Down Is the New Up

Recorded during the In Rainbows sessions in 2006 and 2007 with Radiohead and longtime producer Nigel Godrich. The track was issued on the limited second disc rather than the main album, reflecting the band’s overflow material from those sessions. It stood out as one of the strongest holdovers from the In Rainbows period and helped give the album’s bonus disc the stature of a separate companion release. Its inclusion reinforced Radiohead’s habit of treating non-album material as essential rather than disposable. The song remained a favored deep cut from the In Rainbows era and continued to surface in Radiohead-adjacent live and archival contexts. Its reputation rests on the way it expanded the perceived scope of In Rainbows beyond the standard album sequence.