My girlfriend was renting an apartment in Chicago, and I sat down one day and wrote that on the piano there. That was a weird one that Michael finished but didn’t like. But Peter and I were like, “It’s great!” He’s like, “I hate it.” And then Thom Yorke comes up and goes, “That’s the best song you’ve ever done.” Michael’s like, “Really?! I guess it’s all right then.” Sometimes it takes an outside opinion to open your eyes.

R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, on how Thom Yorke saw the genius of “Electrolite,” in Pitchfork.



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