Sleep on the Floor

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"Sleep on the Floor"
Single by The Lumineers
from the album Cleopatra
ReleasedNovember 16, 2016 (2016-11-16)
Recorded2013–15
Studio Clubhouse Recording Studios
Genre
Length3:31
Label Dualtone Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Simone Felice
The Lumineers singles chronology
"Angela (Live, 2016)"
(2016)		"Sleep on the Floor"
(2016)		"Blue Christmas"
(2016)
Music video
"Sleep on the Floor" on YouTube

"Sleep on the Floor" is a single by American folk rock band The Lumineers from their second studio album Cleopatra . The song was released on November 16, 2016, by Dualtone Records, with the accompanying music video being released the same day. [1] [2] The song was written by members Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites, and produced by Simone Felice. [3]

Contents

Music video

The official music video was released via the Lumineers' YouTube and Vevo accounts on November 16, 2016. As of November 2023, it has gained over 210 million views. [4] The music video was directed by Isaac Ravishankara, who also directed The Ballad of Cleopatra videos compilation, [5] starring Elise Eberle and Adam C. Lively. [6] The music video was intended as, essentially, a trailer. The full movie was later released on Vimeo. [7]

The clip begins with a scene of a girl attending her father's funeral, then her boyfriend tells her "If we don't leave now, you may never make it out". Then the girl goes with him into a car and they drive throughout all the state; after some mechanical problems with their car, they finally arrive at a house where they spend the night. The same night they get married; the music video ends with them going to sleep on the house's floor but when it dawns, she was the only one laying down on the floor. This means the rest of the video was what could’ve happened if she left with her boyfriend.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Cleopatra liner notes. [3] [8]

The Lumineers

Additional Musicians

Production

Recording

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [15] 2× Platinum120,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [16] Platinum80,000‡
Portugal (AFP) [17] Gold5,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [18] Silver200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Covers

The song was covered by Canadian singer-songwriter Dan Mangan, initially as a standalone single in February 2024 [19] before being included on his "mixtape" album Being Elsewhere Mix in the fall. [20]

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