"I promise" is a slow-burning, acoustic meditation on themes common throughout the record, including loneliness and alienation, paranoia and heartache. "I won't run away no more, I promise," frontman Thom Yorke sings wearily against a strummed guitar and military drum beat. "Even when I get bored, I promise. Even when you lock me out, I promise. I say my prayers every night, I promise."

"I Promise" is one of three previously unreleased tracks available on a deluxe version of OK Computer due out June 23 called OKNOTOK. Bootlegged copies of it, and the other two tracks, "Lift" and "Man Of War," have floated around online for years. But this will mark their first official release. OKNOTOK will include a remastered version of the original album, the previously unreleased tracks and demo recordings.

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