"Talking in Your Sleep" is a chart-topping hit song by Detroitrock bandThe Romantics. It was a number three U.S. hit in early 1984 and became a UK hit in August that year for British band Bucks Fizz. It ultimately became a hit throughout the world, and was the group's most successful song. The song is in natural minor.
Song history
The song appeared on the Romantics' 1983 album In Heat and was the Romantics' biggest chart hit, garnering substantial radio airplay and a million in US 45 RPM single sales. The song reached number three – where it held for three weeks – on the BillboardHot 100 in early 1984. It also went to number one on the Dance/Disco Top 80 chart, as well as hitting the top of Billboards Album Rock Tracks chart. In Australia, "Talking in Your Sleep" climbed to number 14 on the Australian Singles Chart It was featured in the first episode of the second season of the Netflix series Stranger Things, playing on a car radio.
Music video
The song's music video, widely aired at the time on MTV and elsewhere, featured the band performing while surrounded by standing, but seemingly sleeping, women who were dressed in lingerie, pajamas, and other sleepwear.
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Bucks Fizz version
The Romantics' single was unsuccessful in the United Kingdom, but in August 1984, the song became well-known when pop group Bucks Fizz covered it. This version reached number 15 on the UK Singles Chart. It was produced by Andy Hill and featured on their fourth album, I Hear Talk. The single was the group's first for nine months and became their biggest hit since "When We Were Young", a year previously. It was also released as a limited-edition EP, which included the live tracks "Twentieth Century Hero" and a cover of Chris de Burgh's "Don't Pay the Ferryman". The B-side, "Don't Think You're Fooling Me" was written and produced by band member Bobby G.
Canadian singer The Weeknd interpolates the chorus of "Talking in Your Sleep" in his song "Secrets" from his 2016 album, Starboy. Swedish music act Radio Ballet did a modern cover version on ”Talking in your sleep” in 2020. The song was released world wide on streaming platforms in June 2020.
