For the let-down reflex, see: Breastfeeding.

"Let Down" is a song on Radiohead's 1997 album OK Computer. It was intended to be the first single off of the album, but "Paranoid Android" was chosen instead, which, along with "Karma Police", solidified the band's popularity.

The song is about the alienation and emptiness of life in modern society, and is often considered one of the bleakest songs on the album. The song is also considered one of their finest. Thom Yorke apparently was inspired to write the song while sitting in a pub, noting the customers "clinging on to bottles" and sensing in them the "emptiest of feelings," a sense of disappointment. The song is renowned for its chorus:

External links

• greenplastic's page on 'Let Down'

Radiohead songs | 1997 songs