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
Douglas Adams at the BBC original transmissions, had been discussed in biographies of Adams (e.g. "Don't Panic" by Neil Gaiman and "Wish You Were Here" by Nick Webb). In addition, the complete script for "The Lost Hitchhiker Sketch" appears in the 25th anniversary edition of "". Disc one covers subjects A to G, disc two covers subjects H to P, and disc three covers subjects Q to Z. Note: The CD set was released in early September 2004, after the Tertiary Phase of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" had been recorded, but before transmissions began. The earliest material on the set is from August