| "Talking in Your Sleep" | ||||||||||
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| Single by The Romantics | ||||||||||
| from the album In Heat | ||||||||||
| B-side | "I'm Hip" | |||||||||
| Released | 1983 | |||||||||
| Genre | New wave | |||||||||
| Label | Nemperor Records | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Canler, Skill, Palmar, Solley, Marinos | |||||||||
| Producer | Peter Solley | |||||||||
| The Romantics singles chronology | ||||||||||
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| "Talking in Your Sleep" | ||||
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| Single by Bucks Fizz | ||||
| from the album I Hear Talk | ||||
| B-side | "Don't Think You're Fooling Me" | |||
| Released | 17 August 1984 | |||
| Format | 7" single, 12" single, EP | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 4.18 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Writer(s) | Canler, Skill, Palmar, Solley, Marinos | |||
| Producer | Andy Hill | |||
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"Talking in Your Sleep" is a popular song by The Romantics. It was a US hit in 1983 and became a UK hit the following year for British band Bucks Fizz.
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The song appeared on the Romantics' 1983 album In Heat and was the Romantics' biggest chart hit, garnering substantial radio airplay and sales. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1984. It also went to #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in the U.S., where it remained on top for two weeks. In Australia, Talking in Your Sleep climbed to #14 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report). The song's music video, widely aired at the time on MTV and elsewhere, featured the band performing while surrounded by standing, but seemingly sleeping women who were dressed in lingerie, pajamas, and other sleepwear.
| Country | Peak position |
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| US (Billboard Hot 100) | 3 |
| Australia | 14 |
The single was unsuccessful in the UK, but a year later, the song became well-known when pop group Bucks Fizz covered it and reached No.15 on the UK singles chart.[1] Their version was produced by Andy Hill and featured on their fourth album, I Hear Talk.[2][3] 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
| Country | Peak position |
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| UK [4] | 15 |
| Ireland [5] | 14 |
| Poland [6] | 22 |
This song is one of the 1980s tunes that can be heard in the arcade game compilation Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection, for the PS2, Xbox, GameCube and PC.
The popular Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation, which is known for naming each episode after a 1980s hit song, named a 7th-season episode after this song.
The recording artist Snoop Dogg samples this song in his album "Malice n Wonderland" the title of the track is simply called "Secrets" featuring Kokanee.
Features in Knight Rider episode 3.03 "Knights of the Fast Lane"
| Preceded by "Let the Music Play" by Shannon |
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single (The Romantics version) December 10, 1983 – December 17, 1983 |
Succeeded by "Say It Isn't So" by Hall & Oates |
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