Karma Police
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| Single by Radiohead | ||||
| from the album OK Computer | ||||
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| Released | 25 August 1997 | |||
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| Length | 4:24 | |||
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| "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 features acoustic guitar and piano, and lyrical themes of insanity and dissatisfaction with capitalism.
The music video, directed by Jonathan Glazer, has the singer, Thom Yorke, in the back of a car pursuing a man. It won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards.
"Karma Police" reached number one in Iceland and number eight on the UK singles chart. In the US, it reached number 14 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. It was included on Radiohead: The Best Of (2008). Rolling Stone placed "Karma Police" at number 279 in its rankings of the 500 greatest songs of all time in both 2021 and 2024.