Go to Sleep

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"Go to Sleep" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released as the second single from their sixth studio album, Hail to the Thief (2003) on 18 August 2003. It reached number two on the Canadian Singles Chart, number nine on the Italian Singles Chart, and number 12 on the UK singles chart.

Composition

The first part of "Go to Sleep" is composed in alternating bars of 4/4 and 12/8.[1] It features a processed "stuttering" guitar sound created by Jonny Greenwood.[2] Radiohead released a live version, recorded in Osaka, for the War Child charity in 2004.[3]

Music video

A CGI animated music video was released for "Go to Sleep", directed by Alex Rutterford.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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 style.

Release

"Go to Sleep" was released as the second single from Radiohead's sixth studio album, Hail to the Thief (2003) on 18 August 2003.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 2023, Rolling Stone said it was not an appropriate choice of single but that EMI had wanted to "retrench Radiohead as a big rock band" to compete with acts such as Coldplay and Muse.[4]

Track listings

UK versions

CD 1 CDR6613

  1. "Go to Sleep" - Template:Duration
  2. "I Am Citizen Insane" - Template:Duration
  3. "Fog (Again)" (Live) - Template:Duration

CD 2 CDRS6613

  1. "Go to Sleep" - Template:Duration
  2. "Gagging Order" - Template:Duration
  3. "I Am a Wicked Child" - Template:Duration

12" 12R6613

  1. "Go to Sleep" - Template:Duration
  2. "I Am Citizen Insane" - Template:Duration
  3. "I Am a Wicked Child" - Template:Duration

US version

CD 52953 released 3 September 2003 by Capitol Records

  1. "Go to Sleep" - Template:Duration
  2. "Gagging Order" - Template:Duration
  3. "I Am a Wicked Child" - Template:Duration

7" R-19218

  1. "Go to Sleep" - Template:Duration
  2. "I Am Citizen Insane" - Template:Duration

Canada version

CD 1 52954

  1. "Go to Sleep" - Template:Duration
  2. "I Am Citizen Insane" - Template:Duration
  3. "Fog (Again)" (Live) - Template:Duration

CD 2 52955

  1. "Go to Sleep" - Template:Duration
  2. "Gagging Order" - Template:Duration
  3. "I Am a Wicked Child" - Template:Duration

Personnel

Charts

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Chart (2003) Peak
position
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[5] 2
US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[5] 32

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
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References

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