{"id":205340,"date":"2025-06-22T14:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T14:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/205340\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T14:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T14:42:10","slug":"radiohead-earns-its-second-career-global-hit-song-with-a-decades-old-tune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/205340\/","title":{"rendered":"Radiohead Earns Its Second Career Global Hit Song With A Decades-Old Tune"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Radiohead\"<\/p>\n

Radiohead\u2019s \u201cLet Down\u201d debuts at No. 190 on the Billboard Global 200, decades after release, earning … More the group its second career win on the worldwide tally. Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt, Belgium, 26th August 1995. (Photo by Gie Knaeps\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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Radiohead<\/a> has been on the rise lately \u2014 not with brand new music, but thanks to a decades-old track that is finally receiving what many fans might call long-overdue attention. The group\u2019s song \u201cLet Down\u201d began going viral several weeks ago, and its momentum hasn\u2019t slowed. Not only has it transformed into a Billboard chart hit in the United States, but it\u2019s also become a worldwide sensation for the first time, at least in one measurable way.<\/p>\n

Radiohead Charts a new Global Hit<\/p>\n

\u201cLet Down\u201d<\/a> debuts on the Billboard Global 200, the ranking of the most consumed songs on the planet. This week, the track barely manages to break onto the list, starting its journey at No. 190.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet Down\u201d Joins \u201cCreep\u201d<\/p>\n

Radiohead earns just its second-ever placement on the Billboard Global 200 with the arrival of \u201cLet Down.\u201d In May 2023, \u201cCreep\u201d debuted on the same roster. That tune, which had also been around for decades before it blasted onto the roster, climbed to an all-time peak of No. 51 just last frame \u2014 perhaps buoyed by the excitement surrounding \u201cLet Down.\u201d<\/p>\n

This week, \u201cCreep\u201d<\/a> slips just two spaces to No. 53, while slightly declining on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. \u2014 which is compiled the same way but with American streams and sales removed. \u201cLet Down\u201d begins its global journey just as \u201cCreep\u201d marks its ninety-fifth week on both worldwide rosters.<\/p>\n

Radiohead Scores Another American Hit<\/p>\n

As \u201cLet Down\u201d opens on the Billboard Global 200, it has yet to land on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S., though it could appear soon. The track climbs to new highs on two of the three U.S.-based tallies it appears on at the same time.<\/p>\n

Radiohead\u2019s tune jumps to No. 15 on the Hot Alternative Songs chart and No. 18 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ranking, after debuting just a few positions lower last week. The same cut also appears on the Hot Rock Songs list, where it slips slightly from its launch position of No. 14 to No. 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Radiohead\u2019s \u201cLet Down\u201d debuts at No. 190 on the Billboard Global 200, decades after release, earning … More…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,82751,82748,82756,82753,269,82747,82754,82752,82755,82750,82749,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-205340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-hot-alternative-songs-radiohead","10":"tag-let-down-billboard-global-200","11":"tag-let-down-billboard-success","12":"tag-let-down-global-200-debut","13":"tag-music","14":"tag-radiohead-billboard-2025","15":"tag-radiohead-creep-billboard-chart","16":"tag-radiohead-hot-rock-songs","17":"tag-radiohead-let-down-alternative-chart","18":"tag-radiohead-let-down-chart","19":"tag-radiohead-let-down-viral","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114727547465814075","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}