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About|the Passion Pit song||refimprove|date=August 2010Infobox single| Name = Sleepyhead| Cover =| Artist = Passion Pit | Album = Chunk of Change | Released = 2008| Format =| Recorded = 2008| Genre = Electropop , psychedelic pop , alternative dance | Length = 2:55| Label = Columbia Records|Columbia (UK) Frenchkiss Records|Frenchkiss (U.S.)| Writer = Michael Angelakos| Producer = Chris Zane| Chronology = Passion Pit singles| Last single =| This single = " Sleepyhead " (2008)| Next single = " The Reeling " (2009)| Misc =" Sleepyhead " is the debut single from American electronic music|electronic band Passion Pit , featured on their first Extended play|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 used in a number of trailers for LittleBigPlanet 2 .
The song was also featured on an episode of the British television series Skins (TV Series)|Skins .
The song was used in the 2009 commercial for the Palm Pixi .
The song was used for MTV s "What the Flip? " campaign.
The song also appeared in episode 5 of the popular internet series AMV Hell.
Other uses:
* a Canadian PlayStation Portable|PSP advertisement , as well as a commercial for comedy movies in the U.K. http://jp917.blogspot.com/2008/12/passion-pit-soundtrack-new-mtv-campaign.html Passion Pit Sleepyhead used for MTV s 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. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=n8ivduMBB7o Five USA/Fiver Promo – Seriously Funny Movies Advert 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
References
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External links
http://www.passionpitmusic.com/ Official band website
