Fake Plastic Trees

~ Recording by Radiohead

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
  • JP1995-03-08
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)TOCP-8489
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe Bends (repress)RadioheadAlbum
  • GB1995-03-13
ParlophonePCS 7372
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe Bends (EMI SWINDON, made in Italy, printed in Italy)RadioheadAlbum
  • GB1995-03-13
Parlophone7243 8 29626 2 5, CDPCS 7372
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe Bends (Pinkpop Edition)RadioheadAlbum
  • GB1995-03-13
  • NL1996-05
Parlophone7243 8 52135 2 6, 7243 8 52136 2 5, 724385213526
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe Bends (EMI SWINDON, made in UK, printed in UK)RadioheadAlbum
  • GB1995-03-13
Parlophone7243 8 29626 2 5, CDPCS 7372
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
  • US1995-04-04
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 7243 8 29626 2 5
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
  • CA1995-04-04
EMI Music Canada, Parlophone7243 8 29626 2 5
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
Parlophone7423 8 29626 2 5
1.1Fake Plastic Trees4:53RadioheadFake Plastic TreesRadioheadSingle
  • GB1995-05-15
ParlophoneTCR 6411
1.1Fake Plastic Trees4:52RadioheadFake Plastic Trees (CD 2)RadioheadSingle
  • GB1995-05-15
ParlophoneCDR 6411
1.1Fake Plastic Trees4:53RadioheadFake Plastic Trees (CD 1)RadioheadSingle
  • GB1995-05-15
ParlophoneCDRS 6411
1.1Fake Plastic Trees4:52RadioheadFake Plastic TreesRadioheadSingle
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.1Fake Plastic Trees4:53RadioheadFake Plastic TreesRadioheadSingle
EMI Music South Africa (not for release label use!)CDEMS (WS) 35
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)CDP 7243 9 29626 2 5, D-108299
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe Bends (EMI SWINDON, made in Italy, printed in Holland)RadioheadAlbum
Parlophone7243 8 29626 2 5, 829626 2, CDPCS 7372
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
Parlophone, EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)7243 8 29625 2 5, CDEMCJ (WF) 5593
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe Bends (made in Holland, printed in the UK)RadioheadAlbum
Parlophone7243 8 29626 2 5
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:53RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:50RadioheadThe Bends (1st press)RadioheadAlbum
Parlophone7243 8 29626 1 8, PCS 7372
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
ParlophoneTCPCS 7372
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 529626
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
EMI Music Canada, ParlophoneCDP 529626
2.5Fake Plastic Trees4:50RadioheadShine 5Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1996-07-15
PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)535 689-2
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
Parlophone7243 8 52185 2 1
1.13Fake Plastic Trees4:52RadioheadLazy SundayVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations)533186 2
1.13Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadLazy SundayVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-03-19
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)LAZY001
1.8Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadBig Shiny 90sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2002-12-03
WEA Music of Canada, Ltd. (later Warner Music Canada Ltd), EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)WTVD 49407
1.13Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadLazy SundayVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music Asia07243 538792 2 8
2.2Fake Plastic Trees4:50RadioheadAlways TomorrowVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Shock (Australian independent)ALWAYS1CD
1.13Fake Plastic Trees4:52RadioheadChillout Lounge, Volume IIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.7Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadAcoustic 04Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Echo (UK 1994-), V2 (imprint of V2 Music Ltd. and its international subsidiaries)ECV25
2.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadAlbum Box SetRadioheadAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2007-12-10
Parlophone50999 517 2292 0
2.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadRadiohead BoxRadioheadAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2008-01-01
ParlophoneTOCP-70471, TOCP-70472, TOCP-70473
1.10Fake Plastic Trees4:52RadioheadThe Best OfRadioheadAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-06-02
Parlophone216 3052, 5099 216305 2 1
1.10Fake Plastic Trees4:52RadioheadThe Best OfRadioheadAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-06-02
Parlophone216 3042, 50999 216304 2 2
2.2Fake Plastic Trees?:??RadioheadThe Best OfRadioheadAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2008-06-02
Parlophone212 1071, 50999 212107 1 6
1.11Fake Plastic Trees4:52RadioheadThe Best OfRadioheadAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-06-03
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)50999-216425-2-5
1.11Fake Plastic Trees4:52RadioheadThe Best OfRadioheadAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2008-06-03
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Parlophone50999-216425-2-4
1.11Fake Plastic Trees4:52RadioheadThe Best OfRadioheadAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-06-03
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)50999-216424-25
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:53RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
  • JP2008-06-11
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)TOCP-53833
1.10Fake Plastic Trees4:52RadioheadThe Best OfRadioheadAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-10-27
Parlophone242 9162
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:50RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)7243 8 29626 1 8
1.11Fake Plastic Trees4:52RadioheadThe Best Of (BMG music club release)RadioheadAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)509992‐16425‐24, D173474
1.10Fake Plastic Trees4:52RadioheadThe Best OfRadioheadAlbum + Compilation
Parlophone50999 216305 2 1
1.10Fake Plastic Trees4:52RadioheadThe Best OfRadioheadAlbum + Compilation
Parlophone227 5882, 50999 227588 2 8
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
  • XE2009-03-23
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Abbey Road Interactive, ParlophoneRHEADCDX 2
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe Bends (special collector’s edition)RadioheadAlbum
  • GB2009-03-23
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)RHEADCD 2
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe Bends (Collector’s Edition, Limited Edition)RadioheadAlbum
  • US2009-03-24
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)50999 6 93614 2 5
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
  • JP2009-04-01
EMI Music Japan Inc. (2007-06-30 to 2013-04-01 - record company, do NOT USE as release label - check the back cover or CD surface for the imprint)TOCP-70725, TOCP-70726
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
  • JP2009-04-01
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)TOCP-70725~26
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
  • JP2009-04-01
EMI Music Japan Inc. (2007-06-30 to 2013-04-01 - record company, do NOT USE as release label - check the back cover or CD surface for the imprint)TOCP-70713, TOCP-70714
1.8Fake Plastic Trees (radio edit)4:51RadioheadLazy Sunday: The Best of Now, Then and InbetweenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2012-01-01
EMI (New Zealand) Limited
1.8Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadLazy Sunday: The Best of Now, Then and In-BetweenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • NZ2012-01-23
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)50999 6212512 3
2.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51Radiohead5 Album Set (Pablo Honey / The Bends / OK Computer / Kid A / Amnesiac)RadioheadAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2012-10-12
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)9720992
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
  • XW2016-04-01
1.1Fake Plastic Trees4:50RadioheadFake Plastic TreesRadioheadSingle
  • XW2016-05-13
XL RecordingsXLDS799
2.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
  • XE2016-06-03
XL RecordingsXLLP780
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
  • XE2016-06-03
XL RecordingsXLLP780
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
XL RecordingsXLCD780
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe BendsRadioheadAlbum
XL RecordingsXLCD780
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe Bends (collectors edition)RadioheadAlbum
  • -2016
Parlophone
2.1Fake Plastic Trees4:52RadioheadPure FM: Lazy Factory Room 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • BE2017-03-24
Universal Music Belgium5376791
1.4Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadThe Bends (Bandcamp)RadioheadAlbum
  • XW2021-10-21
XL Recordings
1.10Fake Plastic Trees4:52RadioheadThe Best OfRadioheadAlbum + CompilationParlophone
Promotion
1.2Fake Plastic Trees (album version)4:50RadioheadFake Plastic TreesRadioheadSingle
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)DPRO-79567
1.5Fake Plastic Trees4:52RadioheadQ: Essential GlastonburyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Q (magazine)QGPJUL04
Bootleg
1.15Fake Plastic Trees4:47RadioheadThe Best Thing That You Ever HadRadioheadAlbum + Live
(unknown)
1.14Fake Plastic Trees4:51RadioheadMusic From EMI: The Album (disc 2)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

recording engineer:Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer)
sound engineer:Jim Warren (producer/engineer)
assistant engineer:Guy Massey (UK producer/engineer)
Shelley Saunders
engineer:Chris Brown (engineer)
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
John Leckie
Jim Warren (producer/engineer)
producer:John Leckie
mixer:John Leckie
Paul Q. Kolderee
Radiohead
Sean Slade
editor:Chris Blair (senior mastering engineer at Abbey Road Studios, London, UK)
bass guitar:Colin Greenwood (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
cello:Caroline Lavelle (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
drums (drum set) and percussion:Philip Selway (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
guitar:Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
Ed O’Brien (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
Thom Yorke (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
organ and synthesizer:Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
piano:Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer) (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
Thom Yorke (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
viola and violin:John Matthias (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
background vocals:Ed O’Brien (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
vocals:Thom Yorke (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
strings arranger:Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer)
Thom Yorke
phonographic copyright (℗) by:EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1995)
recorded at:Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
RSK in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
The Manor in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)
mixed at:Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Fort Apache in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
edited at:Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
music videos:Fake Plastic Trees (promo video)
part of:Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 109) (order: 109)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/73CKjW3vsUXRpy3NnX4H7F [info]
stream video for free:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5h0qHwNrHk [info]
recording of:Fake Plastic Trees (from 1994-02 until 1994-11)

Fake Plastic Trees

writer:Colin Greenwood
Jonny Greenwood (English musician and score composer)
Ed O’Brien
Philip Selway
Thom Yorke
publisher:Warner Chappell Ltd.