9 7 3 ▁horror ▁film ▁The ▁W icker ▁Man . ▁Crit ics ▁interpreted ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁and ▁video ▁as ▁a ▁warning ▁against ▁group th ink ▁and ▁author itar ian ism . ▁ ▁" B urn ▁the ▁W itch " ▁was ▁named ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁songs ▁of ▁the ▁year ▁by ▁Rol ling ▁Stone , ▁Billboard ▁and ▁the ▁Village ▁Vo ice , ▁and ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁Best ▁Rock ▁Song ▁at ▁the ▁ 5 9 th ▁Ann ual ▁Gram my ▁Awards . ▁It ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best s elling ▁UK ▁vin yl ▁singles ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁ ▁Background ▁Radio head ▁worked ▁on ▁" B urn ▁the ▁W itch " ▁during ▁the ▁sessions ▁for ▁their ▁albums ▁Kid ▁A ▁( 2 0 0 0 ), ▁H ail ▁to ▁the ▁Th ief ▁( 2 0 0 3 ), ▁and ▁In ▁Rain b ows ▁( 2 0 0 7 ), ▁but ▁were ▁not ▁satisfied ▁with ▁the ▁results . ▁The ▁title ▁appears ▁in ▁the ▁H ail ▁to ▁the ▁Th ief ▁album ▁art work . ▁S inger ▁Thom ▁Y or ke ▁mentioned ▁the ▁song ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁blog ▁entry ▁on ▁Radio head ' s ▁website ▁and ▁posted ▁lyr ics ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁Y or ke ▁briefly ▁played ▁ch ords ▁from ▁the ▁song ▁in ▁performances ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁but ▁told ▁the ▁audience ▁that ▁Radio head ▁would ▁perform ▁it ▁" when ▁we ▁get ▁the ▁or chestra ". ▁ ▁Ask ed