Paranoid Android Paranoid Android "Paranoid Android" is a song by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, released as the lead single from their third studio album "OK Computer" (1997) on 26 May 1997. The darkly humorous lyrics were written primarily by singer Thom Yorke following an unpleasant experience in a Los Angeles bar. The song is almost six minutes long and contains four distinct sections. "Paranoid Android" takes its name from Marvin the Paranoid Android of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series. Released as the lead single from "OK Computer", "Paranoid Android" charted at number three on the UK
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (fictional) Stephen Fry as the voice of the "Guide", also employed animations, but in a more minimalist, abstract style. They were animated by Shynola. Adams conceived of the "Guide" while hitchhiking from London to Istanbul in 1971. Drunk and penniless in a field in Innsbruck, Austria, Adams looked up at the stars and then at his stolen copy of "Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe" and thought that someone should write "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." "The Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe" claimed in its introduction that it was possible to survive in Europe on less than US$25 a week, a claim echoed