Go to Sleep

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"Go to Sleep"
Radiohead Go to Sleep 12.jpg
Single by Radiohead
from the album Hail to the Thief
B-side
  • "I Am Citizen Insane"
  • "Gagging Order"
  • "I Am a Wicked Child"
  • "Fog (Again)" (Live)
Released18 August 2003 (2003-08-18)
Genre Alternative rock
Length3:21
Label
Songwriter(s) Radiohead
Producer(s)
Radiohead singles chronology
"There There"
(2003)		"Go to Sleep"
(2003)		"2 + 2 = 5"
(2003)
Music video
"Go to Sleep" on YouTube

"Go to Sleep" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released as the second single from their sixth studio album, Hail to the Thief (2003) on 18 August 2003. It reached number two on the Canadian Singles Chart, number nine on the Italian Singles Chart, and number 12 on the UK singles chart.

Contents

Composition

The first part of "Go to Sleep" is composed in alternating bars of 4/4 and 12/8. [1] It features a processed "stuttering" guitar sound created by Jonny Greenwood. [2] Radiohead released a live version, recorded in Osaka, for the War Child charity in 2004. [3]

Music video

A CGI animated music video was released for "Go to Sleep", directed by Alex Rutterford.[ citation needed ] It depicts the singer, Thom Yorke, sitting in a park while people in business suits walk by rapidly. The classical buildings spontaneously crumble and reassemble themselves in modern in style.

Release

"Go to Sleep" was released as the second single from Radiohead's sixth studio album, Hail to the Thief (2003) on 18 August 2003.[ citation needed ] In 2023, Rolling Stone said it was not an appropriate choice of single but that EMI had wanted to "retrench Radiohead as a big rock band" to compete with acts such as Coldplay and Muse. [4]

Track listings

UK versions

CD 1CDR6613

  1. "Go to Sleep"
  2. "I Am Citizen Insane"
  3. "Fog (Again)" (Live)

CD 2CDRS6613

  1. "Go to Sleep"
  2. "Gagging Order"
  3. "I Am a Wicked Child"

12"12R6613

  1. "Go to Sleep"
  2. "I Am Citizen Insane"
  3. "I Am a Wicked Child"

US version

CD52953 released 3 September 2003 by Capitol Records

  1. "Go to Sleep"
  2. "Gagging Order"
  3. "I Am a Wicked Child"

7"R-19218

  1. "Go to Sleep"
  2. "I Am Citizen Insane"

Canada version

CD

  1. "Go to Sleep"
  2. "I Am Citizen Insane"
  3. "Fog (Again)" (Live)

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [5] 39
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [6] 10
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) [7] 2
Denmark (Tracklisten) [8] 11
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [9] 14
France (SNEP) [10] 87
Germany (GfK) [11] 82
Ireland (IRMA) [12] 11
Italy (FIMI) [13] 9
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [14] 55
Scotland (OCC) [15] 10
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 90
UK Singles (OCC) [17] 12
UK Rock & Metal (OCC) [18] 2
US Modern Rock Tracks ( Billboard ) [7] 32

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom18 August 2003
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
 Parlophone [19]
United States Capitol [20]
Australia1 September 2003
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
Parlophone [21]

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