{{About|the Passion Pit song||Sleepyhead (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox 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)<br>Frenchkiss (U.S.)<br>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.
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").<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dillon |first=Brian |date=2023-06-15 |title=Internet mind-blown that famous US electropop track samples Irish folk song |url=https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/internet-mind-blown-famous-electropop-30240960 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240921200117/https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/internet-mind-blown-famous-electropop-30240960 |archive-date=2024-09-21 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Irish Star |language=en}}</ref> ==Track listing== '''Single''' {{Track listing | title1 = Sleepyhead | length1 = 2:55 | title2 = Better things | length2 = 4:32 }} ==Charts== {|class="wikitable" !Chart (2008/2009) !Peak<br />position |- |Canada (Canadian Hot 100)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chart History Passion Pit Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/passion-pit/chart-history/alternative-songs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416231009/https://www.billboard.com/artist/passion-pit/chart-history/alternative-songs/ |archive-date=2023-04-16 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Billboard}}</ref> |align="center"|71 |- |U.S. Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chart History Passion Pit US Bubbling Hot Under 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/passion-pit/chart-history/alternative-songs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416231009/https://www.billboard.com/artist/passion-pit/chart-history/alternative-songs/ |archive-date=2023-04-16 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> |align="center"|4 |- |U.S. Heatseekers Songs<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chart History Passion Pit US Heartseekers Songs |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/passion-pit/chart-history/alternative-songs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416231009/https://www.billboard.com/artist/passion-pit/chart-history/alternative-songs/ |archive-date=2023-04-16 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> |align="center"|9 |- |}
{|class="wikitable" !Chart (2011) !Peak<br />position |- |U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chart History Passion Pit Dance Club Songs |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/passion-pit/chart-history/alternative-songs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416231009/https://www.billboard.com/artist/passion-pit/chart-history/alternative-songs/ |archive-date=2023-04-16 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> |align="center"|11 |- |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|award=Gold|artist=Passion Pit|title=Sleepyhead|relyear=2008|certyear=2026|source=radioscope|access-date=January 24, 2026}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|award=Silver|artist=Passion Pit|title=Sleepyhead|relyear=2008|certyear=2025|id=21556-6387-1|access-date=November 1, 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|award=Platinum|artist=Passion Pit|title=Sleepyhead|relyear=2008|number=2|certyear=2023|access-date=August 4, 2023}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}
== Legacy == 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Little Big Planet 2 confirmed |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/little-big-planet-2-confirmed/1100-6261611/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222122509/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/little-big-planet-2-confirmed/1100-6261611/ |archive-date=2024-02-22 |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lyons |first=Patrick |date=2018-09-14 |title=Passion Pit's 'Chunk Of Change' EP Turns 10 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2014536/passion-pit-chunk-of-change-turns-10/reviews/the-anniversary/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226015342/https://www.stereogum.com/2014536/passion-pit-chunk-of-change-turns-10/reviews/the-anniversary/ |archive-date=2021-02-26 |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref>
On day 1 of the Artemis II mission, a cover of the song was played to temporarily wake up the crew for the Perigee Raise Burn.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artemis II astronauts complete first burn, head back to sleep - UPI.com |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/04/02/artemis-ii-astronauts-first-burn-sleep/5831775140618/ |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.passionpitmusic.com/ Official band website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100501191241/http://vimeo.com/3962525 Official video]
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