"Ridiculous Thoughts" is a song by Irish rock band the Cranberries, released in July 1995 by Island Records as the fourth single (third in North America) from their second studio album, No Need to Argue (1994).

"[3] The video clip for "Ridiculous Thoughts" was directed in May 1995 by Samuel Bayer and later redone by the band, using the pseudonym "Freckles Flynn".

The band is shown in front of the freaks of a circus signs (monkey rodeo, rubber skin man, etc.)

It features a young Elijah Wood, who tries to follow a radio signal 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.