch Ball Park Music cover Radiohead's 'Paranoid Android' for Like a Version |website=[[Music Feeds]] |date=23 October 2020 |access-date=24 October 2020 |last=Gallagher |first=Alex}}</ref> whilst ''[[Junkee]]'' felt it was "performed with energy and enthusiasm, by a bunch of committed and attentive musicians".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://junkee.com/ball-park-music-radiohead/275437/ |title=Watch Ball Park Music tear apart Radiohead's 'Paranoid Android' for Like a Version |website=[[Junkee]] |date=23 October 2020 |access-date=24 October 2020 |last=Earp |first=Joseph}}</ref>
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