"Go to Sleep" is a song by the English rock band

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, released as the second

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from their sixth studio album ''

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'' (2003) on 18 August 2003. It reached number two on the

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, number nine on the

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, and number 12 on the

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Composition

"Go to Sleep" is composed in alternating bars of 4/4 and 6/4. It features a processed "stuttering" guitar sound created by

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. 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. 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

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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

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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 Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician and the main vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Radiohead. A multi-instrumentalist, he mainly plays guitar and keyboards and is noted for his falsetto. He has been describe ...

– vocals, guitar *

– 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 Colin Charles Greenwood (born 26 June 1969) is an English musician and the bassist for the rock band Radiohead. Along with bass guitar, Greenwood plays Double bass, upright bass and Electronic musical instrument, electronic instruments. With h ...

– bass *

Philip Selway Philip James Selway (born 23 May 1967) is an English musician and the drummer of the English rock band Radiohead. Along with the other members of Radiohead, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. Selway released his debut ...

– drums, backing vocals

Charts

Release history

References

{{Authority control 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