| Sleepyhead | |
| Cover: | Sleepyhead Passion Pit.jpeg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Passion Pit |
| Album: | Chunk of Change and Manners |
| A-Side: | Sleepyhead |
| B-Side: | Better Things |
| Released: | 8 September 2008 |
| Recorded: | 2008 |
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| Length: | 2:55 |
| Label: | Columbia (UK) Frenchkiss (U.S.) Neon Gold |
| Producer: | Chris Zane |
| Chronology: | Passion Pit |
| Next Title: | The Reeling |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
"Sleepyhead" is the debut single from American electronic band Passion Pit, featured on their first EP, Chunk of Change, and later on their debut album Manners. The single was released on 8 September 2008. When the song had been re-released on Manners, it had an updated sound.
The music video showcases a series of images with clapping hands, instruments and Michael Angeakos singing, all together it mimicked the animation style of a zoetrope.
The song contains samples of "Óró Mo Bháidín" by Mary O'Hara and "San Francisco Scene (The Beat Generation)" by Jack Kerouac ("and everything is going to the beat").[1]
In the announcement trailer for the puzzle-platform game LittleBigPlanet 2, the instrumental of the Chunk of Change version of the song had been used, this includes usage in the games official soundtrack.[2] [3]
Single
| Chart (2008/2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[4] | 71 |
| U.S. Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles[5] | 4 |
| U.S. Heatseekers Songs[6] | 9 |