"Fake Plastic Trees"
Single by Radiohead
from the album The Bends
Released	March 15, 1995
Format	CD and cassette single (two different CDs)
Recorded	?
Genre	Rock
Length	4:52
Label	Parlophone/EMI
Producer(s)	John Leckie
Chart positions
#20 (UK) #11 (US Modern Rock)
Radiohead singles chronology
"Planet Telex/High & Dry" (1995)	"Fake Plastic Trees" (1995)	"Just" (1995)

"Fake Plastic Trees" is a song by Radiohead, from their second album The Bends. It was also the third single to be released from that album. The song seems to have been written about the world of mass marketing and mass consumption. The band had just been to see Jeff Buckley play a set, and when they got back into the studio, Thom Yorke recorded the vocals in two takes and broke down in tears after that. In fact, the vocals heard on the song were originally meant to be a guide vocal, meaning that they would eventually be re-done after the rest of the band recorded their instruments. However, Thom's performance was flawless, so they kept it. This song is one of the band's finest of their early catalogue and is considered one of their best tracks. The song has been played at most of the band's concerts. According to Thom this song is about Canary Wharf in London^{[citation needed]}. This is an album cover. ... In music, a single is a short (usually ten minutes or less*) record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-side, often accompanied by several B-sides, usually remixes or other songs. ... This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... The Bends is the second album by British rock band Radiohead, first released in spring 1995. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit ÄŒeské Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... Typical 60-minute Compact Cassette. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, a bass guitar, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, trumpet, and trombone are common in some styles, however, horns have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Parlophone Records Parlophone is a record label which was founded in Germany prior to World War I by the Carl Lindstrom Company. ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Kensington in London, in the United Kingdom. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... This article is about the British music producer. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... The Modern Rock Tracks chart is a music chart that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. ... This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... Planet Telex is a song by Radiohead from their 1995 album The Bends. ... High and Dry was the second single to be taken from the classic Radiohead album The Bends, and appeared as a double A-side with the album opener Planet Telex. It was released in the UK on 5th March 1995 in the UK and peaked at number 17 in the... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Just is an EP by British band Radiohead, released on August 7, 1995. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... The Bends is the second album by British rock band Radiohead, first released in spring 1995. ... It has been suggested that Product marketing be merged into this article or section. ... Jeff Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), born Jeffrey Scott Buckley and raised as Scottie Jeffrey Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter. ... Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke. ... Canary Wharf, seen from a high-level walkway on Tower Bridge Canary Wharf tube station (Jubilee Line) Canary Wharf in Tower Hamlets, London, United Kingdom, is a large business development on the Isle of Dogs, centred on the old West India Docks in the London Docklands. ...

CD Singles

CD 1

1. "Fake Plastic Trees"
2. "India Rubber"
3. "How Can You Be Sure?"

CD 2

1. "Fake Plastic Trees"
2. "Fake Plastic Trees" (acoustic)
3. "Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was" (acoustic)
4. "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" (acoustic)

The B-sides on CD were recorded live by Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood at the Eve's Club in London. Jonny Greenwood Jonathan Jonny Richard Guy Greenwood (born November 5, 1971) is a member of Radiohead. ...

Lyrics

Her green plastic watering can
For a fake chinese rubberplant
In the fake plastic earth
That she bought from a rubber man
In a town full of rubber plans
To get rid of itself

It wears her out
It wears her out
It wears her out
It wears her out

She lives with a broken man
A cracked polystyrene man
Who just crumbles and burns
He used to do surgery for girls in the eighties
But gravity always wins

And it wears him out
It wears him out
It wears him out
It wears

She looks like the real thing
She tastes like the real thing
My fake plastic love
But I can't help the feeling
I could blow through the ceiling
If I just turned and ran

And it wears me out
It wears me out
It wears me out
It wears me out

If I could be who you wanted
If I could be who you wanted
All the time, all the time
Oh, oh

External links

• Radiohead Official Site
• At Ease — song info and lyrics