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Analyse (Thom Yorke song)

"Analyse"
Single by Thom Yorke
from the album The Eraser
B-side"A Rat's Nest", "Iluvya"
Released30 October 2006
GenreArt rock, electronic
Length4:05
LabelXL Recordings
Songwriter(s)Thom Yorke
Producer(s)Nigel Godrich
Thom Yorke singles chronology
"Harrowdown Hill"
(2006) 		"Analyse"
(2006) 		"FeelingPulledApartByHorses" / "TheHollowEarth"
(2009)

"Analyse" is a song by the English musician Thom Yorke from his debut solo album, The Eraser (2006). It was released on 30 October, 2006, as a download and on 6 November as a limited edition 12" single in the United Kingdom.[1][2]

Writing

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"Analyse" was inspired by a blackout in Yorke's hometown of Oxford. Yorke said:

I used to live in central Oxford, on one of those historical streets, with all these houses built in the 1860s. I came home one night and for some reason, the street had a power cut. The houses were all dark, with candlelight in the windows, which is obviously how it would have been when they were built. It was beautiful.[3]

Release

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"Analyse" features in the closing credits of Christopher Nolan's 2006 film The Prestige.[4] A remix was released by Various Production, which Yorke described on the Radiohead blog as "a deranged twist".[5]

Track listing

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  1. "Analyse" – 4:05
  2. "A Rat's Nest" – 3:35
  3. "Iluvya" – 2:59

References

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  1. ^ a b "Analyse". XL Recordings. Archived from the original on 2006-10-22. Retrieved 2006-10-23.
  2. ^ "Thom Yorke's favourite Radiohead tune revealed". NME. 23 October 2006. Archived from the original on 8 November 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-23.
  3. ^ David Fricke (1 June 2006). "Radiohead's Thom Yorke on Going Solo". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 2, 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-16.
  4. ^ Erik Henriksen (19 October 2006). "Ye Olde Dueling Magicians". The Portland Mercury. Retrieved 2006-10-23.
  5. ^ Thom Yorke. "RMx! x". Dead Air Space (Archive). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
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