"If You Keep Losing Sleep" is a song by Australian band

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from their fifth album ''

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'', released on 9 October 2007. It was the third single in Australia to be released from the album. It was released worldwide as the second single from the album, since " Reflections of a Sound" was only available as a single in Australia. On 30 September, the band performed the song live on the talk show ''Rove'', hosted by

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, taking elements from the song's video and bringing them into the performance. "If You Keep Losing Sleep" peaked at 16 on the official

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single charts in Australia.

Music video

The

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for the single premiered on Channel Seven's ''Sunrise'' program on 28 August 2007. It was directed by Damon Escott and Stephen Lance and producer Leanne Tonkes, who also directed the " Reflections of a Sound" video. The band described the video as their most "electrifying" video ever made, in reference to the lightning-bolt

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throughout the video. The visual effects in the clip were produced by Brisbane-based visual effects company Liquid VFX (a division of the internationally successful animation company Liquid Animation). Escott and Lance describe the clip as "

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meets

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. A demented toy box of

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horror".

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described it as "the best video I've seen from Australia ever" while discussing music with

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and Mel on ''Sunrise'' in August 2007. The Damon Escott and Stephen Lance directed music video was nominated for Best Video at the

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.ARIA Award previous winners.

Reception

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'' said, "Silverchair find themselves in a nightmarish

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world of baton-twirling, candy-crunching, bubble-machines, blowing zany melodies at crazed carnival barkers, as Oompa Loompas stomp in concert with the kick drum. It’s the furthest they travelled from the erstwhile grunge of their first album."

Track listing

Australia CD Single (ELEVENCD76) # "If You Keep Losing Sleep" # "We're Not Lonely But We Miss You" # "Barbarella" Australian iTunes Single # "If You Keep Losing Sleep" # "We're Not Lonely But We Miss You" # "Barbarella" # "Hide Under Your Tongue"

Charts

References

{{authority control 2007 singles Silverchair songs Songs written by Daniel Johns Song recordings produced by Nick Launay 2007 songs Eleven: A Music Company singles Song recordings produced by David Bottrill