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{{Infobox song

| name = If You Say the Word

| cover =

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| type = single

| artist = Radiohead

| album = Kid A Mnesia

| released = 7 September 2021

| recorded = January 1999 April 2000

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Alternative rock

| length = 4:22

| label = XL

| composer =

| writer = Radiohead

| producer =

| prev_title = Man of War

| prev_year = 2017

| next_title = Follow Me Around

| next_year = 2021

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"'If You Say the Word'" is a song recorded by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 7 September 2021 as the first single from their compilation album 'Kid A Mnesia'. It was recorded during the joint sessions for the band's fourth and fifth studio albums, 'Kid A' (2000) and 'Amnesiac' (2001), but remained unreleased until 2021.

Music



"If You Say the Word" features "delicate" fingerpicking, a "foreboding groove", "chiming" percussion and ondes Martenot.

Music video



Radiohead released a video for "If You Say the Word" on 23 September 2021. The video was directed by Kasper Hggstrm and features a crew capturing businessmen from nature and taking them back to work in London. 'Spin' compared the video to "an eerie episode of 'Black Mirror'".

Reception



Reviewing "If You Say the Word" for 'Pitchfork', Marc Hogan described it as "lush and elegant". He observed the double-edged lyrics that seem both loving and threatening, and wrote, "While 'If You Say the Word' doesn't immediately stand out as fodder for a Radiohead best-of playlist, it's still of such strikingly high quality that it's surprising it hasn't surfaced before now." 'Contact Music' described it as a "typically melancholy ambient number" in line with other material 'Kid A' and 'Amnesiac'.

Personnel



Radiohead

*Colin Greenwood

*Jonny Greenwood

*Ed O'Brien

*Philip Selway

*Thom Yorke

References



Category:2021 songs

Category:Radiohead songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Nigel Godrich

Category:Songs written by Thom Yorke

Category:Songs written by Jonny Greenwood

Category:Songs written by Colin Greenwood

Category:Songs written by Ed O'Brien

Category:Songs written by Philip Selway

Category:XL Recordings singles

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