Still Sleepless

Album: single release only (2021)
Charted: 46
Play Video

Songfacts®:

  • D.O.D is British DJ and record producer Dan O'Donnell whose music fuses house, techno, electro, drum & bass, dubstep and, hip-hop. Having released singles since 2009, he clocked up his first UK Top 75 hit 13 years later with "Still Sleepless."
  • The song was originally a slice of piano house that D.O.D dropped in early 2021. It racked up millions of streams, so the DJ and co-writer Laura Welsh asked Carla Monroe if she wanted to jump on a vocal version. "I remember us trying out so many different ideas until we found the magic in a melody we had actually used in a different part of the song," Monroe recalled. "We really wanted to stay true to the original version of 'Sleepless' and compliment what was already there without overcomplicating it."
  • Monroe sings the same lines throughout the song:

    I've been sitting 'round thinkin' 'bout you lately
    Having second thoughts about you, baby
    And I can't sleep at night
    But I can't sleep, I can't sleep alone


    Monroe is having second thoughts about ending a relationship as she lies alone in her bed.
  • Released on November 26, 2021, "Still Sleepless" garnered heavy rotation on air, online, and in the clubs. It first entered the UK singles chart in late January 2022 and continued to hover around its lower reaches for several months.
  • London singer-songwriter Carla Monroe first burst onto the scene as the vocalist on MK's UK Top 10 hit "17." She has since worked with the likes of CamelPhat, Nervo and Oliver Heldens.
  • Though "Still Sleepless" reached only #46 on the UK Singles chart, it was still a sizable hit. According to Official Charts Company data, "Still Sleepless" was the biggest song of 2022 to not hit the Top 40.

Comments

Be the first to comment...

Editor's Picks

Cheerleaders In Music Videos

Cheerleaders In Music VideosSong Writing

It started with a bouncy MTV classic. Nirvana and MCR made them scary, then Gwen, Avril and Madonna put on the pom poms.

Shaun Morgan of Seether

Shaun Morgan of SeetherSongwriter Interviews

Shaun breaks down the Seether songs, including the one about his brother, the one about Ozzy, and the one that may or may not be about his ex-girlfriend Amy Lee.

Real or Spinal Tap

Real or Spinal TapMusic Quiz

They sang about pink torpedoes and rocking you tonight tonight, but some real lyrics are just as ridiculous. See if you can tell which lyrics are real and which are Spinal Tap in this lyrics quiz.

Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull

Ian Anderson of Jethro TullSongwriter Interviews

The flautist frontman talks about touring with Led Zeppelin, his contribution to "Hotel California", and how he may have done the first MTV Unplugged.

Stan Ridgway

Stan RidgwaySongwriter Interviews

Go beyond the Wall of Voodoo with this cinematic songwriter.

Dar Williams

Dar WilliamsSongwriter Interviews

A popular contemporary folk singer, Williams still remembers the sticky note that changed her life in college.