"Just" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, included on their second album, The Bends (1995). It was released as a single on 21 August 1995 and reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart.

In 2008, "Just" was included in Radiohead: The Best Of. English producer Mark Ronson released a cover version in February 2008 as the fourth single from his album Version.

"Just" was the first song Radiohead finished while working on The Bends at RAK Studios.^[5] At the time of recording, the singer, Thom Yorke, said it was the most exciting thing Radiohead had recorded.^[6]

Much of "Just" was written by Radiohead's lead guitarist, Jonny Greenwood. Yorke said Greenwood "was trying to get as many chords as he could into a song".^[7] According to the guitarist Ed O'Brien, earlier versions of the song were about seven minutes long.^[6] The lyrics describe someone in a bad relationship, with a "malicious" vocal vibrato from Yorke.^[6]

"Just" begins with a strummed solo guitar, which the critic Mac Randall likened to the 1991 Nirvana song "Smells Like Teen Spirit".^[6] The angular guitar riff was influenced by John McGeoch's playing on the 1978 Magazine song "Shot by Both Sides"; Greenwood said that it was "pretty much the same kind of idea".^[8] Both "Just" and "Shot by Both Sides" were produced by John Leckie.^[6]

During the solo, Greenwood plays octatonic scales that extend over four octaves.^[9] With the use of a DigiTech Whammy pedal, Greenwood pitch-shifts the solo into a high, piercing frequency.^[6][5]

The "Just" music video was directed by Jamie Thraves, who adapted it from an idea he had for a short film. It took two days to shoot. The street scenes were filmed on Liverpool Street, London; the scenes of the band were filmed on a set.^[10]

In the video, a man lies in the middle of the pavement, attracting attention from passersby. The members of Radiohead watch from an apartment above. The man's conversation with passersby is displayed in subtitles; they ask why he is lying down, but he refuses to explain. Eventually, the man explains, but his explanation is not subtitled. The bystanders lie down next to him.^[10]

In 2007, NME named "Just" the 34th-greatest "indie anthem".^[11] In 2017, NME named the guitar solo one of the greatest of all time.^[12]

UK CD1 and cassette single^[13][14]

1. "Just" – 3:52
2. "Planet Telex" (Karma Sunra mix) – 5:21 (remix by U.N.K.L.E.)
3. "Killer Cars" (Mogadon version) – 3:49 (remix by John Leckie)

UK CD2^[15]

1. "Just" – 3:52
2. "Bones" (live) – 3:13
3. "Planet Telex" (live) – 4:07
4. "Anyone Can Play Guitar" (live) – 3:39

Australian CD single^[16]

1. "Just" (album version) – 3:52
2. "Bones" (live) – 3:13

• Thom Yorke – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars
• Jonny Greenwood – electric guitar, Hammond organ
• Ed O'Brien – electric guitar
• Colin Greenwood – bass
• Philip Selway – drums