Sleep Through the Static (song)

"Sleep Through the Static" is third single from American singer/songwriter Jack Johnson's third studio album Sleep Through the Static.

"Sleep Through the Static"
Single by Jack Johnson
from the album Sleep Through the Static
ReleasedDecember 2007
RecordedLos Angeles, California, 2007
GenreRock
Length3:33
LabelUniversal
Songwriter(s)Jack Johnson
Producer(s)Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson singles chronology
"If I Had Eyes"
(2007)
"Sleep Through the Static"
(2007)
"Same Girl"
(2008)

The track features a short melodic opening played on a melodica with drums, electric guitar and bass following. The song features some complex lyrics, with a blues feeling and the representative Jack Johnson's groove.

Johnson implied in an interview with National Public Radio that the song was made to protest the Iraq War.[1]

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Chart (2007) Peak
position
UK Singles Charts 150

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