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The album was created in a result of the Iraq War, Yorke decided to create a new album, and began writing new material. He saw U.S President George W. Bush response to the invasion of Iraq as jingoistic and unnecessary. Ed O'Brien was unimpressed by Yorke's apparent politicising, and the new creative direction prompted arguments between the two. 4 pieces of music considered for but not used on previous albums , including "Black Swan", "The Clock", and "And It Rained All Night", had initially been set aside for becoming B-sides, and although Radiohead had often re-used older material in their work, Johnny Greenwood felt that these songs were not good enough for a new album. He wanted to write new material, but Yorke remained doubtful as Johnny had lately contributed little to the band's lyr

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  • The album was created in a result of the Iraq War, Yorke decided to create a new album, and began writing new material. He saw U.S President George W. Bush response to the invasion of Iraq as jingoistic and unnecessary. Ed O'Brien was unimpressed by Yorke's apparent politicising, and the new creative direction prompted arguments between the two. 4 pieces of music considered for but not used on previous albums , including "Black Swan", "The Clock", and "And It Rained All Night", had initially been set aside for becoming B-sides, and although Radiohead had often re-used older material in their work, Johnny Greenwood felt that these songs were not good enough for a new album. He wanted to write new material, but Yorke remained doubtful as Johnny had lately contributed little to the band's lyr
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  • The album was created in a result of the Iraq War, Yorke decided to create a new album, and began writing new material. He saw U.S President George W. Bush response to the invasion of Iraq as jingoistic and unnecessary. Ed O'Brien was unimpressed by Yorke's apparent politicising, and the new creative direction prompted arguments between the two. 4 pieces of music considered for but not used on previous albums , including "Black Swan", "The Clock", and "And It Rained All Night", had initially been set aside for becoming B-sides, and although Radiohead had often re-used older material in their work, Johnny Greenwood felt that these songs were not good enough for a new album. He wanted to write new material, but Yorke remained doubtful as Johnny had lately contributed little to the band's lyrical repertoire. Even though Yorke said much of his songwriting on the album was personal, but also inspired by the issue of climate change. Yorke was a spokesman for Friends of the Earth's "The Big Ask" campaign to reduce carbon emissions, and Radiohead played the last gig of their The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth Tour tour at a benefit for the group (performing "Cymbal Rush" before the album was announced). In describing his motivation for releasing the album, Yorke said, "I've been in the band since we left school and never dared do anything on my own, and it was like, 'This is getting stupid.' It was like, 'Man, I've got to find out what it feels like,' you know? And it was a shitty time. It was a really shitty time." Regarding "Harrowdown Hill", Yorke said he had "already written part of it when he realized it was about David Kelly, a chemical weapons inspector in Iraq who committed suicide in 2003 after being connected to a leak of British intelligence about weapons of mass destruction." In an interview with The Observer, Yorke said that "Harrowdown Hill" was "the most angry song ever written in my life" and stated that he wouldn't discuss the background of it; "it's not for me or for any of us to dig any of this up. So it's a bit of an uncomfortable thing." In an interview with The Globe and Mail, Yorke said that he had been "feeling really uncomfortable about that song lately" but felt that "not to write it would perhaps have been worse." Yorke also notes that "'Harrowdown Hill' was kicking around during 'Hail to the Thief', but there was no way that was going to work orignally with the band."
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