"Sleeping My Day Away" is the most successful single from the Danish
rock
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band
D-A-D
D-A-D (formerly stylized as D:A:D) is a Danish rock band. They were originally named Disneyland After Dark, but changed their name to avoid a lawsuit from The Walt Disney Company.
History
In the early 1980s in Copenhagen, D-A-D started play ...
outside Denmark, with two weeks on the UK top 100. The single was released in 1989, with "Ill Will" as the b-side. Both songs appear on their ''
No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims
''No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims'' is the third (and first international) studio album by Denmark, Danish Rock music, rock band D-A-D. The album was released on 3 March 1989 in Denmark by Medley Records and worldwide on 8 September 1989 by Warner R ...
'' album.
The song was covered by German
gothic rock
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band
Mono Inc. for their album ''Pain, Love & Poetry''.
Music video
The official
music video
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for the song was directed by
Andy Morahan
Andrew Douglas Morahan (born 11 August 1958) is a British commercial, film and music video director. He is the son of director Christopher Morahan and the half-brother of actress Hattie Morahan.
Married to Joanna Lewis, he has two children.
...
, and takes place primarily in a
bedroom
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.
The music video received heavy airplay on MTV.
Track listing
# "Sleeping My Day Away"
# "Ill Will"
Charts
References
External links
Single info
1989 singles
1989 songs
D.A.D. (band) songs
English-language Danish songs
Music videos directed by Andy Morahan
Warner Music Group singles
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