Radiohead’s Let Down enters US Billboard charts 28 years after its release

Song from 1997 album OK Computer scores band their fourth spot in the chart after going viral on TikTok

Radiohead have entered the US singles chart with a song from their album OK Computer that has gone viral on social media 28 years after its release.

Let Down, the third single from the British band’s 1997 album, entered at No 91 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week after rising in popularity on TikTok.

It marks only the fourth time the band have charted in the US. In 2008, the song Nude, from the album In Rainbows, entered the chart at No 37 for one week. Before that, 1995’s High and Dry peaked at No 78, staying on the Billboard 100 for eight weeks. The band’s most successful single in the US is Creep, released in 1993, which stayed in the charts for 20 weeks, peaking at No 34.

The band have been far more commercially successful in Britain, having scored seven Top 10 singles. Let Down spent seven weeks on the UK singles chart when it was released, peaking at No 85.