RADIOHEAD CREEP FINDS A NEW LIFE ON TIKTOK

## The song they tried to ruin Radiohead's Creep has re-entered the Billboard charts, reportedly peaking at No. 8 more than 33 years after its release. The comeback is funny given the origin. When the band recorded it in 1992, they treated it as a warmup track and barely cared. ## Sabotage that became a signature Guitarist Jonny Greenwood disliked the song so much that before each chorus he hit his guitar as hard as he could, deliberately trying to ruin the take. Those jarring crunches ended up becoming one of the most iconic moments in the song. The flaw became the hook. ## A second life, built by strangers The revival is a TikTok story. Over 577,000 videos now use the track, many from people hearing it for the first time. Creep has logged more than 200 combined weeks on the Billboard charts, and it shows no sign of leaving. The lesson is one Radiohead would probably hate. The track they almost threw away keeps outrunning the catalog they labored over. Sometimes the accident is the masterpiece. ## Related Reading - [OLIVIA RODRIGO HITS HER HIGHEST PITCHFORK YET](/article/olivia-rodrigo-pitchfork-stupid-song-089e88) - [HALSEY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PAINTER FIRST](/article/halsey-visual-art-painting-sothebys-14afcf)