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Wikipedia article
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| type = single
| artist = Radiohead
| album = Hail to the Thief
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| genre = Alternative rock
| length = 3:21
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| writer = Radiohead
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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
"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. 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 modern 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# "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 guitar, laptop, toy piano
*Ed O'Brien guitar, backing vocals
*Colin Greenwood bass
*Philip Selway drums, backing vocals
Charts
Release history
References
Category:Radiohead songs
Category:2003 singles
Category:Capitol Records singles
Category:Parlophone singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Nigel Godrich
Category:Songs written by Thom Yorke
Category:Songs written by Colin Greenwood
Category:Songs written by Jonny Greenwood
Category:Songs written by Philip Selway
Category:Songs written by Ed O'Brien
Category:2003 songs
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