Stop Whispering

"Stop Whispering" is a US only single by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, released in October 1993.[3] It is an alternative recording to the track on their debut album, Pablo Honey (1993). It reached #23 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart in October 1993.[4]

"Stop Whispering"
US CD single
Single by Radiohead
from the album Pablo Honey
Released5 October 1993
Recorded1993
Genre
Length5:25
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)Radiohead
Producer(s)
Radiohead singles chronology
"Pop Is Dead"
(1993)		 "Stop Whispering"
(1993)		 "My Iron Lung"
(1994)

The track was later released as the follow-up to "Creep" in Australia on 7 February 1994.[5] It peaked at #131 on the Australian ARIA singles chart.[6]

Recording

Radiohead recorded various demos of "Stop Whispering" while they were an unsigned band in Abingdgon, Oxfordshire.[7] One version impressed the owner of another local studio, Chris Hufford, who became Radiohead's co-manager with his partner Bryce Edge.[7] The band recorded it for their first album, Pablo Honey (1993).[8] According to co-producer Paul Kolderie, “We tinkered with it a bit. It was kind of a sprawling thing and we weren't sure how long it would be."[7]

Radiohead re-recorded "Stop Whispering" for the US single, as they were not happy with the album version; guitarist Ed O'Brien said the new version was "more atmospheric", like a Joy Division record.[9]

Release

"Stop Whispering" was the third single released from Pablo Honey. It was unsuccessful.[3] Jimmy Eat World covered the song on their EP Damage.[10]

Track listing
  1. "Stop Whispering" (US version) – 4:11
  2. "Creep" (acoustic) – 4:19
  3. "Pop Is Dead" – 2:12
  4. "Inside My Head" (live) – 2:58

Note: The US version was remixed by Chris Sheldon and featured strings and a slower tempo than the original.

Personnel
Radiohead

Chart performance
Chart (1993) Peak
position
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[4] 23
Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 131

References
  1. Hogan, Marc (28 March 2019). "I Might Be Wrong: Every Radiohead Song, Ranked". Vulture. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  2. Zaleski, Annie (7 May 2008). "Sweet Honey: B-Sides defends Radiohead's Pablo Honey and dishes dirt on new local rock & roll bar the TRADE". Riverfront Times. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. Mac Randall (2011). Exit Music – The Radiohead Story: The Radiohead Story. Omnibus. p. 152. ISBN 978-0857126955.
  4. "Billboard > Artists / Radiohead > Chart History > Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  5. "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 7/2/94 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 208)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  6. "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 17 February 2016". Imgur. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  7. Doyle, Tom (April 2008). "The complete Radiohead". Q. Bauer Media Group. 261: 65–69. ISSN 0955-4955.
  8. Irvin, Jim; Hoskyns, Barney (July 1997). "We have lift-off!". Mojo (45).
  9. Runtagh, Jordan (2018-02-22). "Radiohead's Pablo Honey: 10 things you didn't know". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. McGovern, Kyle (4 April 2013). "Jimmy Eat World Revive Long-Forgotten Radiohead Song for Record Store Day". Spin. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
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