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{{Italic title}}
{{Infobox album
| name         = OK Computer
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Radiohead]]
| cover        = 
| border       = yes
| alt          = 
| released     = {{Start date|1997|06|12}}
| recorded     = {{Unbulleted list|September 4, 1995 {{small|("[[Lucky (Radiohead song)|Lucky]]")}}|July 1996 – March 1997}}
| venue        = 
| studio       = {{Unbulleted list|Canned Applause {{small|([[Didcot]], England)}}|[[St Catherine's Court]] {{small|([[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], England)}}}}
| genre        = {{hlist|[[Alternative rock]]|[[art rock]]}}
| length       = {{Duration|m=53|s=21}}
| label        = {{hlist|[[Parlophone]]|[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]}}
| producer     = [[Nigel Godrich]]
| prev_title   = [[The Bends]]
| prev_year    = 1995
| next_title   = [[Airbag / How Am I Driving?]]
| next_year    = 1998
| misc         = {{Extra chronology
| artist     = [[Radiohead]] studio album
| type       = studio
| prev_title = [[The Bends]]
| prev_year  = 1995
| title      = OK Computer
| year       = 1997
| next_title = [[Kid A]]
| next_year  = 2000
}}{{Singles
| name        = OK Computer
| type        = studio
| single1     = [[Paranoid Android]]
| single1date = May 22, 1997
| single2     = [[Karma Police]]
| single2date = August 21, 1997
| single3     = [[Lucky (Radiohead song)|Lucky]]
| single3date = December 1997
| single4     = [[No Surprises]]
| single4date = January 9, 1998
| single5     = [[Airbag (song)|Airbag]]
| single5date = March 20, 1998
}}
}}
'''''OK Computer''''' is an album by the band [[Radiohead]]. It was released in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ok-computer-r278014/review|title=OK Computer|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=February 15, 2011}}</ref> It reached No.1 in the UK Albums Chart. Four singles were released from it. "Paranoid Android" reached No.3 in the UK. "No Surprises" reached No.4. It got good reviews. Pitchfork gave it 10 out of 10.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/r/radiohead/ok-computer.shtml | title = Radiohead: OK Computer: Pitchfork Review | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20010303103405/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/r/radiohead/ok-computer.shtml | archivedate = March 3, 2001 | access-date = August 4, 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref>
== Reception ==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ok-computer-mw0000024289 |title=''OK Computer'' – Radiohead |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=July 8, 2015 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-07-04-9707040186-story.html|title="Radiohead OK Computer"|publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]]|accessdate=October 30, 2022|last=Kot|first=Greg}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3Score = B+<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/1997/07/11/ok-computer/|title="OK Computer"|publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|accessdate=October 30, 2022|last=Browne|first=David|archive-date=September 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930071153/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20202376,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Guardian review" />
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5Score = 10/10<ref name="nme review" />
| rev6 = [[Pitchfork Media]]
| rev6Score = 10/10<ref name="pitchfork" />
| rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev7Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="q review" />
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="RS review" />
| rev9 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev9Score = 8/10<ref name="Spin review">{{citation
| first = Barry
| last = Walters
| title = Radiohead: ''OK Computer'': Capitol
| date = August 1997
| magazine = [[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev10Score = B−<ref name="christgau" />
| rev1score = 
}}

Many music writers and fans loved ''OK Computer''. Both English and American writers said the album would be important for a long time,{{sfn|Footman|2007|pp=181–182}}{{sfn|Clarke|2010|p=121}} and that the album was new and interesting. It was compared to ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'', another famous and important album. In the English press, the album got good reviews in ''[[NME]]'',<ref name="nme review">
{{citation
| last = Oldham
| first = James
| title = The Rise and Rise of the ROM Empire
| magazine = [[NME]]
| date = June 14, 1997
}}</ref> ''[[Melody Maker]]'',<ref>
{{citation
| last = Parkes
| first = Taylor
| author-link = Taylor Parkes
| title = Review of ''OK Computer''
| magazine = [[Melody Maker]]
| date = June 14, 1997
}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'',<ref name="Guardian review">
{{citation
| last = Sullivan
| first = Caroline
| title = Aching Heads
| newspaper = [[The Guardian]]
| date = June 13, 1997
}}</ref> and ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''.<ref name="q review">
{{citation
| last = Cavanagh
| first = David
| title = Moonstruck
| magazine = [[Q (magazine)|Q]]
|date=July 1997}}</ref> In North America, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'',<ref name="RS review">{{citation
| last = Kemp
| first = Mark
| author-link = Mark Kemp
| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/ok-computer-19970710
| title = ''OK Computer'' : Radiohead : Review
| magazine = [[Rolling Stone]]
| date = July 10, 1997
| accessdate = September 29, 2008
| archive-date = January 17, 2011
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110117031912/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/ok-computer-19970710
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> ''Spin'',<ref name="Spin review">{{citation
| first = Barry
| last = Walters
| title = Radiohead: ''OK Computer'': Capitol
| date = August 1997
| magazine = [[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> and [[Pitchfork Media]]<ref name="pitchfork">{{citation
| last = Schreiber
| first = Ryan
| url = http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/r/radiohead/ok-computer.shtml
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20010303103405/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/r/radiohead/ok-computer.shtml
| archivedate = March 3, 2001
| title = Radiohead: OK Computer: Pitchfork Review
| magazine = [[Pitchfork Media]]
| date = December 31, 1997
| accessdate = May 16, 2009
| url-status = live
}}</ref> published good reviews. In ''[[The New Yorker]]'', [[Alex Ross (music critic)|Alex Ross]] compared Radiohead's new and artistic music to the more classic rock sounds of [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]. Ross wrote that "this band has pulled off one of the great art-pop balancing acts in the history of rock."<ref>
{{citation
| last = Ross
| first = Alex
| author-link = Alex Ross (music critic)
| title = Dadrock
| magazine = [[The New Yorker]]
| date = September 29, 1997
| url = http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1997/09/29/1997_09_29_088_TNY_CARDS_000378726
| accessdate =September 29, 2008
}}</ref>

However, not all critics enjoyed the record. [[Robert Christgau]] from ''[[The Village Voice]]'' called it "arid" [[art rock]].<ref name="christgau">{{citation
| url = http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv997-97.php
| title = Consumer Guide Sept. 1997
| last = Christgau
| first = Robert
| author-link = Robert Christgau
| magazine = [[The Village Voice]]
| date = September 23, 1997
| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/60j0hhTxA?url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv997-97.php
| archivedate = August 6, 2011
| url-status = live
| accessdate = August 4, 2016
}}</ref>

The album appeared in many 1997 critics' lists and listener polls for best album of the year. Many magazines listed it as the best or second best of the year. It was a nominee for the 1997 [[Mercury Prize]], a prestigious award recognising the best British or Irish album of the year.<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7519452.stm
| title = Mercury Prize 2008: The nominees
| publisher = BBC News
| date = July 22, 2008
| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/60j3jj3kL?url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7519452.stm
| archivedate = August 6, 2011
| url-status = live
| access-date = August 4, 2016
}}</ref>

Radiohead found it hard to deal with how much people liked ''OK Computer''. Some members of the band thought the press loved it too much. The band did not like that their songs were called "art" when they thought their songs were pop music. However, singer Thom Yorke was happy that some people understood his musical goals: "People got all the things, all the textures and the sounds and the atmospheres we were trying to create."<ref>{{citation
| last = Gill
| first = Andy
| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/ok-computer-why-the-record-industry-is-terrified-of-radioheads-new-album-394276.html
| title = Ok computer: Why the record industry is terrified of Radiohead's new album
| newspaper = [[The Independent]]
| date = October 5, 2007
| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/60j0H2Z9t?url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/ok-computer-why-the-record-industry-is-terrified-of-radioheads-new-album-394276.html
| archivedate = August 6, 2011
| url-status = live
| accessdate = August 31, 2017
}}</ref>
== Track listing ==
{{Tracklist
| all_writing = Radiohead (Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway, and Thom Yorke)
| title1 = [[Airbag (song)|Airbag]]
| length1 = 4:44
| title2 = [[Paranoid Android]]
| length2 = 6:23
| title3 = Subterranean Homesick Alien
| length3 = 4:27
| title4 = Exit Music (For a Film)
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Let Down
| length5 = 4:59
| title6 = [[Karma Police]]
| length6 = 4:21
| title7 = Fitter Happier
| length7 = 1:57
| title8 = Electioneering
| length8 = 3:50
| title9 = Climbing Up the Walls
| length9 = 4:45
| title10 = [[No Surprises]]
| length10 = 3:48
| title11 = [[Lucky (Radiohead song)|Lucky]]
| length11 = 4:19
| title12 = The Tourist
| length12 = 5:24
}}

{{Track listing
| headline = "Collector's Edition"/"Special Collector's Edition" Disc 2<ref>{{cite web|date=January 15, 2009|title=Radiohead’s First Three Albums Reissued With Extras|url=https://www.spin.com/2009/01/radioheads-first-three-albums-reissued-extras/|access-date=November 13, 2022|magazine=Spin}}</ref>
| collapsed = yes
| title1 = Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)
| length1 = 4:24
| title2 = Pearly*
| length2 = 3:37
| title3 = A Reminder
| length3 = 3:54
| title4 = Melatonin
| length4 = 2:10
| title5 = Meeting in the Aisle
| length5 = 3:10
| title6 = Lull
| length6 = 2:29
| title7 = Climbing Up the Walls
| note7 = [[Zero 7]] Mix
| length7 = 5:19
| title8 = Climbing Up the Walls
| note8 = [[Fila Brazillia]] Mix
| length8 = 6:26
| title9 = Palo Alto
| length9 = 3:44
| title10 = How I Made My Millions
| length10 = 3:09
| title11 = Airbag
| note11 = Live in Berlin
| length11 = 4:49
| title12 = Lucky
| note12 = Live in [[Florence]]
| length12 = 4:37
| title13 = Climbing Up the Walls
| note13 = [[BBC Radio 1]] evening session, May 28, 1997
| length13 = 4:21
| title14 = Exit Music (For a Film)
| note14 = [[BBC]] Radio 1 evening session, May 28, 1997
| length14 = 4:35
| title15 = No Surprises
| note15 = BBC Radio 1 evening session, May 28, 1997
| length15 = 3:58
}}

{{Track listing
| headline = "Special Collector's Edition" DVD<ref>{{cite web|date=January 15, 2009|title=Radiohead’s First Three Albums Reissued With Extras|url=https://www.spin.com/2009/01/radioheads-first-three-albums-reissued-extras/|access-date=November 13, 2022|magazine=Spin}}</ref>
| collapsed = yes
| title1 = Paranoid Android
| title2 = Karma Police
| title3 = No Surprises
| title4 = Paranoid Android
| note4 = Live on ''[[Later... with Jools Holland]]'', May 31, 1997
| title5 = No Surprises
| note5 = Live on ''Later... with Jools Holland'', May 31, 1997
| title6 = Airbag
| note6 = Live on ''Later... with Jools Holland'', May 31, 1997
}}
== Personnel ==
{{Col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Radiohead
* [[Colin Greenwood]] – bass guitar, bass synthesiser, percussion
* [[Jonny Greenwood]] – guitar, keyboards, piano, [[mellotron]], organ, [[glockenspiel]], [[String instrument|string]] [[arrangement]]s
* [[Ed O'Brien]] – guitar, [[Sound effects|FX]], percussion, backing vocals
* [[Phil Selway]] – drums, percussion
* [[Thom Yorke]] – vocals, guitar, piano, laptop, [[Programming (music)|programming]], illustrations

{{col-2}}
;Additional personnel
* Chris Blair – [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
* [[Stanley Donwood]] – illustrations
* [[Nigel Godrich]] – production, [[Audio engineering|engineering]]
* [[Nick Ingman]] – conducting
* Jim Warren – production, engineering
{{col-end}}

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== Charts and certifications ==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
== Weekly charts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Chart (1997-2017)
! Peak<br />position
|-
| [[ARIA Charts|Australian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Radiohead – OK Computer|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=OK+Computer&cat=a|publisher=Australian-charts.com|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/60k8rt1Ci?url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=OK+Computer&cat=a|archivedate=August 6, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 7
|-
| [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Radiohead – OK Computer|url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=OK+Computer&cat=a|publisher=Austriancharts.at|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/60k9Uv02p?url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=OK+Computer&cat=a|archivedate=August 6, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 13
|-
| [[Ultratop 50|Belgian Albums Chart]] (Flanders)<ref name="Belgian charts">{{cite web|title=Radiohead – OK Computer|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=OK+Computer&cat=a|publisher=Ultratop.be|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/60k9rFMPI?url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=OK+Computer&cat=a|archivedate=August 6, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
|-
| [[Ultratop 50|Belgian Albums Chart]] (Wallonia)<ref name="Belgian charts"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
|-
| Canadian ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' [[Canadian Albums Chart|Albums Chart]]<ref>{{citation|title=Top Albums/CDs|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3250&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=June 30, 1997|volume=65|issue=17|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/64QoekQt6?url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3250&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|archivedate=January 4, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
|-
| [[MegaCharts|Dutch Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Radiohead – OK Computer|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=OK+Computer&cat=a|publisher=Dutchcharts.nl|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/60k9FujVv?url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=OK+Computer&cat=a|archivedate=August 6, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
|-
| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|French Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Radiohead – OK Computer|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=OK+Computer&cat=a|publisher=Lescharts.com|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/60jHP0ZUS?url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=OK+Computer&cat=a|archivedate=August 6, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
|-
| [[Media Control Charts|German Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Radiohead/?type=longplay|title=Chartverfolgung / Radiohead / Longplay|publisher=musicline.de|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/60k993zaK?url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Radiohead/?type=longplay|archivedate=August 6, 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all|access-date=August 6, 2011}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 27
|-
| [[Irish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/#chartTab2|title = IRMA – Irish Recorded Music Association}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
|-
| [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Radiohead – OK Computer|url=http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=OK+Computer&cat=a|publisher=Charts.org.nz|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/60k8odJWN?url=http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=OK+Computer&cat=a|archivedate=August 6, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
|-
| [[Productores de Música de España|Spanish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Radiohead – OK Computer|url=http://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=OK+Computer&cat=a|publisher=Spanishcharts.com|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/60k9g3dIG?url=http://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=OK+Computer&cat=a|archivedate=August 6, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 42
|-
| [[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Radiohead – OK Computer|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=OK+Computer&cat=a|publisher=Swedishcharts.com|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/60k90BTpW?url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=OK+Computer&cat=a|archivedate=August 6, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 3
|-
| [[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Radiohead – OK Computer|url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=OK+Computer&cat=a|publisher=Hitparade.ch|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/60k9dGMaJ?url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=OK+Computer&cat=a|archivedate=August 6, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 40
|-
{{albumchart|UK|1|artist=Radiohead|refname="UK Charts"}}
|-
| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Artist Chart History – Radiohead|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=radiohead|chart=all}}|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330231836/{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=radiohead|chart=all}}|archivedate=March 30, 2009|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=September 30, 2008}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 21
|}
== Singles ==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Song
!colspan="6"| Peak positions
|- style="text-align:center;"
!style="width:4em;font-size:75%"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br/><ref name="UK Charts2">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/radiohead/|title=Radiohead – The Official Charts Company }}</ref>
!style="width:4em;font-size:75%"| [[Alternative Songs|US Mod]]<br/><ref name="Billboard singles">{{cite magazine|title=Artist Chart History – Radiohead|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=radiohead|chart=all}}|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616164309/{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=radiohead|chart=all}}|archivedate=June 16, 2009|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
!style="width:4em;font-size:75%"| [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|NZ]]<br/><ref>{{cite web|title=Search: Radiohead|url=http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?search=Radiohead&cat=s|publisher=Charts.org.nz|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/60jG32B39?url=http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?search=Radiohead&cat=s|archivedate=August 6, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
!style="width:4em;font-size:75%"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br/><ref>{{cite web|title=Search: Radiohead|url=http://australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=Radiohead|publisher=Australian-charts.com|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/60jFubn1y?url=http://australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=Radiohead|archivedate=August 6, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
!style="width:4em;font-size:75%"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br/><ref>{{cite web|title=Search: Radiohead|url=http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Radiohead&cat=s|publisher=Swedishcharts.com|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/60jFk69fy?url=http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Radiohead&cat=s|archivedate=August 6, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
!style="width:4em;font-size:75%"| [[Single Top 100|NL]]<br/><ref>{{cite web|title=Eenvoudige zoekopdracht: Radiohead|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=Radiohead&cat=s|publisher=Dutchcharts.nl|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/60jFclzg8?url=http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=Radiohead&cat=s|archivedate=August 6, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
|rowspan=3| 1997
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Paranoid Android]]"
| 3
| –
| –
| 29
| 53
| 61
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"| "Let Down"
| –
| 29
| –
| –
| –
| –
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Karma Police]]"
| 8
| 14
| 32
| –
| –
| 50
|- style="text-align:center;"
|1998
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[No Surprises]]"
| 4
| –
| 23
| 47
| –
| 58
|- style="text-align:center;"
| colspan="13" style="font-size:8pt;"| "–" denotes releases that did not chart.
|}
{{col-2}}
== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|type=album|title=OK Computer|artist=Radiohead|award=Platinum|relyear=1997|certyear=1997|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?CodOp=ESOP&CO=5|publisher=[[Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers|CAPIF]]|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20110706084739/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=Pink+Floyd&album=The+Dark+Side+of+the+Moon&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP|archivedate=July 6, 2011|accessdate=September 1, 2013|title=Discos de Oro y Platino|language=Spanish}}</ref>}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=album|title=OK Computer|artist=Radiohead|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1997|certyear=2007|accessdate=October 30, 2012}}
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== OK Computer Media ==
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File:Thom yorke radiohead2.jpg|[[Thom Yorke]] (pictured in 2001) and the band sought a less introspective direction than previous album ''[[The Bends (album)|The Bends]]''.

File:St Catherines Court1.jpg|Most of ''OK Computer'' was recorded between September and October 1996 at [[St Catherine's Court]], a rural mansion near [[Bath, Somerset]].

File:Lcii-system.jpg|A 1990s [[Macintosh LC II]] system. Radiohead used the [[speech synthesis|synthesised voice]] of "Fred", included with older [[Macintosh]] software, to recite the lyrics of "Fitter Happier".

File:Krzysztof Penderecki 20080706.jpg|''[[Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima]]'' by [[Krzysztof Penderecki]] (''pictured'') inspired the string arrangement on "Climbing Up the Walls".

File:Radiohead Matters.ogg|[[Colin Greenwood]], [[Jonny Greenwood]], [[Ed O'Brien]], and [[Phil Selway]] discussing ''OK Computer'' in 1997

File:TonyBlairArmagh1998.jpg|In interviews after the album's release, Thom Yorke criticised [[Tony Blair]] (''pictured in 1998'') and his [[New Labour]] government – echoing the album's pervasive theme of political disillusionment.
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== Notes ==
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'''Citations'''

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