Planet Telex / High and Dry

"Planet Telex" / "High and Dry"
Single by Radiohead
from the album The Bends
Released	27 February 1995
Recorded	1993
Studio	RAK Studios, London; Courtyard Studios, Oxfordshire;
Length	4:17
Label	Parlophone; Capitol;
Songwriter(s)	Radiohead
Producer(s)	Radiohead; John Leckie; Jim Warren;
Radiohead singles chronology
Audio sample
	Sample of "High and Dry" file; help;
Music video
	"High and Dry" on YouTube

"Planet Telex" and "High and Dry" are songs by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, released as a double-A side single from their second studio album The Bends (1995) on 5 March 1995. Two music videos were produced for "High and Dry".

Recording

Radiohead wrote and recorded “Planet Telex” in a single session at RAK Studios. It developed from experiments with a drum loop taken from B-side "Killer Cars", to which the band added piano processed with multiple delay effects. As the band had returned from a restaurant, songwriter Thom Yorke recorded the vocals drunk, slumped in a corner. According to producer John Leckie, "We had the whole thing down within a couple of hours, which was really refreshing and fun to do."[1] The original title was "Planet Xerox", but the band was denied permission to use the Xerox trademark.[1]

Yorke performed an early version of "High and Dry" with the band Headless Chickens while he was a student at University of Exeter in the late 1980s.[2] Yorke said the lyrics were about "some loony girl I was going out with", but became "mixed up with ideas about success and failure".[3] In 1993, Radiohead recorded a demo version with their live engineer, Jim Warren,[4] but dismissed it as "too Rod Stewart".[3] During the recording sessions for The Bends, the demo was rediscovered and remastered for inclusion on the album.[4] In a 2006 interview with Pitchfork, Yorke said that the label had pressured him to release "High and Dry" and felt that it was a "very bad" song.[5]

Music videos

Two music videos were created for "High and Dry": one for the British market, featuring Radiohead in a California desert, and one for the USA, set in a diner. Only the US version appears on the band's 1998 video compilation 7 Television Commercials. Both appear on the Radiohead: The Best Of DVD, released in 2008 by EMI.

Track listing

CD1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"High and Dry"	4:17
2.	"Planet Telex"	4:18
3.	"Maquiladora"	3:27
4.	"Planet Telex" (Hexidecimal Mix)	6:44
Total length:		18:46

CD2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Planet Telex"	4:18
2.	"High and Dry"	4:17
3.	"Killer Cars"	3:02
4.	"Planet Telex" (L.F.O. JD Mix)	4:40
Total length:		16:17

12" vinyl
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Planet Telex" (Hexidecimal Mix)	6:44
2.	"Planet Telex" (L.F.O. JD Mix)	4:40
3.	"Planet Telex" (Hexidecimal Dub)	7:32
4.	"High and Dry"	4:17
Total length:		22:14

US release
No.	Title	Length
1.	"High and Dry"	4:16
2.	"India Rubber"	3:26
3.	"Maquiladora"	3:26
4.	"How Can You Be Sure"	4:21
5.	"Just" (live at the Forum)	3:47
Total length:		19:12

Personnel

Radiohead

Production

John Leckie – production (except "High and Dry"), mixing ("Maquiladora")
Nigel Godrich – engineering (except "High and Dry")
Steve Osborne – remixing "(Planet Telex (Hexidecimal Mix))"
Chris Brown – engineering ("Maquiladora")
Sean Slade and Paul Q. Kolderie – mixing ("Planet Telex", "High and Dry", "Killer Cars")

Artwork

Charts

Chart (1995–1996)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[6]	62
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[7]	31
Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[8]	11
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[9]	15
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10]	22
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[11] Double A-side with "Planet Telex"	21
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[12] Double A-side with "Planet Telex"	17
US Billboard Hot 100[13]	78
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[14]	18

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[15]	Silver	200,000
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Notable cover versions

In 2002, British artist Jamie Cullum included a version of "High and Dry" on his first major album release Pointless Nostalgic. The track was later included on the US version of his 2003 album Twentysomething, while the UK special edition (2004) carried a live recording of the song by Cullum.
In 2016, the song was covered by Morgan Heritage on a 10-year anniversary special edition release of Radiodread by reggae collective Easy Star All-Stars.

References

Randall, Mac (2012-02-01). Exit Music: The Radiohead Story Updated Edition. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-1-4584-7147-5.
"Rare Footage Surfaces of Thom Yorke Performing "High and Dry" With Pre-Radiohead Band". Retrieved 2015-07-16.
Bambarger, Bradley (17 February 1996). "The Modern Age". Billboard.
R, Mac; Feature, all 2015-05-15T16:10:09Z. "Radiohead's 'The Bends,' 20 Years Later: Reexamining a Modern Rock Masterpiece". guitarworld. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
Plagenhoef, Scott (2006-08-16). "Pitchfork: Interviews: Thom Yorke". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
"Top RPM Singles: Issue 2933." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
"Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 9200." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
"Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (15.4. '95 – 21.4. '95)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 12 April 1995. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
"Charts.nz – Radiohead – High and Dry". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
"Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
"Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
"Radiohead Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
"Radiohead Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
"British single certifications – Radiohead – High & Dry". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 26 April 2019. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type High & Dry in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

External links

"High and Dry" video on YouTube

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[:2-1] Randall, Mac (2012-02-01). Exit Music: The Radiohead Story Updated Edition. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-1-4584-7147-5.

[2] "Rare Footage Surfaces of Thom Yorke Performing "High and Dry" With Pre-Radiohead Band". Retrieved 2015-07-16.

[:1-3] Bambarger, Bradley (17 February 1996). "The Modern Age". Billboard.

[:0-4] R, Mac; Feature, all 2015-05-15T16:10:09Z. "Radiohead's 'The Bends,' 20 Years Later: Reexamining a Modern Rock Masterpiece". guitarworld. Retrieved 2019-09-20.

[5] Plagenhoef, Scott (2006-08-16). "Pitchfork: Interviews: Thom Yorke". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2010-03-03.

[6] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

[sc_Canadatopsingles_Radiohead-7] "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2933." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

[sc_Canadarock_Radiohead-8] "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 9200." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

[9] "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (15.4. '95 – 21.4. '95)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 12 April 1995. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

[sc_New_Zealand_Radiohead-10] "Charts.nz – Radiohead – High and Dry". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

[sc_Scotland_Radiohead-11] "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

[sc_UK_Radiohead-12] "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Radiohead-13] "Radiohead Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

[sc_Billboardalternativesongs_Radiohead-14] "Radiohead Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

[United_KingdomRadioheadHigh_&_DrysingleCertRef-15] "British single certifications – Radiohead – High & Dry". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 26 April 2019. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type High & Dry in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

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Studio albums	Pablo Honey The Bends OK Computer Kid A Amnesiac Hail to the Thief In Rainbows The King of Limbs A Moon Shaped Pool
Other albums	I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings Radiohead Box Set Radiohead: The Best Of TKOL RMX 1234567 OKNOTOK 1997 2017 MiniDiscs [Hacked]
Extended plays	Drill Itch My Iron Lung Airbag / How Am I Driving? Com Lag (2plus2isfive) In Rainbows Disk 2
Singles	"Creep" "Anyone Can Play Guitar" "Pop Is Dead" "Stop Whispering" "Planet Telex" / "High and Dry" "Fake Plastic Trees" "Just" "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" "The Bends" "Paranoid Android" "Karma Police" "Lucky" "No Surprises" "Pyramid Song" "Knives Out" "There There" "Go to Sleep" "2 + 2 = 5" "Jigsaw Falling into Place" "Nude" "House of Cards" / "Bodysnatchers" "Reckoner" "All I Need" "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)" "These Are My Twisted Words" "Supercollider" / "The Butcher" "The Daily Mail" / "Staircase" "Burn the Witch" "Daydreaming" "I Promise" "Man of War"
Other songs	"Everything in Its Right Place" "The National Anthem" "Idioteque" "True Love Waits" "Lotus Flower" "Spectre" "Lift"
Video albums	Live at the Astoria 7 Television Commercials Meeting People Is Easy The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time In Rainbows – From the Basement Live in Praha Radiohead for Haiti The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement
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