✦Their album "OK Computer" was chosen the 4th Greatest Album of All Time in a major music poll organized by the book of "British Hit Singles and Albums" and music website NME.com, while their other set "The Bends" was chosen the 10th (June 2006).
✦At first named their band 'On a Friday' because they were only allowed to use the school's studio on Fridays.
✦Guitarist Jonny Greenwood originally joined as a keyboard player.
✦Denied that 'Hail to the Thief' was a reference to the controversial 2000 American presidential election, explaining that he first heard the phrase during a Radio 4 discussion of John Quincy Adams.
✦Their songs like 'Airbag', 'Stupid Car' and 'Killer Cars' are inspired by Thom Yorke's car accident that made him traumatized by car.