"Anyone Can Play Guitar" is a song by the English rock band

Radiohead Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); brothers Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Greenwood (bass) ...

, released as the second single from their debut album, ''

Pablo Honey ''Pablo Honey'' is the debut studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 22 February 1993 in the UK by Parlophone and on 20 April in the US by Capitol Records. It was produced by Sean Slade, Paul Q. Kolderie and Radiohead's co-m ...

'' (1993). It reached number 32 in the UK, and remained a staple of Radiohead's live sets throughout the early 1990s. In Australia, the single reached number 97 on the

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singles chart in 1994.

Track listing

UK CD

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

Netherlands CD

#"Anyone Can Play Guitar" (single edit) – 3:21 #"Faithless the Wonder Boy" – 4:14

Australia CD

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

12" promo

#"Anyone Can Play Guitar" – 3:25 #"Faithless the Wonder Boy" – 4:14 #"Coke Babies" – 2:58

Personnel

Radiohead *

Thom Yorke Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician and the main vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Radiohead. A multi-instrumentalist, he mainly plays guitar and keyboards and is noted for his falsetto. He has been describe ...

– lead vocals, rhythm guitar, tape loops *

Colin Greenwood Colin Charles Greenwood (born 26 June 1969) is an English musician and the bassist for the rock band Radiohead. Along with bass guitar, Greenwood plays upright bass and electronic instruments. With his younger brother, the Radiohead guitari ...

– bass guitar *

Jonny Greenwood Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood (born 5 November 1971) is an English musician and composer. He is the lead guitarist and keyboardist of the alternative rock band Radiohead, and has written numerous film scores. Along with his elder brother, th ...

– lead guitar *

Ed O'Brien Edward John O'Brien (born 15 April 1968) is an English guitarist, songwriter and member of the rock band Radiohead. He releases solo music under the name EOB. O'Brien attended Abingdon School in Oxfordshire, England, where he met the other mem ...

– rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

Philip Selway Philip James Selway (born 23 May 1967) is an English musician and the drummer of the English rock band Radiohead. Along with the other members of Radiohead, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. Selway released his deb ...

– drums

Charts

References

External links

"Anyone Can Play Guitar" video
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