"Insomnia" is a song recorded by British dance group Faithless. Released as the band's second single, it became one of their most successful. It was released in 1995 and became a hit in Dance Charts while peaking at #27 in the UK in 1995 and #3 in 1996 . The song also reached #48 in the UK chart as a re-entry in 2005 showing the song's longevity. The album version is nearly nine minutes long and contains some lyrics not able to be broadcast on the radio edit due to their explicit content.

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  • "Insomnia" is a song recorded by British dance group Faithless. Released as the band's second single, it became one of their most successful. It was released in 1995 and became a hit in Dance Charts while peaking at #27 in the UK in 1995 and #3 in 1996 . The song also reached #48 in the UK chart as a re-entry in 2005 showing the song's longevity. The album version is nearly nine minutes long and contains some lyrics not able to be broadcast on the radio edit due to their explicit content. It also contained some Bells chiming at the start of the song not generally known by the club going public as many people know the Monster Mix or the Monster Mix Radio Edit. The Monster Mix was the mix featured on Faithless' greatest hits album Forever Faithless. The song topped the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. The Moody Mix featured on some of the singles was also on the Reverence / Irreverence release. The song features Maxi Jazz singing as an insomniac while he struggles to sleep ("I toss and I turn without cease, like a curse, open my eyes and rise like yeast/At least a couple of weeks since I last slept, kept takin' sleepers, but now I keep myself pepped"). The subject is resonant with fans of dance music, since stimulant use is common in club/rave culture, and insomnia a normal side-effect. The insomniac is also rather destitute ("Make my way to the refrigerator/One dry potato inside, no lie, not even bread, jam... "). Faithless have expressed their displeasure with the fact that elements of this song were reused by Sash! for his single Encore Une Fois. Ironically, Norwegian electronica artist Biosphere has claimed that Faithless sampled the bassline from his single "Novelty Waves", although the fact that they had changed one note meant that he never received royalties.
  • Insomnia on Faithlessin kappale, joka julkaistiin vuonna 1995. Se on julkaistu singlenä ja yhtyeen albumilla Reverence. Kappale nousi singlelistan kärkeen Suomessa, Norjassa ja Sveitsissä. Kappaleesta tehtiin vuonna 2005 uusi versio. Insomnia 2005 ei menestynyt yhtä hyvin kuin alkuperäinen versio.
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  • "Insomnia" is a song recorded by British dance group Faithless. Released as the band's second single, it became one of their most successful. It was released in 1995 and became a hit in Dance Charts while peaking at #27 in the UK in 1995 and #3 in 1996 . The song also reached #48 in the UK chart as a re-entry in 2005 showing the song's longevity. The album version is nearly nine minutes long and contains some lyrics not able to be broadcast on the radio edit due to their explicit content.
  • Insomnia on Faithlessin kappale, joka julkaistiin vuonna 1995. Se on julkaistu singlenä ja yhtyeen albumilla Reverence. Kappale nousi singlelistan kärkeen Suomessa, Norjassa ja Sveitsissä. Kappaleesta tehtiin vuonna 2005 uusi versio. Insomnia 2005 ei menestynyt yhtä hyvin kuin alkuperäinen versio.
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