| Talking in Your Sleep | |
| Cover: | The romantics-talking in your sleep s.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | the Romantics |
| Album: | In Heat |
| B-Side: | I'm Hip |
| Released: | September 1983 |
| Recorded: | 1983 |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 3:54 |
| Label: | Nemperor |
| Producer: | Peter Solley |
| Prev Title: | No One Like You |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | Rock You Up |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
"Talking in Your Sleep" is a song by American rock band the Romantics. Released in September 1983, It became the band's most successful single in the US, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1984, being their only US Top 10 hit. The song would have a release two months later in Australia and New Zealand, a release later that year in Japan, and in January 1984 in the UK. It failed to chart in both countries.[4] It became a UK hit in August that year for British group Bucks Fizz. The song is in natural minor.[5]
It appeared on the Romantics' 1983 album In Heat and was the Romantics' biggest chart hit, garnering substantial radio airplay and a million in US 45 RPM single sales. Nemperor Records also released an extended 12" dance mix, which was timed at 5:56.
The song reached No. 3 – where it held for three weeks – on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1984. It also went to No. 1 on the Dance/Disco Top 80 chart, as well as hitting No. 2 on Billboards Album Rock Tracks chart.
In Australia, "Talking in Your Sleep" climbed to No. 14 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report).
The song's music video, directed by Bob Dyke, was widely aired at the time on MTV and elsewhere. It featured the band performing while surrounded by standing, but seemingly sleeping, women who were dressed in lingerie, pajamas, and other sleepwear.
| Peak position | ||
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] | 14 | |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[7] | 17 | |
| Canada (CHUM)[8] | 1 | |
| France (IFOP)[9] | 30 | |
| South Africa (Springbok Radio)[10] | 15 | |
| US Cash Box Top 100[11] | 4 | |
| US Dance/Disco Top 80 (Billboard)[12] | 1 | |
| US Top Rock Tracks (Billboard)[13] | 2 |
| Peak position | ||
| US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[14] | 24 |
|---|
| Position | ||
| US Billboard Hot 100[15] | 19 | |
|---|---|---|
| US Cash Box Top 100[16] | 34 | |
| US Dance/Disco Top 80 (Billboard) | 16 |
| Talking in Your Sleep | |
| Cover: | Bucks Fizz - Talking in your Sleep.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Bucks Fizz |
| Album: | I Hear Talk |
| B-Side: | Don't Think You're Fooling Me |
| Released: | August 13, 1984[17] |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 4:18 |
| Label: | RCA |
| Producer: | Andy Hill |
| Prev Title: | Rules of the Game |
| Prev Year: | 1983 |
| Next Title: | Golden Days |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
The Romantics' single was unsuccessful in the United Kingdom, but in August 1984, the song became well-known when pop group Bucks Fizz covered it. This version reached No. 15 on the UK Singles Chart. It was produced by Andy Hill and featured on their fourth album, I Hear Talk.[18] [19] The single was the group's first for nine months and became their biggest hit since "When We Were Young", a year previously. It was also released as a limited-edition EP, which included the live tracks "Twentieth Century Hero" and a cover of Chris de Burgh's "Don't Pay the Ferryman". The B-side, "Don't Think You're Fooling Me" was written and produced by band member Bobby G.
7" vinyl
12" vinyl
Limited edition EP
Canadian singer The Weeknd interpolated the chorus of "Talking in Your Sleep" in his song "Secrets" from his 2016 album, Starboy.[20] It peaked at No. 47 in both the UK and US, while also charting in other territories.
"Talking In Your Sleep" appears in the 2023 film Five Nights At Freddy's, where it is played several times, functioning as the main song that the animatronic characters (Freddy, Bonnie, and Chica) perform on stage.[21]
The song also appears in the season 2 premiere of the television series Stranger Things, where it is heard playing on the radio inside Steve's car.[22]