--- description: Radiohead helps the Internet win this round title: Prince's Cover of Radiohead's "Creep" Will Haunt You In The Best Way Possible image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Prince's Cover of Radiohead's 'Creep' Will Haunt You In The Best Way Possible by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 8, 2015 7:41 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 8, 2015 7:41 PM CUT In 2008, Prince stunned the crowd at Coachella with a sultry cover of Radiohead’s “Creep.” The incongruous and amazing performance almost instantaneously became the stuff of legend, whispered about by music fans who wished they could have been there to see it. But they couldn’t even watch the performance online. Adding to the song’s mystique was the fact that the internet adverse Prince and his team of copyright enforcers quickly took down any and all trace of the performance whenever appeared online. But then this happened: > [](https://twitter.com/Prince3EG/status/674219042085863428) The Purple One himself [tweeted a link](http://www.nmevideo.com/creep-prince-at-coachella-2008-uploaded-via-permission-from-radiohead?utm%5Fsource=Twitter&utm%5Fmedium=Post&utm%5Fcampaign=Twitter "undefined") to an N.M.E. article that noted that Radiohead’s Thom Yorke had given permission for the cover to live online. “Well, tell him to unblock it. It’s our … song,” said Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, according to Miles Hartl’s [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFXZNt4oLkE "undefined") that posted the song. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4140876/prince-radiohead-creep-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4140876/prince-radiohead-creep-video/"},"headline":"Prince's Cover of Radiohead's 'Creep' Will Haunt You In The Best Way Possible","datePublished":"2015-12-08T19:41:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:28.511Z","description":"Radiohead helps the Internet win this round","url":"https://time.com/4140876/prince-radiohead-creep-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Prince"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4140876/prince-radiohead-creep-video/","name":"Prince's Cover of Radiohead's 'Creep' Will Haunt You In The Best Way Possible"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Giorgio Moroder Describes the Perfect Pop Dance Song","description":"At the age of 74, electronic music producer Giorgio Moroder is releasing his first album in three decades.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/J4PWndMR/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-06T22:07:47.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/J4PWndMR.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4140876/prince-radiohead-creep-video/","duration":"PT1M15S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4140876/prince-radiohead-creep-video/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```