Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)

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“Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)”
“Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)” cover
Single by BT
from the album Emotional Technology
Released May 2003
Format CD
Recorded  ???
Genre Dance
Length 4:21
Label Nettwerk
Producer BT
BT singles chronology
"Shame"
(2001)
"Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)"
(2003)
"Love Comes Again"
(2004)

"Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)" is a song by Brian Transeau, better known as BT, that was released as a single on March 20, 2003. The track quickly became the most successful track from the album Emotional Technology, and one of Transeau's biggest commercial hits.

JC Chasez contributed with background vocals for this song.

The song was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records in 2003 for the largest number of vocal edits in a song (6,178 BIAS Peak edits.)

The album debuted at number one on the Billboard Electronic Albums chart.

This song was featured in the 2004 video game "Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME" as a licensed song in the "Trance" genre, set at 135 BPM. It was available from the very beginning of the game, with the following step difficulties:

Difficulty\Style Single Double
Beginner 1 foot N/A
Light 4 foot 3 foot
Standard 6 foot 6 foot
Heavy 7 foot 7 foot

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Somnambulist" (Edit)
  2. "Somnambulist" (Junkie XL Vocal Mix)
  3. "Somnambulist" (Sander Kleinenberg's Convertible Mix)
  4. "Somnambulist" (Burufunk Remix)
  5. "Somnambulist" (Mark Norman Radio Mix)