The New Issue of Rolling Stone: Thom Yorke & Radiohead

Thom Yorke graces the cover of the new issue of Rolling Stone, which hits newsstands today. His revolutionary band has made a career out of defying odds and pushing the envelope, and they talk candidly about the creation of In Rainbows, the future of record labels, and why Yorke is still paranoid after all these years. To read an excerpt from the cover story, click here, and to check out a photo gallery tracking the band from Yorke's long-haired Pablo Honey days to the present, click here.

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Song Stories

“Baby Got Back”

Sir Mix-a-Lot | 1992

While watching a Budweiser commercial during the Super Bowl, Sir Mix-a-Lot thought the skinny female models in the ad didn’t represent reality. So he wrote this ode to ample bottoms, featuring its famous to-the-point lyric: “I like big butts and I cannot lie.” MTV banished the video, featuring shaking booties and sexually suggestive fruit, to 9 p.m. or later. “I thought my career was over,” he told Rolling Stone. “Then I called Rick Rubin, and I told him the video was banned, and he was like, 'Great!' We sold another 2 million records.”

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