Sleepyhead (song)

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This article is about the Passion Pit song. For other songs with the same title, see Sleepyhead (disambiguation).
"Sleepyhead"
Sleepyhead Passion Pit.jpeg
Single by Passion Pit
from the album Chunk of Change and Manners
A-side"Sleepyhead"
B-side"Better Things"
Released8 September 2008
Recorded2008
Genre
Length2:55
LabelColumbia (UK)
Frenchkiss (U.S.)
Songwriter(s)Michael Angelakos
Producer(s)Chris Zane
Passion Pit singles chronology
"Sleepyhead"
(2008) 		"The Reeling"
(2009)

"Sleepyhead" is the debut single from American electronic band Passion Pit, featured on their first EP, Chunk of Change. The single was released in September 2008. The song contains samples of "Óró Mo Bháidín" by Mary O'Hara and "San Francisco Scene (The Beat Generation)" by Jack Kerouac ("and everything is going to the beat"). Two different versions of the song exist with minute differences. On the Chunk of Change EP, the song ends on a fade out while on the Manners album the song ends with a definite stop.

An instrumental version of the song also makes an appearance in the video game LittleBigPlanet 2.

Track listing[]

7" Single
  1. "Sleepyhead" – 2:55
  2. "Better Things" – 4:32
Grum & Little Vampires Club Mixes
  1. "Sleepyhead (Grum Remix)" – 7:26
  2. "Sleepyhead (Grum Dub)" – 7:26
  3. "Sleepyhead (Grum Radio Edit)" – 3:57
  4. "Sleepyhead (Little Vampires Remix)" – 3:56
Wawa Club Mixes
  1. "Sleepyhead (Wawa Remix)" – 6:08
  2. "Sleepyhead (Wawa Dub)" – 6:02
  3. "Sleepyhead (Wawa Radio Edit)" – 3:03

Charts[]

Chart (2008/2009) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) 71
U.S. Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 4
U.S. Heatseekers Songs 9
Chart (2011) Peak
position
U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs 11

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[1] Platinum 1,000,000double-dagger

double-dagger Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References[]

  1. "Sleepyhead / Better Things" at Discogs
  2. https://www.discogs.com/Passion-Pit-Sleepyhead-Grum-Little-Vampires-Club-Mixes/release/4969997
  3. https://www.discogs.com/Passion-Pit-Sleepyhead-Wawa-Club-Mixes/release/4969965

External links[]

  1. ^ "American single certifications – Passion Pit – Sleepyhead". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
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