# Let's compile a list of songs about sleep... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 29, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-list-of-songs-about-sleep/277074 "2004-11-29T01:50:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-list-of-songs-about-sleep/277074/21 "2004-11-29T23:14:24Z")
“Sleep” - Dandy Warhols “Lullaby” - Ben Folds Five “Lullaby” - Billy Joel ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-list-of-songs-about-sleep/277074/22 "2004-11-29T23:26:27Z")
“Lullaby” by the Cure “Mr. Sandman” by those annoyingly chipper women in hats and gloves ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-list-of-songs-about-sleep/277074/23 "2004-11-29T23:29:18Z")
Dream On - Aerosmith All I Have to Do is Dream- Everly Brothers The Air That I Breath - The Hollies I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-list-of-songs-about-sleep/277074/24 "2004-11-29T23:34:36Z")
“Big Barn Bed” - Paul McCartney & Wings “Just Can’t Go to Sleep” - the Kinks “No Sleep Blues” - Incredible String Band “Paradox Drive” - Peter Hammill “Sleep Dirt” - Frank Zappa “Sleepers, Awake!” - Incredible String Band “Sleepless” - King Crimson “Sleep of the Just” - Elvis Costello “Sound Asleep” - the Turtles “Who’s Been Sleeping Here?” - the Rolling Stones Oh, **Mr. Blue Sky** , the Kate Bush song is “And Dream of **Sheep**.” It still counts, though. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-list-of-songs-about-sleep/277074/25 "2004-11-29T23:34:52Z")
_Endless Sleep_ by Jody Reynolds ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-list-of-songs-about-sleep/277074/26 "2004-11-29T23:39:55Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Oh, **Mr. Blue Sky** , the Kate Bush song is “And Dream of **Sheep**.” It still counts, though. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-list-of-songs-about-sleep/277074/27 "2004-11-29T23:42:14Z")
If you’re willing to accept oldies, there’s the wartime favorite “Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning,” by Irving Berlin. [http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Berlin-Irving/Oh-How-I-Hate-To-Get-Up-In-The-Morning-1918.html](http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Berlin-Irving/Oh-How-I-Hate-To-Get-Up-In-The-Morning-1918.html) ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-list-of-songs-about-sleep/277074/28 "2004-11-29T23:48:34Z")
“Bed Bed Bed”, TMBG ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-list-of-songs-about-sleep/277074/29 "2004-11-30T00:41:53Z")
_Farewell and Goodnight_ - **Smashing Pumpkins** And I’d always thought of _Luna_ as a lullabye, but maybe not. I don’t see anything about sleep in it. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-list-of-songs-about-sleep/277074/30 "2004-11-30T00:43:51Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > And I’d always thought of _Luna_ as a lullabye, but maybe not. I don’t see anything about sleep in it. _Luna_? ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-list-of-songs-about-sleep/277074/31 "2004-11-30T00:49:40Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > _Luna_? I’m not sure if you’re questioning what Luna is or my idea that it was a lullabye - so just in case: 1. by Smashing Pumpkins 😃 2. I know, I know, I just always thought it was so pretty! I was very young when I got the CD and not really paying atention to the lyrics. It was _my_ lullabye 😉 ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-list-of-songs-about-sleep/277074/32 "2004-11-30T00:51:32Z")
“In Dreams,” Weezer ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-list-of-songs-about-sleep/277074/33 "2004-11-30T00:53:13Z")
Sleep Long, Sleep Well, by Operation Ivy Slumber, Bad Religion ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-list-of-songs-about-sleep/277074/34 "2004-11-30T01:02:21Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > I’m not sure if you’re questioning what Luna is or my idea that it was a lullabye - so just in case: > > 1. by Smashing Pumpkins 😃 > 2. I know, I know, I just always thought it was so pretty! I was very young when I got the CD and not really paying atention to the lyrics. It was _my_ lullabye 😉 No, just I often don’t know what songs are called. When I think _Luna_, it’s a song called _Hijo De La Luna_ (translates: Son of the Moon?) which is pretty, but definitely not about sleep. From the lyrics to the Smashing Pumpkins song it could be a lullaby, but it doesn’t mention sleep, just singing to babies. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-list-of-songs-about-sleep/277074/35 "2004-11-30T01:56:01Z")
“Overkill” - Men at Work…or is that just Colin Hay? ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-list-of-songs-about-sleep/277074/36 "2004-11-30T02:05:56Z")
“Golden Slumbers” and “Good Night” by The Beatles [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-compile-a-list-of-songs-about-sleep/277074.md?page=1)