| "Sleep When I'm Dead" | ||||
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| Single by The Cure | ||||
| from the album 4:13 Dream | ||||
| A-side | "Sleep When I'm Dead" (Mix 13) | |||
| B-side | "Down Under" | |||
| Released | 13 July 2008 | |||
| Format | 7" single, CD, music download | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock Post-punk gothic rock[1] |
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| Length | 3:51 | |||
| Label | Geffen Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Jason Cooper, Porl Thompson | |||
| Producer | Robert Smith, Keith Uddin | |||
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"Sleep When I'm Dead" is a single by the British band The Cure released on 13 July 2008 on Geffen Records in the United Kingdom. It was pushed back to July 15 in the United States to comply with the tradition of releasing songs on a Tuesday. It has the distinction of including a keyboard part despite the fact that the band has not had a keyboardist in their lineup since 2005, although "The Only One" and "NY Trip" feature piano parts. In an issue of Rolling Stone magazine, Robert Smith stated that the song was originally written for the band's 1985 album The Head on the Door.[2]
Written by Cooper/Gallup/Smith/Thompson