"
Harrowdown Hill" is a song by
Radiohead frontman
Thom Yorke and is the eighth track on his 2006
album The Eraser. The song was also released as a
limited edition single in the
United Kingdom on 21 August 2006, peaking at #23 in the
UK Singles Chart (see
2006 in British music). "Harrowdown Hill" was Yorke's first official solo single, and one of two to be released from
The Eraser; however, the track "Black Swan" had already been issued as a radio-only single in some areas. The song was written about
biological warfare expert David Kelly who, as a matter of some contention, committed suicide in 2003. However, there is speculation that he was murdered, as demonstrated in the song. Thom Yorke himself confirmed the song's meaning in several interviews.