Deep Sleep

Song Name: Deep Sleep

Artist:  DEVO

Appears On:

• oh, no! it's DEVO,
  this is the DEVO box

Run Time:  3:24

Year Released:  1982

Years Performed:   1982

Writing Credits:   Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald V. Casale

Sung By:   Mark Mothersbaugh (lead), Annerose Bücklers (backing)

Demo Version: 

Deep Sleep (demo) (3:29)

• Officially unreleased, Jerry vox. Available from BBB.

Trivia / Info:

• Sequenced as the final track on the album.

• DEVO performed this song in their oh,no it’s DEVO concerts.

• Live, demo, and fan versions are available at BBB.

Onstage Behavior:

• DEVO play in close lockstep precision.

Lyrics:

(intro)

i've been walking in a deep sleep

sleepwalking, but I just woke up

(from a deep sleep,)

(a very deep sleep)

i've been running on remote control

(in a deep sleep,)

(a very deep sleep)

i awoke the moment I was told

(that a smile   is just a frown   turned around)

(on the face of a clown with a mean streak)

(it was a deep sleep,)

(a very deep sleep)

i can't remember what I used to know

(in my deep sleep,)

(a very deep sleep)

somebody help me now, and let me go

(into a deep sleep)

now I just woke up (from a deep sleep)

somebody-

(push me back, now let me go)

(into a dream again)

(to a sleep  unlike before)

(so deep   it never ends)

i've been caught inside a deep sleep

sinking deeper after I forgot

(that a smile   is just a frown   turned around)

(on the face of a clown  with a mean streak)

(in my deep sleep,)

(a very deep sleep)

sleepwalking as I watch myself

(in a deep sleep,)

(an endless deep sleep)

i keep pretending that it's someone else

(in a deep sleep)

now I can't get out  (of a deep sleep)

i'm in a-

(deep sleep)

(but I just woke up  from a deep sleep)

(somebody-)

(outro)

Video:

Short Film/ Music Video

None.  [However, the "live video" was seen in concerts.]

Live Video

It was a part of the 3-DEVO simulcasts, and on the subsequent oh, no! it's DEVO tour. [1]

Fan Videos

“DEVO - Deep Sleep” uploaded to YouTube by @B ZEKE

“Sign in Devo - Deep Sleep (Subtitulos en Español) ” uploaded to YouTube by Everyday Deckienson

Additional Info

The instrumental intro lasts about 1:20 until the lyrics are sung.

A demo was titled "Chinese Nighttime".

The song ends with a synth sequence of percussion accompanying eight notes –

four high notes, and four low notes. This short melody also interrupts Mark's vocals three times.

This sound is included in Weird Al's DEVO parody/style homage "Dare To Be Stupid".

Early on, DEVO described their sound as "Chinese computer music".

This influence may be explicitly heard in the "Social Fools" section of "Somewhere With DEVO", and a solo in "Jurisdiction of Love".

References:

Links:

External Links

Deep Sleep (work) -- MusicBrainz

Deep Sleep (overview) -- AllMusic

Internal Links

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