Intro 1
G G B Bsus4 B
C Csus4 C Cm Cm
Verse 1
G
When you were here before
B
Couldn't look you in the eye
C
You're just like an angel
Cm
Your skin makes me cry
G
You float like a feather
B
In a beautiful world
C
I wish I was special
Cm
You're so fuckin' special
Chorus 1
G
But I'm a creep
B
I'm a weirdo
C
What the hell am I doing here?
Cm
I don't belong here
Verse 2
G
I don't care if it hurts
B
I wanna have control
C
I want a perfect body
Cm
I want a perfect soul
G
I want you to notice
B
When I'm not around
C
You're so fuckin' special
Cm
I wish I was special
Chorus 2
G
But I'm a creep
B
I'm a weirdo
C
What the hell am I doing here?
Cm
I don't belong here, oh, oh
Bridge 1
G B
She's running out the door
C
She's running out
Cm
She run, run, run, run
G B C Cm
Run
Verse 3
G
Whatever makes you happy
B
Whatever you want
C
You're so fuckin' special
Cm
I wish I was special
Chorus 3
G
But I'm a creep
B
I'm a weirdo
C
What the hell am I doing here?
Cm
I don't belong here,
G
I don't belong here
When you were here before
Couldn't look you in the eye
You're just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
I wish I was special
You're so fuckin' special
But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here
I don't care if it hurts
I wanna have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice
When I'm not around
You're so fuckin' special
I wish I was special
But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here, oh, oh
She's running out the door
She's running out
She run, run, run, run
Run!
Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You're so fuckin' special
I wish I was special
But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here
I don't belong here
Intro 1
G G
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|-3-----------------------3--------| G|---------------------4------------|-----4-------4---------------4----| D|---------5-------5-----------5----|---------5-----------5------------| A|-----5-------5--------------------|----------------------------------| E|-3--------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
B Bsus4 B
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|---------8-----------8------------|-9-----------8-----------8--------| D|-----------------9----------------|---------9-------------------9----| A|-----9-------9---------------9----|-----9---------------9------------| E|-7--------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
C Csus4 C
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|---------9-----------9------------|-10----------9-----------9--------| D|-----------------10---------------|---------10------------------10---| A|-----10------10--------------10---|-----10--------------10-----------| E|-8--------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Cm Cm
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-----8-----------8----------------|-----8-----------8----------------| D|---------10----------10------10---|---------10----------10-----------| A|-------------10----------10-------|-10----------10----------10-------| E|-8--------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Verse 1
G
before
B
Couldn't look you in the eye
C
You're just like an angel
Cm
Your skin makes me cry
G
You float like a feather
B
In a beautiful world
C
I wish I was special
Cm
You're so fuckin' special
Chorus 1
G
But I'm a creep
B
I'm a weirdo
C
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-5--------------------------------|-7--------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|-3--------------------------------|-5--------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Cm
E|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|-8--------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|-6--------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4
Verse 2
G
E|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|-10-------------------------------| D|----------------------------------| A|-8--------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4
B
I wanna have control
C
I want a perfect body
Cm
I want a perfect soul
G
I want you to notice
B
When I'm not around
C
You're so fuckin' special
Cm
I wish I was special
Chorus 2
G
But I'm a creep
B
I'm a weirdo
C
What the hell am I doing here?
Cm
I don't belong here, oh, oh
Bridge 1
G
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-12-------------------------------|-(12)-----------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|-10-------------------------------|-(10)-----------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
B
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-8--------------------------------|-11-------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|-6--------------------------------|-9--------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
C
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-9--------------------------------|-12-------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|-7--------------------------------|-10-------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Cm
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-8--------------------------------|-17-------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|-6--------------------------------|-15-------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-16-------------------------------|---------------------12-----------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|-14-------------------------------|---------------------10-----------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
B
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-11-------------------------------|-14-------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|-9--------------------------------|-12-------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
C
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-12-------------------------------|-9--------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|-10-------------------------------|-7--------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Cm
E|----------------------------------|------------------| B|----------------------------------|------------------| G|-8-----------------------(8)------|-5----------------| D|----------------------------------|------------------| A|-6-----------------------(6)------|-3----------------| E|----------------------------------|------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2
Verse 3
G
Whatever makes you happy
B
Whatever you want
C
You're so fuckin' special
Cm
I wish I was special
Chorus 3
G
But I'm a creep
B
I'm a weirdo
C
What the hell am I doing here?
Cm
I don't belong here,
G
I don't belong here
Traducción literaria al español — fiel al sentimiento del autor, no es cantable.
Cuando estuviste aquí antes
No podía mirarte a los ojos
Eres como un ángel
Tu piel me hace llorar
Flotas como una pluma
En un mundo hermoso
Quiero ser especial
Eres tan mierda especial
Pero soy un creep
Soy un weirdo
¿Qué mierda hago aquí?
No pertenezco aquí
No me importa si me duele
Quiero tener control
Quiero un cuerpo perfecto
Quiero una alma perfecta
Quiero que te des cuenta
Cuando no esté aquí
Tan mierda especial
Quiero ser especial
Pero soy un creep
Soy un weirdo
¿Qué mierda hago aquí?
No pertenezco aquí
Ella está saliendo por la puerta (corre)
Ella está saliendo
Ella corre, corre, corre, corre
Corre
Lo que te haga feliz
Lo que quieras
Eres tan mierda especial
Quiero ser especial
Pero soy un creep
Soy un weirdo
¿Qué mierda hago aquí?
No pertenezco aquí
No pertenezco aquí
Traducción literaria al italiano — fiel al sentimiento del autor, no es cantable.
Quando eri qui prima
Non riuscivo a guardarti negli occhi
Sei proprio come un angelo
La tua pelle mi fa piangere
Tu galleggi come una piuma
In un mondo bellissimo
Vorrei essere speciale
Sei così fanculo speciale
Ma sono un cretino
Sono un strano
Che cazzo ci faccio qui?
Non appartengo qui
Non me ne importa se mi fa male
Voglio avere il controllo
Voglio un corpo perfetto
Voglio un'anima perfetta
Voglio che ti accorgi
Quando non sono qui
Così fanculo speciale
Vorrei essere speciale
Ma sono un cretino
Sono un strano
Che cazzo ci faccio qui?
Non appartengo qui
Sta uscendo di casa (corri)
Sta uscendo
Corri, corri, corri, corri
Corri
Qualsiasi cosa ti renda felice
Qualsiasi cosa tu voglia
Sei così fanculo speciale
Vorrei essere speciale
Ma sono un cretino
Sono un strano
Che cazzo ci faccio qui?
Non appartengo qui
Non appartengo qui
Traducción literaria al portugués — fiel al sentimiento del autor, no es cantable.
Quando você estava aqui antes
Não conseguia olhar nos seus olhos
Você é como um anjo
Sua pele me faz chorar
Você flutua como uma pluma
Em um mundo lindo
Eu queria ser especial
Você é tão especial pra caramba
Mas eu sou um estranho
Sou um esquisito
O que diabos estou fazendo aqui?
Eu não pertenço a este lugar
Não me importo se dói
Eu quero ter controle
Quero um corpo perfeito
Quero uma alma perfeita
Quero que você perceba
Quando eu não estiver por perto
Você é tão especial pra caramba
Eu queria ser especial
Mas eu sou um estranho
Sou um esquisito
O que diabos estou fazendo aqui?
Eu não pertenço a este lugar
Ela está saindo pela porta
Ela está indo embora
Ela corre, corre, corre, corre
Corre
O que quer que te faça feliz
O que você quiser
Tão especial pra caramba
Eu queria ser especial
Mas eu sou um estranho
Sou um esquisito
O que diabos estou fazendo aqui?
Eu não pertenço a este lugar
Eu não pertenço a este lugar
From the album
Pablo Honey
Radiohead · 1992 · Track 2
The story behind
Radiohead released “Creep” on September 21, 1992, as their first single; it also became one of the tracks on the album *Pablo Honey*, released in 1993. The band is British and plays rock music. The lyrics, written by Thom Yorke, depict a romantic attraction marked by obsession and self-destruction. Just as the song reaches the chorus, Jonny Greenwood bursts in with bursts of noise from his guitar. The track incorporates elements from “The Air That I Breathe,” a 1974 song, which led to a legal suit resulting in Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood being recognized as co-authors. The recording came about by chance. Radiohead had not planned to record “Creep”; they did so at the initiative of producers Sean Slade and Paul Q. Kolderie, while the band was working on other songs. In fact, Yorke had written “Creep” during his time at the University of Exeter in the late 1980s, and he used to jokingly describe it as his “Scott Walker song.” Slade and Kolderie misinterpreted that comment: as they left the studio that night, Slade remarked to Kolderie that it was a shame the band’s best song was a cover. It all happened at Chipping Norton Recording Studios, located in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, where the producers and the band had been working on “Inside My Head” and “Lurgee” without achieving satisfactory results. It was between rehearsals that Radiohead spontaneously performed “Creep.” After several unsuccessful sessions, Kolderie suggested recording it formally. The band performed it in a single take, and everyone present in the studio reacted with applause. Once Radiohead confirmed to Kolderie that it was an original composition, he contacted the EMI label and persuaded them to release it as a single. According to Kolderie, everyone at EMI who heard “Creep” began to get excited about the song. It should be noted that prior to “Creep,” Radiohead’s first release had been the Drill EP, released in 1992 also by EMI. A version was prepared for radio broadcast that replaces the line “so fucking special” with “so very special.” Radiohead was concerned that releasing a censored version might hurt sales, though they eventually accepted the decision upon recalling that their influences, Sonic Youth, had done something similar. Even so, Jonny Greenwood noted that the British press “wasn’t impressed.” During the session in which that alternate version was recorded, Kolderie convinced Yorke to rewrite the first verse, arguing that he could do better. The song did not have an immediate impact upon its release, but it received radio airplay in Israel and later gained traction on American alternative rock radio stations. Re-released in 1993, it became a worldwide hit and was compared to what were described as the genre’s “slacker anthems,” including Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and Beck’s “Loser.” Reviews were mostly favorable, and several critics drew parallels with the work of U2. The success of “Creep” led to pressure from EMI for Radiohead to replicate it, which caused tensions during the recording of the band’s second album, The Bends, released in 1995. Over time, the band distanced themselves from the song, feeling it imposed overly narrow expectations on their music, and stopped performing it live for several years. Although Radiohead achieved greater commercial and critical acclaim with later works, “Creep” remains their most successful single. It was included among the best debut singles and among the best songs according to Rolling Stone magazine. As for the album Pablo Honey, it was released by EMI, Parlophone, and Capitol Records on February 22, 1993. The U.S. version includes the variant of “Creep” with “very” instead of “fuckin.” The Japanese editions of the album feature a total of 17 tracks, including “Pop Is Dead,” “Inside My Head,” “Million Dollar Question,” and two live versions of “Creep.” There is also an anecdote linked to the genesis of the song’s signature sound: Jonny Greenwood, as the story goes, was trying to ruin the track with discordant noises because he didn’t like it, and from that impulse came the distorted chord that transforms the song’s rhythm and atmosphere. “Creep” reached number 27 on the Billboard chart. In 2021, Yorke released a remixed version of the song, which incorporates synthesizers and extended acoustic guitar.