My Iron Lung
EP by Radiohead
Released	October 24, 1994 (Canada) January 31, 2005 (UK)
Recorded	1993-4
Genre	Rock
Length	28:23
Label	Parlophone/Capitol
Producer(s)	John Leckie Nigel Godrich Radiohead
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (4/5) link
Radiohead chronology
Pablo Honey (1993)	My Iron Lung (1994)	The Bends (1995)

"My Iron Lung" is also a song, the title track of an EP and a track on their album The Bends

My Iron Lung is an EP by the band Radiohead, released in 1994 and including the single of the same name. It also contains outtakes from then-ongoing sessions for their acclaimed 1995 album The Bends, compiling songs that were issued as b-sides on two separate "My Iron Lung" CD singles in the UK and other markets. My Iron Lung was originally released in EP form with all eight songs only in Australia, but is currently in print worldwide. It is usually seen as a bridge between the simplicity of their first album, Pablo Honey, and the sonic depth and introspectiveness of their later '90s work. Download high resolution version (943x930, 89 KB)My Iron Lung cover File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Kinks: vinyl EP, 1965 An example of an EP, Soft Science from Canadas Sproll released in 2006. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 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... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Parlophone Records Parlophone is a record label which was founded in Germany prior to World War I by the Carl Lindstrom Company. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // History The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at... 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. ... Nigel Godrich (born in the UK in 1972) is a recording engineer and record producer. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... Pablo Honey is the first studio album by British rock band Radiohead, first released in winter 1993. ... The Bends is the second album by British rock band Radiohead, first released in spring 1995. ... The Bends is the second album by British rock band Radiohead, first released in spring 1995. ... The Kinks: vinyl EP, 1965 An example of an EP, Soft Science from Canadas Sproll released in 2006. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... See also: 1993 in music, other events of 1994, 1995 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music. // Events January 29 - The Supremes Mary Wilson is injured when her jeep hits a freeway median and flips over just outside of Los Angeles, California. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bends is the second album by British rock band Radiohead, first released in spring 1995. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... Look up Single in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Single can mean: A single is a song commercially released separately from an album. ... Pablo Honey is the first studio album by British rock band Radiohead, first released in winter 1993. ...

The title track is notable for having been recorded live (the 1994 performance at the Astoria, London, a concert later released as a home video), with only the vocals overdubbed. The song as it appears on the singles/EP is virtually identical to the version that appeared the next year on The Bends, with only some barely audible changes in mixing levels.

"My Iron Lung," the song, was Radiohead's reaction to "Creep", their massive hit of 1993 which also became something of a millstone. Singer Thom Yorke described the iron lung as a metaphor for the way "Creep" had both sustained the band's life and constrained them, as evidenced in his caustic self-reflexive lyrics ("this is our new song / just like the last one / a total waste of time / my iron lung"). The music is perhaps consciously a self-parody of "Creep," and has also been frequently noted for its resemblance to the riff and loud-soft dynamics of "Heart-Shaped Box" by Nirvana. Comparison with that band was both commercially helpful and acutely painful to Radiohead in 1994, given Kurt Cobain's recent suicide and attempts by the UK rock press to portray Yorke as his successor; they refused to talk about Nirvana, with whom they shared many musical influences, in interviews. An acoustic version of "Creep" appears at the end of the EP. Creep was the first single from the rock band, Radiohead and a track on their album Pablo Honey. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke. ... An iron lung. ... Heart-Shaped Box is a song by the American grunge band, Nirvana. ... Nirvana was a popular American rock band from Aberdeen, Washington. ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – ca. ...

Other songs on the EP chart a course away from the emotional grunge-pop of Pablo Honey, toward increasingly layered production and more inventive guitar parts, especially evidenced in the ethereal "Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong," and Sonic Youth homage "Permanent Daylight" whose lyrics are hidden in a wall of noise. The title track, as well as fan favorite "The Trickster," almost approaches a metallic sound, while "Lewis" is musically a successor to Pablo Honey's punky "How Do You" and lyrically a precursor to "Just" from The Bends. The acoustic "Lozenge of Love" uses unconventional tonality and is inspired by a Philip Larkin poem, while "You Never Wash Up After Yourself" is another quiet, desolate track for acoustic guitar and voice. These two are the only completely acoustic songs the band would release commercially until the b-side "Gagging Order" in 2003. Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Sonic Youth is a rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Philip Arthur Larkin (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist and jazz critic. ...

In Britain and most of the world, this EP was available instead as two "My Iron Lung" singles: the first, with a blue cover, featured the title track backed by "The Trickster", "Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong", and "Lozenge of Love"; the second, with a red cover, had "Lewis (Mistreated)", "Permanent Daylight", and "You Never Wash Up..." as B-sides. "Creep (Acoustic)" (which also closed the Itch EP) only appears on the EP release. Itch is an EP by Radiohead, released exclusively to Japan in 1993. ...

The "My Iron Lung" single charted at #24 in the UK, a decline from "Creep"'s eventual peak of #7. It also received little radio or MTV attention in the United States, especially as compared with "Creep." "My Iron Lung" remains the least known of the five released singles from The Bends (and the earliest, preceding the album by almost six months), but attracts fans with Jonny Greenwood's intense guitarwork. It continues to be played live on occasion, unlike many songs from that era. Jonny Greenwood Jonathan Jonny Richard Guy Greenwood (born November 5, 1971) is a member of Radiohead. ...

Track listing

1. "My Iron Lung"
2. "The Trickster"
3. "Lewis (Mistreated)"
4. "Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong"
5. "Permanent Daylight"
6. "Lozenge of Love"
7. "You Never Wash Up After Yourself"
8. "Creep (Acoustic)"