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| Single by Faithless | |||||||||||||||||
| from the album Reverence | |||||||||||||||||
| Released | November 1995 September 2005 (re-release) |
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| Format | CD single | ||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Dance, trance, dream house | ||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:36 | ||||||||||||||||
| Label | Cheeky Records/BMG | ||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Rollo | ||||||||||||||||
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"Insomnia" is the title of a song recorded by British dance group Faithless. Released as the band's second single, it became one of their most successful. It was released in 1995 and became a hit in Dance Charts while peaking at #27 in the UK in 1995 and #1 in 1996 . The song also reached #48 in the UK chart as a re-entry in 2005, showing the song's longevity. The album version is nearly nine minutes long and contains some lyrics not able to be broadcast on the radio edit due to their explicit content. It also contains some bells chiming at the start of the song not generally known by the club-going public as many people know the Monster Mix or the Monster Mix Radio Edit. The Monster Mix was the mix featured on Faithless' greatest hits album Forever Faithless. The song topped the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. The Moody Mix featured on some of the singles was also on the Reverence / Irreverence release.
Faithless have expressed their displeasure with the fact that elements of this song were reused by Sash! for his single "Encore Une Fois".[1] Norwegian electronica artist Biosphere has claimed that Faithless sampled the bassline from his single "Novelty Waves".[2]
The song is widely considered to be one of the best dance floor anthems of all time, and sparked off a new genre of music.
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Content [link]
The song features Maxi Jazz singing as an insomniac while he struggles to sleep ("I toss and I turn without cease, like a curse, open my eyes and rise like yeast/At least a couple of weeks since I last slept, kept takin' sleepers, but now I keep myself pepped"). The subject is resonant with fans of dance music, since stimulant use is common in club/rave culture, and insomnia a normal side effect. The insomniac is also rather destitute ("Make my way to the refrigerator/One dry potato inside, no lie, not even bread, jam...").
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Track listing [link]
1995 UK Release/1996 UK CD 1 [link]
1995 European Release [link]
1996 Scandinavian Release [link]
1996 Italian Release [link]
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1996 UK CD 2 [link]
1996 European Release [link]
1997 US Release 1 [link]
1997 US Release 2 [link]
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Charts [link]
| Chart (1995-1996) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[3] | 16 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[4] | 5 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] | 2 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[6] | 6 |
| Canada Dance (RPM)[7] | 1 |
| Denmark (Tracklisten)[8] | 3 |
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[9] | 3 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] | 1 |
| France (SNEP)[11] | 7 |
| Germany (Media Control AG)[12] | 2 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[13] | 3 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14] | 9 |
| New Zealand (RIANZ)[15] | 39 |
| Norway (VG-lista)[16] | 1 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] | 4 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] | 1 |
| UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[19] | 3 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[20] | 62 |
| US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[21] | 1 |
Chart successions [link]
| Preceded by "Runaway" by Nuyorican Soul featuring India |
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single March 1, 1997 (1 week) |
Succeeded by "Discotheque" by U2 |
2005 mix [link]
"Insomnia" was re-mixed and re-released in 2005 after the re-entry of the 1996 single into the UK singles chart at #48. This was partly because of Faithless releasing their Greatest Hits album. The re-mix was not used on the Greatest hits with The Monster Mix being the version which featured on the album. The re-mixed version reached #17 in the UK Chart.
CD1 [link]
- Insomnia (Blissy Vs Armand Van Helden 2005 Re-Work) - 03:22
- Insomnia (Monster Mix Radio Edit) - 03:36
CD2 [link]
- Insomnia (Blissy Vs Armand Van Helden 2005 Re-Work) - 03:22
- Insomnia (Sasha B.A Remix) - 09:52
- Insomnia (Armand's European Vacation Mix) - 08:03
- Insomnia (Monster Mix) - 08:35
Mike Candys & Jack Holiday version [link]
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| Single by Mike Candys & Jack Holiday | ||||
| Released | September 11, 2009 | |||
| Format | CD single, Digital download | |||
| Genre | Electro house, eurodance | |||
| Length | 3:29 | |||
| Producer | Mike Candys Jack Holiday Chris Crime |
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In 2009, Swiss DJs, Mike Candys and Jack Holiday recorded a remix of the song. It was released in September 2009 as their debut single and charted throughout Europe.
Track listing [link]
- CD maxi - Europe (2009)
- "Insomnia" (Radio Edit) - 3:31
- "Insomnia" (Chris Crime Infinity Remix) - 4:41
- "Insomnia" (Christopher S. Remix) - 4:39
Chart performance [link]
| Chart (2009-2012) | Peak position |
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| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[22] | 41 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[23] | 9 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[24] | 16 |
| Denmark (Tracklisten)[25] | 2 |
| France (SNEP)[26] | 15 |
| Germany (Media Control AG)[27] | 44 |
| Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[28] | 30 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] | 34 |
Notes and references [link]
- ^ https://www.discogs.com/release/7016
- ^ Invisible Jukebox, The Wire (magazine), Issue 270 (August 2006), p.23
- ^ "Australian-charts.com – Faithless – Insomnia)". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Faithless – Insomnia) – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Faithless – Insomnia)" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Faithless – Insomnia)" (in French). Ultratop 40. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ Canadian dance peak
- ^ Danish peak
- ^ Eurochart peak
- ^ "Finnishcharts.com – Faithless – Insomnia)". Suomen virallinen lista. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Faithless – Insomnia)" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
- ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Faithless search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Stichting Nederlandse Top 40.
- ^ "Charts.org.nz – Faithless – Insomnia)". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Faithless – Insomnia)". VG-lista. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Faithless – Insomnia)". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Faithless – Insomnia) – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Faithless Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Faithless. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Faithless Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play for Faithless. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Mike Candys & Jack Holiday – Insomnia – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Mike Candys & Jack Holiday – Insomnia" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Mike Candys & Jack Holiday – Insomnia" (in French). Ultratop 40. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Danishcharts.com – Mike Candys & Jack Holiday – Insomnia". Tracklisten. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Mike Candys & Jack Holiday – Insomnia" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Mike Candys & Jack Holiday – Insomnia" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Mike Candys & Jack Holiday – Insomnia – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
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Insomnia (composition)
Insomnia is a single-movement orchestral composition by the Finnish composer Esa-Pekka Salonen. The work was composed between March and November 2002 and was first performed on December 1, 2002 by the NHK Symphony Orchestra under Salonen.
Composition
Insomnia has a duration of roughly 20 minutes and is composed in a single movement.
Style and inspiration
Salonen described the piece as "a set of variations based on a harmonic model separated by a Ritornello-like section, which is essentially a pedal point on the note e." He further described the composition in the score program notes, writing:
The two basic archetypes of my music, the chorale and the machine, are still an important part of the vocabulary, but now they are quite often in a state of flux, one thing becoming another gradually. Even the Ritornello phrase keeps changing shape and structure; only the characteristic harmony remains the same throughout the piece.
Salonen continued:
The musical processes in Insomnia have a lot in common with the psychology of a sleepless night: some thoughts become prison cells we cannot escape; others keep coming back persistently. Towards the end of Insomnia the music finally calms down to an Adagio, dominated by the mellow sounds of the horns and the Wagner tubas. The very moment we think that we have finally arrived at the gates of sleep, the sun rises in its full glory. A new day begins, exultantly.
Insomnia (Erick Sermon album)
Insomnia is a hip-hop compilation album released in 1996. It was compiled by famous hip hop producer Erick Sermon. He produced all except two tracks on the album and recorded it in order to promote artists affiliated with him. Tommy Gunn (birthname Thomas Blincoe), a performer on this album, was murdered shortly before the album's release, and Erick dedicated this album to his memory in the liner notes.
Track listing
Samples
Funkorama
Beez Like That (Sometimes)
It's That Hit
Up Jump the Boogie
I Feel It
On The Regular
Ready for War
Reign
Chart positions
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