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KARMA POLICE
Released: June 1997 Length: 4:21 Disc: OK Computer | Karma Police single | College Karma EP Tablature: Guitar | Drum | Bass | Piano Karma Police Video Other Versions: Fila Brazillia Club Remix - 12" Cover by Dragon Style - Anyone Can Play Radiohead Tribute LP String Version - Strung Out On OK Computer |
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The second single from the OK Computer disc. Karma Police was a song thought up
by Ed. It had been a band catchphrase for a while, when someone was being a bit of a twat, they'd say "The Karma Police are gonna
get you". It's about the idea that of Karma, and that everything you do in this life will change how you're treated by fate. |
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Karma police, arrest this man He talks in maths He buzzes like a fridge He's like a detuned radio Karma police, arrest this girl Her Hitler hairdo Is making me feel ill And we have crashed her party This is what you'll get This is what you'll get This is what you'll get when you mess with us Karma Police I've given all I can It's not enough I've given all I can But we're still on the payroll This is what you'll get This is what you'll get This is what you'll get when you mess with us For a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself Phew, for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself For for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself Phew, for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself |
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"Karma is an important idea. I like it. It makes me nicer to people. It fills me with joy. This song makes me laugh. It was Ed's idea." - Thom"Karma Police is just a joke. It's the only funny song on the album. A sentence like "Karma Police, arrest this man" actually belongs in a textballoon for a comic strip." - Thom "This is a song for someone who has to work for a large company. This is a song against bosses, fuck middle-management! Hahaha." - Thom 
"It was a band catchphrase for a while on tour - whenever someone was behaving in a particularly shitty way, we'd say
'The karma police will catch up with him sooner or later.' You have to rely on something like that, even though we're
probably just kidding ourselves. But it's not a revenge thing, just about being happy with your own behaviour." - Jonny
"Because of the word karma a lot of people think automatically about John Lennon, but to me it's more like Perfect Day by Lou Reed in a musical point of view. Karma Police is something from our last tour. When someone misbehaved we always said: the karma police is going to get him or her in the end." - Jonny 
"When someone in the band behaved like an arsehole, one of the others always said: 'The Karma Police is gonna get you'. I suppose it's all rubbish that your destiny depends on your deeds in a previous life, but you have to trust on something." - Ed |
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