I Go to Sleep

"I Go to Sleep"
Single by The Applejacks
B-side "Make Up or Break Up"
Released August 1965
Genre Beat, ballad
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Ray Davies
Producer(s) Mike Smith
The Applejacks singles chronology
"Bye Bye Girl"
(1965)		 "I Go to Sleep"
(1965)		 "I'm Through"
(1965)

"Bye Bye Girl"
(1965)		 "I Go to Sleep"
(1965)		 "I'm Through"
(1965)
"I Go to Sleep"
Song by Ray Davies
Recorded 17 December 1964 - 17 February 1965 at Pye Studios, London
Genre Rock
Length 2:42
Label Pye Records
Songwriter(s) Ray Davies
Producer(s) Shel Talmy

"I Go to Sleep" is a song written by Ray Davies and first released by The Applejacks. It was never recorded by The Kinks, but Ray Davies's demo can be found in reissue bonus tracks of their second studio album Kinda Kinks.

Marion version

"I Go to Sleep" was covered in 1967 by German singer Marion (de) (later known as Marion Maerz). The record was produced in London by Larry Page, the producer of The Troggs and manager of The Kinks. The song was released in Germany and the UK. Marion performed this song as the first and only German female singer in the famous German music program Beat Club.[1]

Pretenders version

"I Go to Sleep"
Single by The Pretenders
from the album Pretenders II
Released 1981
Recorded 1980–81
Genre Pop rock, soft rock, baroque pop
Length 2:55
Label Sire
Songwriter(s) Ray Davies
Producer(s) Chris Thomas
The Pretenders singles chronology
"Louie Louie"
(1981)		 "I Go to Sleep"
(1981)		 "Back on the Chain Gang"
(1982)

"Louie Louie"
(1981)		 "I Go to Sleep"
(1981)		 "Back on the Chain Gang"
(1982)

"I Go to Sleep" was covered in 1981 by The Pretenders and released as a single from their second studio album Pretenders II.

"I Go to Sleep" had been rumored to have been one of the first songs that Chrissie Hynde ever learned.[2] At the time of the song's recording, Hynde had been dating Ray Davies, whom she had met after covering the Kinks track "Stop Your Sobbing."[2] The song features "a very strong late-'50s pop feel and flavor" according to Allmusic's Matthew Greenwald. The song also includes a french horn part; "The French horn in 'I Go to Sleep'…" Hynde recalled, "It's those little embellishments that capture my attention."[3]

The song was later included on several compilation albums, including The Singles. The song was also featured in the films Romanzo Criminale and Sweet Sixteen.[4]

Charts

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] 9
New Zealand (RIANZ)[5] 28
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[6] 7

Selective list of other recorded versions

References

  1. ↑ Uschi Nerke: 40 Jahre mein Beat-Club: Meine persönlichen Erlebnisse und Erinnerungen, Kuhle Verlag, ISBN 392369699X, p. 75–76.
  2. 1 2 Greenwald, Matthew. "Pretenders - I Go to Sleep". Allmusic.
  3. ↑ Select, July 1990
  4. ↑ "IMDb - The Pretenders". IMDb. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Dutchcharts.nl - The Pretenders - I Go to Sleep". Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "Chart Stats - The Pretenders - I Go to Sleep". Chart Stats. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "Australian-charts.com - Sia - I Go to Sleep". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  8. ↑ "New Release". Eager Product. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
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