Radiohead’s “Creep,” performed by the Vega Choir of Sweden, has been burning up the Internet like a match on a gasoline-soaked haystack.
Hit Play and scroll down this page and find out what’s going on with Vega Choir’s “Creep.”
What is “Creep”?
“Creep” is a song by English band Radiohead that was released in 1992.
What is The Vega Choir?
From Malmo, Sweden, Vega Choir is “25 girls from 18 to 25 years of age [who] sing mainly classic pop- and rocksongs.”
Why is Vega Choir’s Version of “Creep” Suddenly So Popular?
This version of “Creep” was used in the trailer for The Social Network, a movie about Mark Zuckerberg and the inception of Facebook.
Not only that, Vega Choir’s version of “Creep” is a haunting, bone-chilling take on a song that many of us have known for nearly the last two decades. “Creep” is about unrequited love, the state of being when when you love someone but they do not love you back.
What Does “Creep” Have To Do With Zuckerberg and Facebook?
“Creep” is also about social alienation. Facebook, begun by very alienated geeks at Harvard, was seen as a way for even the most hated, socially awkward freaks to connect to real people. But that’s not all!
By laying down “Creep” over the trailer, the implication may be that Zuckerberg himself–even now that he is a famous billionaire–is still a creep, due to serious privacy problems that erupted in 2009 and 2010, and Zuckerberg’s apparent lack of concern about these problems.
Are There Other Notable Versions of “Creep”?
- You can hear Radiohead/EMI’s original and official version of “Creep.”
- You’ve got an acoustic version of “Creep” featured in a scene with Johnny Depp and Charlotte Gainsbourg in the 2004 film …And They Lived Happily Ever After. The inclusion of “Creep” gives this meeting with Depp and Gainsbourg a menacing spin.
- Finally, some wiseacre overlaid the Vega Choir version of “Creep” onto Zuckerberg’s now-famous display of fat pellets of sweat when asked by Kara Swisher on All Things Digital about Facebook’s privacy lapses.
What Are The “Creep” Lyrics?
When you were here before,
Couldn’t look you in the eye
You’re just like an angel,
Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
I wish I were special
You’re so fucking special
But I’m a creep,
I’m a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don’t belong here
I don’t care if it hurts,
I wanna have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice
when I’m not around
You’re so fucking special
I wish I were special
But I’m a creep
I’m a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don’t belong here, ohhhh, ohhhh
She’s running out the door
She’s running out
She run run run run…
run…
Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You’re so fucking special
[whispered] I wish I were special
But I’m a creep,
I’m a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don’t belong here
I don’t belong here…
