Top 10 tracks to help you sleep at night
Sleep easy with our top relaxing songs
Having trouble getting to sleep at night? If drinking hot milk or counting sheep doesn’t work, then listening to a few soothing tunes could help you to drift off instead. Here is realbuzz.com's list of tunes which will have you catching up on your sleep in no time.
I’m Only Sleeping – The Beatles
A song that begins with the line ‘When I wake up early in the morning, Lift my head, I’m still yawning’ may not seem to be the thing you want when you’re trying to nod off, but the impassioned plea ‘Please don’t wake me, No don’t shake me, Leave me where I am, I’m only sleeping’ will certainly help you to relax and drift off.
Sleep – Texas & Paul Buchanan
Singer Sharleen Spiteri teams up with Blue Nile’s Paul Buchanan to try and usher in some pleasant dream. ‘Let me sleep, So I can dream of you. Let me sleep, So I can be with you’ they both sing. You might remember the song for its video in which UK comedian Peter Kay makes an appearance.
I Need Some Sleep – Eels
Many people may know this from the soundtrack to the movie Shrek 2. It’s a pleasingly plodding affair which might just get you in slumberland. ‘I need some sleep, You can’t go on like this. I try counting sheep, But there’s one I always miss,’ sings Mark Everett, before adding ‘You just gotta let it go’. If you do so, you’ll be well away.
I Went To Sleep – The Beach Boys
A gentle number from The Beach Boys involving three verses – all of which end with ‘I went to sleep’. Sitting down in the park, listening to the radio or watching the birds – each verse will make you think about the causes of falling asleep, and will help you to get to the land of Nod. Some woodwind instruments also add to the soothing, gentle feel of the song.
I Go To Sleep – The Pretenders
A dream-like song about a love lost, where each time the person in song goes to sleep, they think of the person that they are missing. ‘When I look up from my pillow, I dream you are there with me. Though you are far away, I know you’ll always be near to me,’ sings Chrissie Hynde, before adding ‘I go to sleep, sleep, And imagine that you’re there with me.
In Dreams – Roy Orbison
The ‘Big O’ is often described as having the voice of an angel, long before Charlotte Church appeared on the music scene, and its hard to disagree. Orbison beautifully sings his way through a story in which ‘A candy-coloured clown they call the sandman, Tiptoes to my room every night, Just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper, Go to sleep – everything is all right.’
A Song For Sleeping – Stone Temple Pilots
A song clearly written from the perspective of a proud parent watching their new-born child as it sleeps. Anyone with a new child in the house might just be struggling for sleep at the moment anyway (!), but will nevertheless understand the sentiments in the song: ‘And when you lie down to sleep, I’ll protect you, From the demons of the night, While I’m watching you grow.’
Comments (2)
Tideracer 'Nine of these ten tracks are CRAP!! Only the Faithless track (of which I've got a dozen remixes of on 3x cd singles when released still in my vast dance music collection). I never listen to it in bed, but raved to it before taking up running qualifys. Late nights are a norm for me, on the computer in the early hours, with 90s hard house and trance tracks blaring away before I hit the pillow. Nice. Your own 90s nightclub in your room with bed complete. Forget the current Motley collection of music out now, just wind the clock back and try these as you lie in bed: Altern8: Activ8 (1991 rave anthem and top 5 single) Oceanic: Insanity (1991 classic) Moby; Thousand (It hits 1000bpms) 99th Floor Elevators: Hooked (1995 bangin' classic) Lil Mo Yin Yang: Reach BBE Desire (1997 club classic) Denomic Emotions: Stuck on a Spacetrip V One: Dead Cities DJ Misjah & DJ Tim: Access (1996 Techno top 20 hit) Westbam vs Red Jerry: Wizards of the Sonic. I could go on and on. Even the current crop of Running Trax cd albums are nothing to write home about whilst out running. The 90s dance scene ruled. '
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grahamlewis 'Useless - they are just songs with the word "sleep" in the title. A song about Insomnia is just going to reinforce the fact that you can't sleep.'
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