"Sleeping with the Light On" is a song by English

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band Busted. It was the second song that band members

James Bourne James Elliot Bourne (born 13 September 1983) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is known as the co-founder of pop-punk bands Busted (band), Busted and Son of Dork, and he also created his own electronic project under the alias Fu ...

and

Matt Willis Matt Willis (born 8 May 1983) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, television personality and actor. He is known as co-founder, bassist and co-vocalist of the pop-punk band Busted (band), Busted. Willis released his debut solo album ''Do ...

wrote together. It was recorded in 2002 for their debut album, '' Busted'', and later released on 11 August 2003 exclusively in the United Kingdom and Ireland as the album's fourth single. It reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.

Background

"Sleeping with the Light On" was written by Busted members

and

and produced by

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. The song was heavily remixed for its release as a single; the first chorus is more forceful than on the album version. This "New Version" was also used for the song's

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. Among the single

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were a non-album track, "Last Summer"; a

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of Busted's first three singles, which was previously performed on '' CD:UK'', and a live recording of "

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" with 40,000 fans singing the chorus. The song was performed on ''

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'', ''CD:UK'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Track listings

UK CD1 # "Sleeping with the Light On" (new version) # "Year Three School Said No" (medley) # "Last Summer" # "Sleeping with the Light On" (enhanced section and video) UK CD2 # "Sleeping with the Light On" (live) # "

" (40,000 Bust fans chorus) # "You Said No" (live) # Enhanced section UK cassette single # "Sleeping with the Light On" (new version) # "Year Three School Said No" (medley) # "

Year 3000 "Year 3000" is a song performed by British pop rock band Busted, released on 13 January 2003 as the second single from their self-titled debut studio album (2002). "Year 3000" reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and became the 34th-b ...

" (demo version)

Personnel

Personnel are taken from the '' Busted'' album booklet. * Busted – all instruments ** James Bourne – writing ** Matt Willis – writing (as Matthew Jay) **

Charlie Simpson Charles Robert Simpson (born 7 June 1985) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician from Suffolk. He is a member of the pop punk band Busted (band), Busted and the rock band Fightstar. AllMusic has noted that Simpson is "perhaps the only p ...

* Steve Robson – all instruments, production * John McLaughlin – additional production *

Tom Elmhirst Tom Elmhirst (born 8 June 1971) is a British mix engineer. He has worked with artists including Adele, Beck, David Bowie, Cage the Elephant, Lady Gaga, Residente, and Amy Winehouse, among many others. Elmhirst has received numerous accolades ...

– mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sleeping with the Light On Island Records singles 2002 songs 2003 singles Busted (band) songs Songs written by James Bourne Songs written by Matt Willis