Sleepless (King Crimson song)
Template:Infobox song "Sleepless" is a song by the band King Crimson from their 1984 album Three of a Perfect Pair. The song was released as a single in March 1984 and mixed for radio by Bob Clearmountain.<ref name="Music Week"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The track is best known for its opening bass-line which features Tony Levin slapping on the strings to create a pulsating beat, and for the music video in which all four members of the band appeared.
Track listing
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Personnel
- King Crimson
- Adrian Belew – guitar, lead vocals
- Robert Fripp – guitar
- Tony Levin – bass, Chapman stick, synthesizer, backing vocals
- Bill Bruford – drums
- Additional personnel
- François Kevorkian – mixing (dance and instrumental versions)
- Bob Clearmountain – mixing (single version)
Charts
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Uses in Popular Culture
A remixed version has been used as the interlude music for the long-running Australian Broadcasting Commission music video program Rage. The accompanying video clip features excerpts from the original music video for the song.