Sleep Through the Static (song)

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"Sleep Through the Static"
Single by Jack Johnson
from the album Sleep Through the Static
ReleasedDecember 2007
Recorded Los Angeles, California, 2007
Genre Rock
Length3:33
Label Universal
Songwriter(s) Jack Johnson
Producer(s) Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson singles chronology
"If I Had Eyes"
(2007)
"Sleep Through the Static"
(2007)
"Same Girl"
(2008)

"Sleep Through the Static" is third single from American singer/songwriter Jack Johnson's third studio album Sleep Through the Static .

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The track features a short melodic opening played on a melodica with drums, electric guitar and bass following. The song features some complex lyrics, with a blues feeling and the representative Jack Johnson's groove.

Johnson implied in an interview with National Public Radio that the song was made to protest the Iraq War. [1]

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
UK Singles Charts 150

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