Sleepyhead

This article is about the Passion Pit song. For other uses, see Sleepyhead (disambiguation).

"Sleepyhead"
Single by Passion Pit
from the album Chunk of Change
Released	2008
Recorded	2008
Genre	Electropop, psychedelic pop, alternative dance
Length	2:55
Label	Columbia (UK) Frenchkiss (U.S.)
Writer(s)	Michael Angelakos
Producer	Chris Zane
Passion Pit singles chronology
"Sleepyhead" (2008) "The Reeling" (2009)

"Sleepyhead" is the debut single from American electronic band Passion Pit, featured on their first EP, Chunk of Change. The single was released in 2008. The song also contains samples of "Óró Mo Bháidín" by Mary O'Hara and "San Francisco Scene" by Jack Kerouac.

In popular culture

• The song was also featured on an episode of the British television series Skins.
• The song was used in the 2009 commercial for the Palm Pixi.
• The song was also used in a number of trailers for LittleBigPlanet 2.
• The song was used for MTVs "What the Flip?" campaign. Pitchfork Media included the "Sleepyhead" music video, directed by The Wilderness, in its top 40 music videos of 2008 list. An edited version of sleepyhead was also used in a dance piece directed by Chris Baterina and Raniel Macasaet featuring dancers Phillip Chbeeb, Andrew Baterina, and Jordan Kolar.

"Sleepyhead" was also used as the music in Five USA/Fiver Promo – Seriously Funny Movies Advert in 2009. An instrumental version of "Sleepyhead" was also more recently used as the background song for the debut trailer of the Playstation 3 exclusive, LittleBigPlanet 2, While the original song itself was used in a further trailer for the game. The instrumental version is available within the game itself as a usable music track.

On February 24, 2009, the American iTunes store released "Sleepyhead" as a discovery download song.

Following the band's exposure on the BBC's Sound of 2009, Sleepyhead has started to receive airplay on NME TV in the UK.

Sleepyhead is also used as the title theme song for Max and Jason: Still Up on Current TV.

The song was remixed by the Dubstep artist Borgore as well as by producer Starsmith also featuring vocals by British singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding.

The song was also remixed by Xaphoon Jones of Chiddy Bang in the song "The Jackson Pit" for his mixtape "Xaphoon Jones Mixtape Vol 2"

The song was also featured on a ING Finance app for an iPhone. (Advertisement made by Advertising Agency Leo Burnett.)

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	105
U.S. Heatseekers Songs	9

Chart (2011)	Peak position
U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs	11

External links

• Official band website
• Official video