- Sleep When I'm Dead
Infobox Single
Name = Sleep When I'm Dead
Cover size =
Caption =
Artist =The Cure
Album =
A-side = Sleep When I'm Dead (Mix 13)
B-side = Down Under
Released =July 13 2008
Format = 7" single, CD,Paid download
Recorded = 2008
Genre =Alternative rock
Post-Punk
Length = 3:51
Label =Geffen Records
Writer = Robert Smith,Simon Gallup ,Jason Cooper ,Porl Thompson
Producer = Robert Smith,Keith Uddin
Last single = "Freakshow" (2008)
This single = "Sleep When I'm Dead" (2008)
Next single = "The Perfect Boy " (2008)"Sleep When I'm Dead" is a single by the British bandThe Cure released onJuly 13 2008 onGeffen Records in theUnited Kingdom . It was pushed back to July 15 in the United States to comply with the tradition of releasing songs on a Tuesday. It has the distinction of including a keyboard part despite the fact that the band has not had a keyboardist in their lineup since 2005, although "The Only One" and "NY Trip" feature piano parts. In an issue ofRolling Stone Magazine , Robert Smith stated that the song was originally written for the band's 1985 album "The Head on the Door ".cite book |title = Fall Music Preview |publisher = "Rolling Stone " |date = October 2008 |pages = 34]Track listing
#"Sleep When I'm Dead (Mix 13)" - 3:51
#"Down Under" - 3:05"Written by Cooper/Gallup/Smith/Thompson"
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