‘Creep’ was Radiohead’s debut single, and it remains their most successful single. The song was released on September 21, 1992, and peaked at #2 on the Alt Rock charts, #20 on the Mainstream Rock charts, and #34 on the Hot 100 charts.
In 1994, ‘Creep’ was featured in an episode of Beavis and Butt-Head, and this aided the song and band’s popularity in the U.S. Capitol Records, their label in the U.S. used Beavis and Butt-Head’s endorsement of the song in the episode in a marketing campaign with the slogan, “Beavis and Butt-Head Say Radiohead Don’t Suck.”
Check out the clip from Beavis and Butt-head below as well as the official music video for ‘Creep’ as well.
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