For the surveillance program, see Karma Police (surveillance programme).
"Karma Police"
Single by Radiohead
from the album OK Computer
B-side
"Meeting in the Aisle"
"Lull"
Released
25 August 1997 (1997-08-25)
Genre
Alternative rock[1]
pop rock[2]
Length
4:24
Label
Parlophone
Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Thom Yorke
Jonny Greenwood
Ed O'Brien
Colin Greenwood
Philip Selway
Producer(s)
Nigel Godrich
Radiohead
Radiohead singles chronology
"Paranoid Android" (1997)
"Karma Police" (1997)
"Lucky" (1997)
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Music video
"Karma Police" on YouTube
"Karma Police" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 25 August 1997, as the second single from their third studio album, OK Computer (1997). It reached number one in Iceland and number eight on the UK Singles Chart. In the US, it reached number 14 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. It was included on Radiohead: The Best Of (2008).
The music video, directed by Jonathan Glazer, sees the singer, Thom Yorke, in the back of a car pursuing a man. Rolling Stone placed "Karma Police" number 279 on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
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