"Follow Me Around" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 1 November 2021 as the second single from their compilation album Kid A Mnesia. It was recorded during the joint sessions for Radiohead's fourth and fifth studio albums, Kid A (2000) and Amnesiac (2001), but went unreleased until 2021. History "Follow Me Around" first appeared in the 1998 documentary Meeting People is Easy. Rolling Stone described it as one of singer Thom Yorke's darkest songs, with lyrics about "shadowy figures lurking in corners". Yorke performed "Follow Me Around" occasionally in solo shows, with Radiohead, and with his side project Atoms for Peace. He and the Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood performed a rearranged version in 2017. After a performance at a Radiohead show in Toronto in 2000, fans created a website demanding the song's release. "Follow Me Around" was included on the 2021 compilation album Kid A Mnesia and released on 1 November, 2021, as the second single. The day before the release, Radiohead uploaded a full-quality clip of the soundcheck performance from Meeting People is Easy to their YouTube channel. Music video On 1 November 2021, coinciding with the initial release of the song, Radiohead released a music video featuring the actor Guy Pearce being chased by a drone camera. The video was directed by Us, a directing duo consisting of Chris Barrett and Luke Taylor. Pearce said the video was recorded a few weeks before the release. Reception In The A.V. Club, Alex McLevy wrote that "Follow Me Around" was "maybe the simplest, purest pop song [Radiohead have] ever put out". Several publications celebrated the release as a long-awaited fan favourite, including Rolling Stone, The Fader, Spin, Uproxx and NME. Personnel Radiohead Colin Greenwood Jonny Greenwood Ed O'Brien Philip Selway Thom Yorke Additional personnel Nigel Godrich production, engineering, mixing Gerard Navarro production assistance, additional engineering Graeme Stewart additional engineering References 2021 songs Radiohead songs Song recordings produced by Nigel Godrich Songs written by Thom Yorke Songs written by Jonny Greenwood Songs written by Colin Greenwood Songs written by Ed O'Brien Songs written by Philip Selway XL Recordings singles