"Get Some Sleep" is a song by New Zealand singer-songwriter

Bic Runga Briolette Kah Bic Runga (born 13 January 1976), recording as Bic Runga, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist pop artist. Her first three studio albums debuted at number one on the New Zealand Top 40 Album charts. Runga ...

. It was released in June 2002 as the lead single from her second studio album, ''

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'' (2002). In New Zealand, "Get Some Sleep" was the most successful song by a native artist in 2002, ranking at number six on the country's year-end chart and peaking at number three on the

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. The song also reached number 27 in Ireland, number 78 in the United Kingdom, and number 92 in Australia.

Track listings

New Zealand CD single (672749.2) # "Get Some Sleep" # "You Don't Want to Know" # "Gracie" Australian CD single (COL 674125 1) # "Get Some Sleep" (album version) # "Get Some Sleep" (remix airplay edit) UK and Irish CD single (674548 2) # "Get Some Sleep" # " Bursting Through" (CSO live version)

Personnel

Personnel are adapted from the liner notes of ''Beautiful Collision''. *

– vocals, arrangements, production * Tim Arnold – twelve-string acoustic guitar, vocals * Milan Borich – twelve-string acoustic guitar, vocals * Michael Brauer – mixing *

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– mastering * Ricardo Chavarria – mixing assistance *

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– acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Jay Foulkes – tambourine * Ben King – vocals *

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– vocal guidance and direction *

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– bass *

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– drums

Charts

Weekly charts

Year end charts

Release history

References

External links

Bic's official website
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