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If You Keep Losing Sleep - Wikipedia

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"If You Keep Losing Sleep"

Single by Silverchair

from the album Young Modern

Released

9 October 2007

Recorded

2006

Genre

Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia

Length

3:20

Nick Launay
David Bottrill
Daniel Johns

Silverchair singles chronology

"Reflections of a Sound"
(2007)

"If You Keep Losing Sleep"
(2007)

"Mind Reader"
(2008)

Audio sample

A 20 second sample from "If You Keep Losing Sleep"

"If You Keep Losing Sleep" is a song by Australian band Silverchair from their fifth album Young Modern, released on 9 October 2007.^[1] It was the third single in Australia to be released from the album. It was released worldwide as the second single from the album, since "Reflections of a Sound" was only available as a single in Australia. On 30 September, the band performed the song live on the talk show Rove, hosted by Rove McManus, taking elements from the song's video and bringing them into the performance. "If You Keep Losing Sleep" peaked at 16 on the official ARIA single charts in Australia.

Music video

The music video for the single premiered on Channel Seven's Sunrise program on 28 August 2007. It was directed by Damon Escott and Stephen Lance and producer Leanne Tonkes, who also directed the "Reflections of a Sound" video. The band described the video as their most "electrifying" video ever made, in reference to the lightning-bolt special effects throughout the video. The visual effects in the clip were produced by Brisbane-based visual effects company Liquid VFX (a division of the internationally successful animation company Liquid Animation).^[2] Escott and Lance describe the clip as "Busby Berkeley meets Frankenstein. A demented toy box of Broadway horror".

Molly Meldrum described it as "the best video I've seen from Australia ever" while discussing music with David Koch and Mel on Sunrise in August 2007.^[3]

The Damon Escott and Stephen Lance directed music video was nominated for Best Video at the ARIA Music Awards of 2008.^[4]

Reception

The Guardian said, "Silverchair find themselves in a nightmarish Willy Wonka world of baton-twirling, candy-crunching, bubble-machines, blowing zany melodies at crazed carnival barkers, as Oompa Loompas stomp in concert with the kick drum. It’s the furthest they travelled from the erstwhile grunge of their first album."^[5]

Track listing

Australia CD Single (ELEVENCD76)

"If You Keep Losing Sleep"
"We're Not Lonely But We Miss You"
"Barbarella"

Australian iTunes Single

"If You Keep Losing Sleep"
"We're Not Lonely But We Miss You"
"Barbarella"
"Hide Under Your Tongue"

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart^[6]	16

References

^ "If you Keep Losing Sleep". CDUniverse. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
^ "Liquid VFX". Archived from the original on 2007-10-28. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-09-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners by Award – Artisan Awards – Best Video". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ Nathan Jolly. "The 25 best Silverchair songs – sorted". The Guardian.
^ "Silverchair singles". australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2001-06-14.

v t e Silverchair
Ben Gillies Chris Joannou Daniel Johns
Studio albums	Frogstomp Freak Show Neon Ballroom Diorama Young Modern
EPs	Tomorrow
Compilation albums	The Best Of: Volume 1 Rarities 1994–1999
Live albums	Live from Faraway Stables
Box sets	The Freak Box The Diorama Box
Singles	"Tomorrow" "Pure Massacre" "Israel's Son" "Shade" "Freak" "Abuse Me" "Cemetery" "The Door" "Anthem for the Year 2000" "Ana's Song (Open Fire)" "Miss You Love" "The Greatest View" "Without You" "Luv Your Life" "Across the Night" "Straight Lines" "Reflections of a Sound" "If You Keep Losing Sleep" "Mind Reader"
Other songs	Emotion Sickness
Video releases	The Best Of: Volume 1 (DVD) Across the Great Divide Tour (DVD)
Side projects	The Dissociatives Tambalane The Mess Hall
Related articles	Awards Discography Across the Great Divide tour The Presets Spawn (Again): A Tribute to Silverchair

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