"Sleeping with the Light On" is a song by English

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band Busted. It was the second song that band members

James Bourne James Elliot Bourne (born 13 September 1983) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is known as the co-founder of pop punk bands Busted and Son of Dork, and he also created his own electronic project: Future Boy. From 2013 to 2015 ...

and

Matt Willis Mathew James Willis (born 8 May 1983), also previously known as Mattie Jay, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, television personality and actor. He is known as co-founder, bassist and the co-vocalist of the pop rock band, Busted. Will ...

wrote together. It was recorded in 2002 for their debut album, '' Busted'', and later released on 11 August 2003 exclusively in the United Kingdom and Ireland as the album's fourth single. It reached number three on the

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Background

"Sleeping with the Light On" was written by Busted members

and

and produced by

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. The song was heavily remixed for its release as a single; the first chorus is more forceful than on the album version. This "New Version" was also used for the song's

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. Among the single

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were a non-album track, "Last Summer"; a medley of Busted's first three singles, which was previously performed on '' CD:UK'', and a live recording of "

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" with 40,000 fans singing the chorus. The song was performed on '' Blue Peter'', ''CD:UK'', ''

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'' and '' Top of the Pops Saturday''.

Track listings

UK CD1 # "Sleeping with the Light On" (new version) # "Year Three School Said No" (medley) # "Last Summer" # "Sleeping with the Light On" (enhanced section and video) UK CD2 # "Sleeping with the Light On" (live) # " What I Go to School For" (40,000 Bust fans chorus) # "You Said No" (live) # Enhanced section UK cassette single # "Sleeping with the Light On" (new version) # "Year Three School Said No" (medley) # "

Year 3000 "Year 3000" is a song performed by British pop rock band Busted. It was released as the second single from their debut studio album '' Busted'' (2002). "Year 3000" reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and became the 34th-biggest seller ...

" (demo version)

Personnel

Personnel are taken from the '' Busted'' album booklet. * Busted – all instruments ** James Bourne – writing ** Matt Willis – writing (as Matthew Jay) **

Charlie Simpson Charles Robert Simpson (born 7 June 1985) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is a member of multi- BRIT Award-winning rock band Busted and he is also the lead vocalist and the rhythm guitarist in the British post-hardcore band ...

* Steve Robson – all instruments, production * John McLaughlin – additional production *

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– mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sleeping with the Light On 2000s Island Records singles 2003 singles Busted (band) songs Songs written by James Bourne Songs written by Matt Willis