Daydreaming (Radiohead song)

"Daydreaming"
Single by Radiohead
Released	6 May 2016
Format	Download
Genre	Ambient pop art pop
Length	6:24
Label	XL
Radiohead singles chronology
"Burn the Witch" (2016) "Daydreaming" (2016)
Music video "Daydreaming" on YouTube

"Daydreaming" is a song by English rock band Radiohead. It was released as a download on 6 May 2016, accompanied by a music video directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Music video

The music video was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and features Thom Yorke repeatedly walking through various doors which lead to locations uncharacteristic of the door which lead him there. The video ends with Yorke walking up a snow topped mountain and crawling into a cave where he lays by a fire as warped and slowed vocals overtake the song.

Promotion and release

"Daydreaming" was released as a download single on 6 May 2016 on the band's site and on streaming and digital media services.^[1][2]

Reception

Pitchfork contributor Sam Sodomsky writes: "There’s a simple, sad piano motif; some spooky backmasked vocals; and, of course, Thom Yorke’s devastated wheeze floating above it all like an omniscient narrator. The fittingly dramatic orchestral and electronic flourishes that dip and bob throughout its second half create a similarly disorienting effect to the staccato strings in "Burn the Witch" but whereas that single was all nervous energy, this one feels more like the calm before the storm."^[3]

Track listing

Digital download[1]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Daydreaming"	6:24

References

1. "Daydreaming – Single by Radiohead". iTunes US. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
2. "Radiohead – Daydreaming – XL". Bleep. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
3. Sodomsky, Sam (2015-05-06). "Radiohead: "Daydreaming"". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2016-05-06.