List of unreleased songs by Radiohead

The English alternative rock band Radiohead have written numerous songs that have not been officially released. Live performances of many of the songs circulate as bootlegs. Asked in 2013 about the status of the unreleased songs, Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich said: "Everything will surface one day... it all exists... and so it will eventually get there I'm sure." He cited the song "Nude", written in the late 1990s but released on Radiohead's 2007 album In Rainbows, as an example of a song that took years to complete. Yorke and guitarist Jonny Greenwood performed a rearranged version in 2017.
"Skirting on the Surface"
Yorke debuted "Skirting on the Surface" in 2009 in a solo piano rendition while on tour with his other band Atoms for Peace. It was first performed by Radiohead in 2012 in an arrangement Pitchfork described as a "bleak slow-groover". Variations on the title have appeared on Radiohead's website since 1997.
"I Froze Up"
Yorke debuted "I Froze Up" on Rhodes piano during a webcast performance in 2002. In 2010, he performed the song again at a solo concert in Cambridge, England, and two months later in Chicago while touring with Atoms for Peace. Rolling Stone described it as "sparse" and "haunting". According to , the song "sounds like nothing else Radiohead has ever written", with country and folk elements.
"Slave"
Yorke mentioned "Slave" in a 2008 interview, and said he would send it to Godrich for mixing that night.
"Open the Floodgates" / "Porous"
"Open the Floodgates", also referred to by bassist Colin Greenwood as "Porous", dates to at least 2006. Yorke debuted it on piano alongside "I Froze Up" in 2010.

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