"Get Some Sleep" is a song by New Zealand singer-songwriter

Bic Runga Briolette Kah Bic Runga (born 13 January 1976), recording as Bic Runga, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist pop artist. Her first three studio albums debuted at number one on the Recording Industry Association of New Ze ...

. It was released in June 2002 as the lead single from her second studio album, ''

Beautiful Collision ''Beautiful Collision'' is the second solo album by New Zealand artist Bic Runga, released on 1 July 2002 in New Zealand, 15 July 2002 in Australia, and 5 November 2002 in the United States. Critical reception Ken Goldstein of PopMatters gave t ...

'' (2002). In New Zealand, "Get Some Sleep" was the most successful song by a native artist in 2002, ranking at number six on the country's year-end chart and peaking at number three on the

RIANZ Singles Chart Recorded Music NZ (formerly the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ)) is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell recorded music in New Zealand. Membership of Recorded Mus ...

. The song also reached number 27 in Ireland, number 78 in the United Kingdom, and number 92 in Australia.

Track listings

New Zealand CD single (672749.2) # "Get Some Sleep" # "You Don't Want to Know" # "Gracie" Australian CD single (COL 674125 1) # "Get Some Sleep" (album version) # "Get Some Sleep" (remix airplay edit) UK and Irish CD single (674548 2) # "Get Some Sleep" # "

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" (CSO live version)

Personnel

Personnel are adapted from the liner notes of ''Beautiful Collision''. *

– vocals, arrangements, production * Tim Arnold – twelve-string acoustic guitar, vocals * Milan Borich – twelve-string acoustic guitar, vocals * Michael Brauer – mixing *

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– mastering * Ricardo Chavarria – mixing assistance *

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– acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Jay Foulkes – tambourine * Ben King – vocals *

Boh Runga Boh Runga (born 1969/1970) is a New Zealand recording artist and was the lead singer and guitarist in New Zealand rock band Stellar. Boh is the older sister of Bic Runga and Pearl Runga who are also musicians. Early life Boh grew up in Chris ...

– vocal guidance and direction *

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– bass *

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– drums

Charts

Weekly charts

Year end charts

Release history

References

External links

Bic's official website
2002 singles 2002 songs Bic Runga songs Columbia Records singles Songs written by Bic Runga {{2000s-NewZealand-single-stub