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Weekend Rock Question: What Is the Best Radiohead Song?

Cast your vote in our weekly readers' poll

October 7, 2011 3:30 PM ET
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Thom Yorke of Radiohead performs in Victoria Park, London.
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Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke turned 43 today. In honor of his birthday and his band's staggeringly great body of work, our question for you is: What is the best Radiohead song? Hits, deep cuts, rarities – it's all fair game.

You can vote here in the comments, on facebook.com/rollingstone or on Twitter with the #weekendrock hashtag.

Last week we asked you to name your least favorite song of the Eighties, and we compiled the results in this top 10 list.

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