Sleep (Sid song)
2010 single by SID
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"Sleep" is a single by Japanese rock band Sid, released on March 3, 2010, by Ki/oon Music. The song was featured as soundtrack for Nippon TV show Sukkiri!!. It is the group's first romantic ballad single since "Namida no Ondo" (2007).[2]
| "Sleep" | ||||
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Regular edition cover | ||||
| Single by SID | ||||
| from the album Dead Stock | ||||
| B-side | "Utahime" | |||
| Released | March 3, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock[1] | |||
| Length | 13:32 | |||
| Label | Ki/oon Music | |||
| Songwriters | Mao, Aki | |||
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It was released in three editions. The two limited editions, A and B, include a DVD with the music video for the title track and footage of "Aikagi" at a concert of Hikari tour. The footage differs between limited editions A and B. The regular edition only has the three-track CD.[3]
Promotion and release
Musical style and reception
"Sleep" was described as a love song of sadness and anguish.[2] Tower Records described the song as "vividly portraying the anguished feelings of love [...]" and praised the melody and vocals of Mao.[5] Regarding the B-side "Utahime", CD Journal company said it is a dance-rock song with a "quiet and moving" charm.[1]
Commercial performance
The single peaked at number two on weekly Oricon Albums Chart and stayed on chart for seven weeks.[6] It sold 56,135 copies while on the chart, becoming the band's fifth best-selling single, according to the Oricon sales rankings.[7][8] On Tower Records' Japanese Rock and Pop Singles chart, it peaked at number four, as well as on Billboard Japan Hot 100.[1][9]
Sleep ranked first place in the lyrics view rankings on Recochoku's Chaku-Uta(R) mobile app.[10][11]
Tracklist
Personnel
- Mao – vocals
- Shinji – guitar
- Aki – bass
- Yūya – drums