Sleep (Texas song)

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"Sleep"
Texas Sleep.jpg
Single by Texas featuring Paul Buchanan
from the album Red Book
Released9 January 2006 (2006-01-09) [1]
Length4:09
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Johnny Mac
Texas singles chronology
"Can't Resist"
(2005)		"Sleep"
(2006)		"The Conversation"
(2013)

"Sleep" is a song by Scottish band Texas, released as the third and final single from their seventh studio album, Red Book (2005), on 9 January 2006. The song features Paul Buchanan from fellow Scottish musical group the Blue Nile. "Sleep" was released on 9 January 2006 in three different formats: two audio CD singles and a DVD single. The song peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart, and as of 2024, it remains their last UK top-40 hit.

Contents

"Take Your Mama" from CD2 is a cover version of the song by Scissor Sisters. A free, limited-edition slip-case was made available by mail to house all three formats.

Music video

The music video was directed by Peter Kay and featured him as Marc Park (which he previously portrayed in two episodes of That Peter Kay Thing ). The video also features Sian Gibson. The scenes, which are set in a school, were filmed at Harper Green School, in Farnworth, Bolton. The video features spoofs of the clay-sculpting moment from the 1984 Lionel Richie music video for "Hello", the pottery scene from the 1990 film Ghost , and the ending of the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman , where Richard Gere picks up Debra Winger.

Track listings

Charts

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References

  1. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . 7 January 2006. p. 17.
  2. ↑ Sleep (UK CD1 liner notes). Texas. Mercury Records. 2006. 9876291.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ↑ Sleep (UK CD2 liner notes). Texas. Mercury Records. 2006. 9876292.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ Sleep (UK DVD single liner notes). Texas. Mercury Records. 2006. 9876293.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Texas". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Texas: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "The Official UK Singles Chart 2006" (PDF). UKChartsPlus . Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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