Ridiculous Thoughts

"Ridiculous Thoughts" was recorded at The Manor Studios, Oxford and Townhouse Studios, London, during the 1994 sessions for No Need to Argue. The music for "Ridiculous Thoughts" was written by Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan. The lyrics were written by O'Riordan. It was produced and engineered by Stephen Street. "Ridiculous Thoughts" was released as a single in July 1995. It had mild success in Ireland reaching #23 and some success in both the UK and the U.S. As most of the Cranberries' singles in the United States, a physical CD single was not released commercially, so it did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100. It did peak at number fourteen on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart, and number twenty in the UK. The video clip for "Ridiculous Thoughts" was directed on May 1995 by Samuel Bayer, and later redone by the band, using the pseudonym "Freckles Flynn". The band was shown as the freaks of a circus (the elastic man, the bearded woman, etc.) on a deserted location. It features a young Elijah Wood, who tries to follow some kind of radio signal (which seems to be guided by O'Riordan's voice), all around the ruins of a building. O'Riordan stated that the band did not understand or identify with the concept that Bayer had shown in the video, and thus, they decided to redo it, mixing the original tape with live footage from their American Tour.

Twister, oh, does anyone see through you? You're a twister, oh, an animal But you're so happy, how? I didn't go along with You're so happy how? Na-na-na-na But you're gonna have to hold on You're gonna have to hold on You're gonna have to hold on Hold on, hold on Or we're gonna have to move on We're gonna have to move on Or we're gonna have to move on Move on, move on I feel alright And I cried so hard the Ridiculous thoughts, a-ha how I feel alright, alright, alright, alright Twister, oh, I shouldn't have trusted in you Twister, oh, a-na-na-na It's not gonna happen now You're not gonna make fun of me Happen now, a-na-na-na But you're gonna have to hold on You're gonna have to hold on You're gonna have to hold on Hold on, hold on Or we're gonna have to move on We're gonna have to move on Or we're gonna have to move on Move on, move on I feel alright And I cried so hard the Ridiculous thoughts, a-ha how I feel alright, alright, alright, alright A-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha You should have lied But I cried so hard the Ridiculous thoughts, a-ha how We should have lied, a lied, a lied, a lied But you're gonna have to hold on You're gonna have to hold on You're gonna have to hold on You're gonna have to hold on You're gonna have to hold on You're gonna have to hold on You're gonna have to hold on You're gonna have to hold on You're gonna have to hold on You're gonna have to hold on Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on Well, you're gonna have to hold on You're gonna have to hold on, to me