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Anyone Can Play Guitar

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Released
  
1 February 1993

Length
  
3:37

Writer(s)
  
Radiohead

Genre
  
Alternative rock

Label
  
Parlophone

Format
  
vinyl record (12"), CD and cassette

"Anyone Can Play Guitar" is a single taken from Radiohead's first album Pablo Honey, released just in advance of the album. It is the band's second single, and their first to receive a wide hearing ("Creep" had been issued in limited quantities some months earlier, and had charted at #78, but would soon become a hit and ultimately be re-released later in 1993). "Anyone Can Play Guitar" peaked at #32 in the UK, and remained a staple of the band's live sets throughout the early-mid 1990s. In Australia, the single peaked at #97 on the ARIA singles chart in 1994.

Contents

UK CD

  1. "Anyone Can Play Guitar" (single edit) - 3:21
  2. "Faithless the Wonder Boy" - 4:14
  3. "Coke Babies" - 2:58

Netherlands CD

  1. "Anyone Can Play Guitar" (single edit) - 3:21
  2. "Faithless the Wonder Boy" - 4:14

Australia CD

  1. "Anyone Can Play Guitar" - 3:24
  2. "Creep" - 3:57
  3. "Pop Is Dead" - 2:12
  4. "Thinking About You (EP Version)" -2:17
  5. "Killer Cars (Acoustic)" - 2:15
  • Note: Track 5 recorded live at The Cabaret Metro for JBTV in Chicago on June 30 1993.

    • 12" promo

    1. "Anyone Can Play Guitar" - 3:25
    2. "Faithless the Wonder Boy" - 4:14
    3. "Coke Babies" - 2:58

    Personnel

    Radiohead
  • Thom Yorke - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, tape loops
  • Colin Greenwood - bass guitar
  • Jonny Greenwood - lead guitar
  • Ed O'Brien - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Philip Selway - drums

    • References

    Anyone Can Play Guitar Wikipedia
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