Sleepyhead
title: "Sleepyhead" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2008-songs", "2008-debut-singles", "passion-pit-songs", "songs-written-by-michael-angelakos", "columbia-records-singles", "frenchkiss-records-singles", "neon-gold-records-singles"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepyhead" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox song"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 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 | September 8, 2008 |
| recorded | 2008 |
| genre | *Electropop |
| length | 2:55 |
| label | Columbia (UK) |
| Frenchkiss (U.S.) | |
| Neon Gold | |
| writer | Michael Angelakos |
| producer | Chris Zane |
| chronology | Passion Pit |
| next_title | The Reeling |
| next_year | 2009 |
| :: |
::callout[type=note] the Passion Pit song ::
| name = Sleepyhead | cover = Sleepyhead Passion Pit.jpeg | alt = | type = single | artist = Passion Pit | album = Chunk of Change* and *Manners | A-side = Sleepyhead | B-side = Better Things | released = September 8, 2008 | recorded = 2008 | studio = | venue = | genre = *Electropop
- neo-psychedelia
- post-disco | length = 2:55 | label = Columbia (UK) Frenchkiss (U.S.) Neon Gold | writer = Michael Angelakos | producer = Chris Zane | chronology = Passion Pit | prev_title = | prev_year = | 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 September 8, 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 Angelakos singing, all together it mimicks 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").
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 included usage in the game's official soundtrack.
Track listing
Single | title1 = Sleepyhead | length1 = 2:55 | title2 = Better things | length2 = 4:32
Charts
::data[format=table] | Chart (2008/2009) | Peak position | |---|---| | Canada (Canadian Hot 100) | 71 | | U.S. Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles | 4 | | U.S. Heatseekers Songs | 9 | ::
::data[format=table] | Chart (2011) | Peak position | |---|---| | U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs | 11 | ::
Certifications
References
References
- (2008-09-08). "Sleepyhead by Passion Pit on Apple Music".
- Dillon, Brian. (2023-06-15). "Internet mind-blown that famous US electropop track samples Irish folk song".
- "Little Big Planet 2 confirmed".
- Lyons, Patrick. (2018-09-14). "Passion Pit's 'Chunk Of Change' EP Turns 10".
- "Chart History Passion Pit Canadian Hot 100".
- "Chart History Passion Pit US Bubbling Hot Under 100".
- "Chart History Passion Pit US Heartseekers Songs".
- "Chart History Passion Pit Dance Club Songs".
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