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TIL In April 2008, Prince covered “Creep” at Coachella. This version was captured on a video and uploaded to Youtube. However, it was quickly taken down at Prince’s request. After finding out about the blocking, Thom Yorke was quoted as saying: “Well, tell him to unblock it. It’s our song.”

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