I Promise by Radiohead Song Info
“I Promise” is a song is about being devoted to someone, almost to an idiosyncratic fault. It details a relationship in which someone makes declaration after declaration that no matter what happens they will stay by their partner’s side. The song is one of three previously unreleased tracks featured on OK Computer’s 2017 reissue OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017; it had been performed live as early as 1996, and had been considered for OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, and Hail to the Thief, before disappearing from the band’s setlists and their plans. Die-hard fans happily welcomed its 2017 release (and video). A straightforward, melancholic acoustic piece, the song has been likened by the band musically to Roy Orbison, and lyrically to Joy Division. Its lack of experimentation is probably what made them feel it didn’t fit in with the rest of OK Computer.
