Get Some Sleep Explained

Get Some Sleep
Cover:	Get Some Sleep by Bic Runga.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Bic Runga
Album:	Beautiful Collision
Length:	3:36
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Bic Runga
Prev Title:	Drive
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Something Good
Next Year:	2002

"Get Some Sleep" is a song by New Zealand singer-songwriter Bic Runga. It was released in June 2002 as the lead single from her second studio album, Beautiful Collision (2002). In New Zealand, "Get Some Sleep" was the most successful song by a native artist in 2002, ranking at number six on the country's year-end chart and peaking at number three on the RIANZ Singles Chart. The song also reached number 27 in Ireland, number 78 in the United Kingdom, and number 92 in Australia.

Track listings

New Zealand CD single (672749.2)^[1]

1. "Get Some Sleep"
2. "You Don't Want to Know"
3. "Gracie"

Australian CD single (COL 674125 1)^[2]

1. "Get Some Sleep" (album version)
2. "Get Some Sleep" (remix airplay edit)

UK and Irish CD single (674548 2)^[3]

1. "Get Some Sleep"
2. "Bursting Through" (CSO live version)

Personnel

Personnel are adapted from the liner notes of Beautiful Collision.^[4]

• Bic Runga – vocals, arrangements, production
• Tim Arnold – twelve-string acoustic guitar, vocals
• Milan Borich – twelve-string acoustic guitar, vocals
• Michael Brauer – mixing
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Ricardo Chavarria – mixing assistance
• Dave Dobbyn – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Jay Foulkes – tambourine
• Ben King – vocals
• Boh Runga – vocal guidance and direction
• Sebastian Steinberg – bass
• Joey Waronker – drums

Charts

Year end charts

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
New Zealand	20 May 2002	Radio	Columbia	^[6]
	17 June 2002	CD		^[7]
Australia	8 July 2002			^[8]
United Kingdom	8 March 2004			^[9]

External links

• Bic's official website

Notes and References

1. Get Some Sleep. Bic Runga. 2002. New Zealand CD single liner notes. Columbia Records. 672749.2.
2. Get Some Sleep. Bic Runga. 2003. Australian CD single liner notes. Columbia Records. COL 674125 1.
3. Get Some Sleep. Bic Runga. 2004. UK & Irish CD single liner notes. Columbia Records. 674548 2.
4. Beautiful Collision. Bic Runga. 2002. New Zealand CD album liner notes. Columbia Records. 5084032000.
5. Web site: End of Year Charts 2002. Recorded Music NZ. 12 December 2017.
6. Web site: Bic Runga News. bicrunga.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20020602181550fw_/http://bicrunga.com/news.html. 2 June 2002. 20 January 2023.
7. Web site: Main. bicrunga.net.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20020802182120/http://www.bicrunga.net.nz/main.htm. 2 August 2002. 20 January 2023.
8. Web site: The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 8th July 2002. ARIA. 25. 8 July 2002. dead. http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222433/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020807-0000/Issue645.pdf. 22 February 2008. 20 January 2023.
9. New Releases: Singles. Music Week. 27. 6 March 2004.