"You Will Never Work in Television Again" is a song by the English rock band the Smile. It was released on 5 January 2022 as the debut single from their debut album, ''

A Light for Attracting Attention ''A Light for Attracting Attention'' is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Smile. It was digitally released through XL Recordings on 13 May, 2022, with a physical release on 17 June. The Smile comprises the Radiohead members T ...

''. The Smile first performed it in the 2021 Glastonbury livestream ''Live at Worthy Farm''.

Reception

Some publications compared "You Will Never Work in Television Again" favourably to Thom Yorke and

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 ...

's main 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) ...

. Tyler Golsen of '' Far Out Magazine'' gave it 8.3/10, calling it "a solid and powerful rocker that lets the guys in Radiohead just hang loose and rock out for the first time in a while". The '' NPR'' writer Brian Burns likened it to the post-punk acts Mission of Burma and Swell Maps, while the ''

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'' writer Jackson Maxwell compared it to

Sonic Youth Sonic Youth was an American rock band based in New York City, formed in 1981. Founding members Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals), Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar) and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of the b ...

Music video

The band released a lyric video alongside the single directed by Duncan Loudon. The video features the song's lyrics scrolling past on a teleprompter. ''Far Out Magazine'' described the video as "eerie".

Personnel

Credits adapted from album liner notes. The Smile * Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar *

– guitar, bass *

Tom Skinner Sir Thomas Edward Skinner (18 April 1909 – 11 November 1991) was a New Zealand politician and Trades Union leader. Sir Tom served as President of the Auckland Trades Council from 1954 to 1976, and President of the New Zealand Federation of ...

– drums Production * Nigel Godrich

References

The Smile songs 2022 songs Songs written by Jonny Greenwood Songs written by Thom Yorke {{The Smile