"Sleep Alone" is the third single from
Bat for Lashes' second album ''
Two Suns
''Two Suns'' is the second studio album by English singer Natasha Khan, known professionally as Bat for Lashes. It was released on 3 April 2009 by The Echo Label and Parlophone. The album was produced by Khan herself and David Kosten (who also ...
'', released on 6 September 2009 as a
download-only
double A-side
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single with "Moon and Moon".
[ The song was announced to be the third single on Bat for Lashes' official website. Bat for Lashes performed "Sleep Alone" live on '']Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
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'' on 12 August 2009.
Background and release
The song has a 1980s feel to it. Natasha Khan (aka Bat for Lashes) explained to BBC's ''Newsbeat
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'': "Well, I've always been an '80s girl, and I think nthe first record I was quite shy really and I wanted to just keep it how I'd been playing it in my bedroom. I grew up listening to The Cure and I loved early Madonna and Prince and all of that stuff, so I think what prompted me was just probably having more confidence to kind of reach out and reveal even more of myself and what I love and not be too shy about it."
Track listing
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Music video
The video for "Sleep Alone" begins with Khan singing in her bedroom. In one shot, she seems to be drawing and in another shot, she is lying on her bed, facing what seems to be a paper robot. Another shot shows Khan standing outside a building which is seen to be under construction. As Khan sings, various shots of herself staring into a shop window and a television can be seen. In the next shot before the chorus, Khan is walking down a dark street whilst holding a paper bag. She is dressed in a red coat. She sees a group of people gathered on the floor, examining what seems to be little coloured light bulbs. Khan then walks past an initially dark shop, and the lights turn on as she walks by. She takes a closer look into the shop window and sees various objects, such a spinning disco ball, a turntable and she is attracted by a heart-shaped red plastic object. She hears something and quickly turns behind, and the group of people she saw previously throws the light bulbs at her. She then reaches into her paper bag and takes out the same heart-shaped red plastic object she saw in the shop. She returns to her room. The shot changes to Khan wearing a white dress and drawing on the paper what seems to be the construction of the heart-shaped red plastic object.
Release history
References
External links
NMETV: Latest Music Videos and Clips
Rolling Stone: Bat For Lashes - Discography
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Bat for Lashes songs
Parlophone singles
2009 singles
2009 songs
Songs written by Bat for Lashes