Ode To Sleep (Twenty One Pilots song)
| "Ode to Sleep" | ||||
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| Song by Twenty One Pilots | ||||
| from the album Regional at Best | ||||
| Released | July 8, 2011 | |||
| Length | 5:08 | |||
| Label | Self-released | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tyler Joseph | |||
| Producer(s) | Greg Wells | |||
| Regional at Best track listing | ||||
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| "Ode to Sleep" | ||||
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| Song by Twenty One Pilots | ||||
| from the album Vessel | ||||
| Released | January 8, 2013 | |||
| Length | 5:08 | |||
| Label | Fueled by Ramen | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tyler Joseph | |||
| Producer(s) | Greg Wells | |||
| Vessel track listing | ||||
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"Ode to Sleep" is a song by American musical duo Twenty One Pilots, originally released in 2011 on their second studio album, Regional at Best. Though it was never released as a single, it has a music video (which was released December 31, 2014). It is the third song on the duo's second album and the first song on the duo's third album, it was also released as the third song on the Migraine EP.
Music video
On December 31, 2014, Fueled by Ramen uploaded an official video to their YouTube channel. The video was made over three years, following from Joseph and Dun's first show out of Ohio to a small group of 12, through their success and release of Vessel, eventually ending with a performance to 12,000 people over two nights.
Versions
"Ode to Sleep" was originally recorded for Regional at Best, but following the band's signing with Fueled by Ramen and subsequent discontinuation of the album, the song was re-recorded and included on the album Vessel.
A live performance of "Ode to Sleep" at the Newport Music Hall was uploaded to the Twenty One Pilots' YouTube channel on January 6, 2012. A blog post on the Twenty One Pilots' website dated July 1, 2012 also shared this performance. This live version also served as a bonus track on the Japanese/Korean release of Vessel. "Ode to Sleep" (Live at Newport Music Hall) was recorded at a show around November 19, 2011.
Commentary
Following the release of Vessel, Spotify shared an exclusive commentary by Tyler Joseph for each track on the standard edition.
| “ | The first track is called Ode To Sleep and I remember back when I was first trying to name the song, we actually played it live first before it was named, and this is back when we had kind of a small following in our hometown and it was small enough that everyone got to write on a piece of paper and put into a bucket it which name they wanted the song to be named. One was Ode To Sleep, I forget—I honestly forget the other names of the songs, but it was cool because a hometown audience got to name the song. I like putting this song first on the album, because it kinda puts the listener through kind of a song structure boot camp, if you will, when it comes to them being able to anticipate what the rest of the album is. So Ode To Sleep is definitely one that we like to intro with, we open up a lot of our sets with this song and I’m really proud of how weird it is. | ” |
| — Tyler Joseph | ||