10 Biggest Mistakes In Rock Music History
3. Creep - Radiohead
Ever since the early '90s, the shine of Creep has been an albatross over Radiohead's neck. Although the song is a classic of the '90s and a good singalong at retro nights to this day, Thom Yorke and co. didn't even want to record the song, thinking it was way too simple than what they were doing. And hell, you even get some of that frustration on tape on the final version.
When recording Pablo Honey, the band didn't want to record this song and were practically forced into it once some of their higher ups thought it would be a great first single. Though it was hard enough getting a proper take of the song in the first place, it's not like the band were enthusiastic, with Jonny Greenwood getting more and more frustrated as the take went on.
Unable to take it anymore, Jonny decided to make the take as unpleasant as possible, eventually raking the strings of his guitar so loudly that it overtook the rest of the instruments before the chorus comes in. As it turns out though, that turned into a recipe for success, with the percussive stabs becoming the de facto hook of the song when it started to take off. Never before has an intentional sabotage of your own song ever backfired this badly.