"Go to Sleep" is a song by the English rock band
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); brothers Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Greenwood (bass) ...
, released as the second
single
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from their sixth studio album ''
Hail to the Thief
''Hail to the Thief'' is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released on 9 June 2003 through Parlophone internationally and a day later through Capitol Records in the United States. It was the last album released ...
'' (2003) on 18 August 2003. It reached number two on the
Canadian Singles Chart
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, number nine on the
Italian Singles Chart, and number 12 on the
UK Singles Chart.
Composition
"Go to Sleep" is composed in alternating bars of 4/4 and 6/4. It features a processed "stuttering" guitar sound created by
Jonny Greenwood
Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood (born 5 November 1971) is an English musician and composer. He is the lead guitarist and keyboardist of the alternative rock band Radiohead, and has written numerous film scores.
Along with his elder brother, th ...
. Radiohead released a live version, recorded in Osaka, for the
War Child charity in 2004.
Music video
A CGI animated music video was released for "Go to Sleep", directed by
Alex Rutterford
Alex Rutterford is a British director and graphic designer working mostly on music videos.
Rutterford studied graphic design at the Croydon School of Art and graduated in 1991. He started his professional career by designing vernacular graphics fo ...
. 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
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Phil ...
in style.
Track listings
UK versions
CD 1
CDR6613
# "Go to Sleep"
# "I Am Citizen Insane"
# "Fog (Again)" (Live)
CD 2
CDRS6613
# "Go to Sleep"
# "Gagging Order"
# "I Am a Wicked Child"
12"
12R6613
# "Go to Sleep"
# "I Am Citizen Insane"
# "I Am a Wicked Child"
US version
CD
52953 released 3 September 2003 by
Capitol Records
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# "Go to Sleep"
# "Gagging Order"
# "I Am a Wicked Child"
7"
R-19218
# "Go to Sleep"
# "I Am Citizen Insane"
Canada version
CD
# "Go to Sleep"
# "I Am Citizen Insane"
# "Fog (Again)" (Live)
Personnel
*
Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar
*
Jonny Greenwood
Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood (born 5 November 1971) is an English musician and composer. He is the lead guitarist and keyboardist of the alternative rock band Radiohead, and has written numerous film scores.
Along with his elder brother, th ...
– guitar, laptop, toy piano
*
Ed O'Brien
Edward John O'Brien (born 15 April 1968) is an English guitarist, songwriter and member of the rock band Radiohead. He releases solo music under the name EOB.
O'Brien attended Abingdon School in Oxfordshire, England, where he met the other mem ...
– guitar, backing vocals
*
Colin Greenwood – bass
*
Philip Selway – drums, backing vocals
Charts
Release history
References
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Radiohead songs
2003 singles
Capitol Records singles
Parlophone singles
Song recordings produced by Nigel Godrich
Songs written by Thom Yorke
Songs written by Colin Greenwood
Songs written by Jonny Greenwood
Songs written by Philip Selway
Songs written by Ed O'Brien
2003 songs