Sleeping in My Car
"Sleeping in My Car" | ||||
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pop punk | ||||
Length | 3:48 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Songwriter(s) | Per Gessle | |||
Producer(s) | Clarence Öfwerman | |||
Roxette singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Sleeping in My Car" on YouTube |
"Sleeping in My Car" is a song by Swedish pop music duo
The song was an immediate commercial success in numerous territories, including Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It became the duo's second number one single in their home country and peaked within the top 20 in 15 other territories. It also peaked at number seven on Billboard's European Hot 100 Singles. In Canada, the song reached the top three on two different national charts. In contrast, it was the duo's final song to enter the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 50. Michael Geoghegan directed its music video.
Composition and style
"Sleeping in My Car" was the final song the band recorded for Crash! Boom! Bang!, and was written by Per Gessle. In the liner notes of their 1995 greatest hits compilation Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!, Gessle described how, on listening to the first playback of the album just before Christmas 1993, the duo realised that it was "missing something. It all sounded so... perfectly grown up." He elaborated: "We had worked for a year, much too long, endless hours of studio time... I mean, I loved it but there was too little P-O-P. Went straight home, really pissed off and came up with this neanderthal-riff and wrote it in an hour."[2]
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When Roxette performed in the Workers Indoor Arena in Beijing, China in 1995 during the "Crash! Boom! Bang! Tour", Chinese government officials demanded that the band alter the lyrics of this song.[4] "We agreed, but didn't change them in the end," said Gessle.[5]
Covers
Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom included a cover of "Sleeping in My Car" as a bonus track on their 2013 album Halo of Blood.
Critical reception
Swedish
Commercial performance
The song was an immediate commercial success throughout Europe, and became their second number one single in their native Sweden, where it debuted at number one.
"Sleeping in My Car" became the duo's final chart success in Australia and New Zealand, peaking within the top 20 in both territories. The duo would have only one further single reach the top 50 in each country: "Run to You" (number 49 in Australia) and "Crash! Boom! Bang!" (number 50 in New Zealand).[22][23] It was also the final Roxette song to appear on the US Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 50.[24] Conversely, the song was a major commercial success in Canada, peaking at number two on the RPM Top Singles chart.[25] Likewise, the song peaked at number three on The Record's concurrent singles chart—which incorporated airplay into its methodology.[26]
Music video
The accompanying music video for "Sleeping in My Car" was filmed in a parking garage at night. It was directed by Irish filmmaker Michael Geoghegan.
Formats and track listings
All songs were written by Per Gessle.
- 7-inch single and cassette (Australia 8650694 · Europe 8650697 · UK EM314 · US 4KM-58143)
- Australian and European CD single (8650712)
- "Sleeping in My Car" – 3:33
- "The Look" (Unplugged Version) – 5:11
- "Sleeping in My Car" (The Stockholm Demo Version) – 3:13
- UK and US CD single (UK CDEM314 · US E2-58143)
- "Sleeping in My Car" – 3:33
- "The Look" (Unplugged Version) – 5:11
- "Sleeping in My Car" (The Stockholm Demo Version) – 3:13
- "Almost Unreal" – 3:59
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!.[2]
- Marie Fredriksson – lead and background vocals
- Per Gessle – electric guitar and mixing
- Anders Herrlin – bass guitar and engineering
- Clarence Öfwerman – keyboards, production and mixing
- Staffan Öfwerman – backing vocals
- Mats "Myrdal" Persson – drums
- Per "Pelle" Sirén – electric guitar
- Alar Suurna – tambourine, engineering and mixing
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Sweden (GLF)[50] | Gold | 25,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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Europe | 7 March 1994 | CD | EMI | [18] |
United Kingdom | 14 March 1994 |
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Japan | 8 April 1994 | Mini-CD | [52] | |
United States | 2 June 1994 | Radio | [53] |
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['Sleeping in My Car'] ships to radio in the U.S. June 2.