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The story behind
Karma Police is a single by British band Radiohead, taken from the alternative rock and pop rock album OK Computer. The record was released in 1997 through the Parlophone and Capitol labels, but the song had already been performed live during 1996, when the band was opening for Alanis Morissette on her tour known as Can't Not. The song's name originated from an internal joke within the group: whenever someone behaved inappropriately during that tour, the members would joke that the "karma police" would eventually find the person responsible. The track was composed by all five members of the band: Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Colin Greenwood and Philip Selway, and produced by Nigel Godrich together with the band itself. It has a running time of 4:22 and was released as a single with the B-sides "Meeting in the Aisle" and "Lull". The music video was directed by Jonathan Glazer, and the single reached number one on the charts in Iceland. A live performance of the song, played on a Fender Rhodes piano on the Late Show with David Letterman, was captured in the band's documentary titled Meeting People Is Easy. In 2021, Rolling Stone magazine included the song at number 279 on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. The song has given rise to multiple cover versions. Argentine musician Palo Pandolfo recorded a Spanish-language adaptation which he included on his album Antojo. His compatriot Pedro Aznar performed it live during the tour for his album Contraluz. In 2006, the group Easy Star All Stars incorporated it into their album Radiodread. In 2013, American artist Oliver Tree, under the stage name "Tree", released his own version, and that same year Shefitta and Sabbaba published theirs through the label La Octava Nota. Finally, post-hardcore band Pierce the Veil presented a live version in December 2023 on the YouTube channel of Australian network Triple J, and in 2024 published the corresponding studio version.