Kinks, The - I Go To Sleep Lyrics

Have you guys have hear Sia 😍 ?

I heard Peggy Lee do this first. Her version's my favorite They were British, right? So why do I get a French accent off them? I must be tired!

The original version right here

52 and i just found out it is a Kinks tune, i know nada.

Oh, that burning desire...


When I look up from my pillow
I dream you are there with me
Though you are far away
I know you'll always be near to me
I go to sleep, sleep
And imagine that you're there with me
I go to sleep, sleep
And imagine that you're there with me
...

This is a demo that The Kinks never put out, but I think Cher had a hit with it in the 60s also the pretenders as well along with this young person Sia whoever she is, I heard her take, very good she has a great voice

I love this song and band the kinds was also considered by some part of the punk move mint

i just figured out the z berg version of this song was a cover and i like a song from the 60s. who knew?!

Belleza

Pure genius.

This song reminds me of the man I fell in love with

Thank you z Berg. I finally found a kinks song I like.

What a journey this was
From Russian doll to Anika to Sia to this

Ray Davies & The Kinks never even put out a final version. They sold the song. You can hear the influence they had on Blur.

"I Go to Sleep" is a song written by Ray Davies and first released by The Applejacks. It was never recorded by The Kinks, but Ray Davies's demo can be found in reissue bonus tracks of their second studio album Kinda Kinks.

I just learned tonight that Ray Davies wrote this. Only knew The Pretenders version up until today. It's one of my favorite songs and now I love it even more.

Netflix brought me here #RussianDoll

The best

Russian Doll brought me here (are the kids still doing that?).

Russian Doll bought me here

How much ?

another masterpiece of simplicity by ray davies.

love this !

Russian doll anyone?

Матрешка

The one in the episode is a cover by Anika

@z z The Pretenders version is my favorite

Correct😊

RUSSIAN DOLL BROUGHT ME HERE!

Dana York Petty mentioned this song recently. TP made her a mix with this song in it. The words are haunting! It's like he knew he was leaving her. So sad. I'll always think of the two of them when I hear it. R.I.P. Tom. ❤️

For my generation born in the early mid 60s this is best remembered by The pretenders in 81 , but this is deffo as good if not better, love that piano .

The Kinks made a briljant song....the Pretenders made it thicker and more dramatic

the best version full stop goooood

Here, We Made It

homie I schleep

i love this song and i love the cover by z berg it flows really well

Anyone know who's playing the piano?
My guesses: 1) Ray; 2) Nicky Hopkins; 3) Shel Talmy?

This demo is just Ray alone in a Denmark Street studio.

When people are comparing different versions bare in mind that this is just a demo, despite that it's also my favourite version. Why?

Because it's a Ray Davies composition, sung by Ray Davies. Unbeatable imo

“Kansas” by Gorillaz brought me here

This song is my treasure

The two best Pretenders songs were written by Ray Davies.

When a feeling of loneliness turns into a disconsolately poetry.

Sia has emotion and power in her voice...she could deliver the feel rightly..those who cry here abt Sia's version is bad, coz they wanna somehow hate Sia..thts it.. 🙏🙏

This isn't a 'version'!
It's the composer singing HIS song!
Anything afterwards IS a version!

ug people. I love sia but her version of this isn't good at all. Downright hoaky. This shit however, haunting. Y'all are tasteless or tonedef er sumphin? Pretenders did and alright version I suppose. but if you say you prefer that sia version it is you who is the pretender. Pretending to actually listen to this version that is. SAD!!!!

This is a 1965 demo by 21 year old Ray Davies- not the Kinks.

This is by far my favorite version and the best one in my opinion. Everyone kept raving about Sia's version so I went and checked it out, but I hated it. The reason I like The Kinks' version so much is exactly because it's so simple. It's just a piano and lyrics. That simplicity really enhances the loneliness and sadness in this song. Sia did too much to the song. Added a lot of unnecessary stuff in my opinion. Sure she has a wide vocal range, but that doesn't mean it's good. The thing I hated most about the song though, was that she mumbles a lot lol. I can't understand her half the time. So to me, The Kinks' version will always be the best.

I love covers because they allow the artist covering the song to bring something to the song that wasn't there before. While it's not making something 'new' per se, it is creating a different experience. I really appreciate a DJ that makes a thoughtful and brilliant use of a sample too.

I just hate the way she sounds singing Sleeeepppp

@JamesBaxterFromAX That's literally the best part of it though (imo)

The reason why this is so simple is because it wasn't actually produced, it's just the demo, it was never officially released by the Kinks. If it was actually officially produced by them, it wouldn't have been so simple and the music will be much more than a simple piano.

Also, all versions are very different and each has a different feeling and I can appreciate them all honestly.

@Mohamed Algouhary i like all the versions too..m except for Sia's

Love this so much

I Prefer Cher's Version uwu

But... This is the original?

JM BlackSone This is the original demo. The Kinks never made an official version for release.

Yes, a demo version made by composer Ray Davies in January, 1965. He wrote for his newborn daughter.

სია არა ბიონსე თქვენ ხომ არ ანძრევთ

this song breaks my heart. you can feel davies's feelings breaking his own heart...

Sia's version is very very good, but nothing beats the original imho. There's just this undeniable whimsicality in this version, I just want to frolic through fields of lilacs holding hands with oompa-loompas, smoking a fat joint while this plays in the background!

Original and best. Bleak -but brilliant

No one can really touch on this sublime original recording of l go to sleep..Ray Davies One of the greatest songwriters of all time...The Kinks a fantastic band that live on through timeless singles and albums ......Marc Kane

love it

Man, the covers are just ok, this one is just superb, you really cant compare

how can it be answer to the smiths this came out first

i like better anika's version, it feels so pale, so cold, so lonely and utterly shattering

Kinks are great, but Sia tears this song up: more emotional power

Robert Wheeler This is only a demo. Kinks never made an official version.

1 last time the genius R.D.D. wrote the FN' song NOT Stupid !!!

Presumably, like Yesterday, it is Ray Davies on his own?

The first version I ever heard was of The Pretenders, they covered a few Kinks songs. I guess she was a fan of his before they dated.

sorry, the Pretenders version is the best. but what a wonderfully sad song.

I'm starting to like this more than Sia's cover! It's simpler and, to me, sounds sadder...or more desperate

Nothing beats the original. This is for sure the best.

"I Go to Sleep" is a song written by Ray Davies and first released by The Applejacks. It was never recorded by The Kinks, but Ray Davies's demo can be found in reissue bonus tracks of their second studio album Kinda Kinks.

@Mark Kovacs Peggy Lee, The Applejacks and Cher all released this song in 1965

So simple yet still perfect.

I just tried listening to the Sia version, for the first time. How could anyone say that's better than this?

viktor aloi Because they don't understand subtlety, nuance and understatement. They gotta have everything jammed down their throat.

Anyone who heard the both may say Sia has more emotion in her voice nd her's is the best☺☺

@Glenn Page Music Or maybe they just have a different taste in music than you? I know it's a crazy idea, but it's a just a thought. Personally, I enjoy The Pretender's, and Sia's version. They both take the song and do something new that the original didn't. Sia, I feel portrays the emotion of the song well. Her voice is very fitting for this kind of music and they both add their own style to the song and changed enough from the original to make to make it unique to them, without being disrespectful to the original. That is what makes a cover good, trying something new that the original didn't (or couldn't in this case) and making the song unique to the artist covering that song. Maybe you just can't see the nuances, and subtleties of these versions? They're definitely there, believe me. So long.

peoples,song are song 😎😞😟😕😔😴

I wonder why no one ever talks about the Cher version. I can't even find its video. It is my favorite.

Sia's version is the best....really it makes me flying away with my nostalgic feelings

stop complaining wich version is better, the latter ones wouldnt exist without the formers

The best version is of SIA

original is the best !

The centre is everywhere.

Love Anika's version and S.Maharba as well🌹❤️

ceci barraza S. Maharbras version is a cover of a Marion Maerz cover of i go to sleep. you should look it up. theres a music video for it. its amazing and lovely

YAAAAAAS A gazillion points for mentioning S.Maharba

This version makes the most sense I think. It sounds very Bacharach. But Chrissie completely redefined it, which is what Sia's version is derived from.

just love it!!

Best version. No one else's version can top this

Yes, half my life so far I lived in ignorance thinking it was Pretenders song. And then found out it was written by Ray for Peggy Lee. I love Peggy Lee, but her version sounds rushed and half-hearted, a sad misfire.
The demo is a cut above the Pretenders more polished take.

Marion Maerz version is the best cover

Z Berg's cover is great too

Anika's cover is good too

Cher's version is great

For me, the best version is on the soundtrack to their musical 'Sunny Afternoon'.

pretenders version is best I think

This is definitely my favourite version yet I feel that the pretenders improved the bridge which seems a bit empty. However, this aspect improves the rest of the song and I don't think there needs to be anything except a piano and his voice of course.

I like Sia's version better👌

Siren Catwoman This is a demo.

I like Cher's version but Chrissie Hynde's is brilliant. However I have been a Kinks fan since 1964 so Ray's version has to be tops.

inb4, I'm a damn retard
I want to play this on guitar, but I'm finding a problem. I have a terrible musical ear and cannot work out the notes between when he sings "I go to sleep" I want to put it into a bend but for the love of god I can't find it, help anyone?

je ne comprends pas vraiment vos difficultés... je l'ai joué à la batterie et j'y suis arrivé du premier coup... je suis de tout coeur avec vous...

E minor 7, F# major, E minor. So it's just playing a minor, manor and minor chord going up on the guitar neck. Then there are high pitch notes: G and F#. I haven't listend carefully, but the piano also plays crotchets (ostinato in the medium) on the E minor: G and F#.

Makes sense now, cheers

sorry sia better she has such a feeling when she sing this song

Melan Firas This is a demo.

Sia's version is sooo good, but I find this more fun than her version.

I agree

this is the best version. 2nd   Chrissie Hynde. no doubt about it

+Shalome Pinto Like many other female singers, she sounds like she's being strangled.

+mike fitton But... really not. She sings with her soul, and her silence is pure emotion. She did the best version of all!

+Mike Kaplan I couldn't agree more. Most all the cover versions treat it as a pop song. The original has a haunting quality that none of the covers capture. The Pretenders did a fantastic job arranging it as more of a ballad. Sia, Cher, Peggy Lee, Marion...all those cover versions treat it as an early 60s pop vocal, but that couldn't be further from the essence of the song as composed and originally recorded.

@TOMGUIDO66 ...hey..you forgot Anika's version.. she did an amazing work...

@mike fitton I think you may have some psychological issues if you think all female singers sound like they're being strangled :D

This version is terrible. Sounds like the Oompa Loompa from Charlie and the chocolate factory. Love Sia,s cover though.

+VICtorian071 Sia's version is too overstated, not subtle enough. The Pretenders version is far superior. This Kinks version is just a demo.

I like to disagree with you on Apollo and also here. This version based only on voice and piano is pure bliss.Forget the rest

Ist time for me ...brilliant song ...

Great song but I can't seem to find a version of it I really, really like. This one is maybe my favorite but it clearly sounds like a demo, and I think most other versions do the bridge a lot better. I also love Rasputina's version, but it's got these weird abrupt rhythm changes. All the other covers I've heard either change the tempo too much or put in too much vocal theatrics for such a simple melody.

+Alex Bird Try Anika's! It's really different but amazing. I love it.

This to me feels like the Kinks answer to 'asleep' by the smiths..

+Babe Harlson This is a love song, Asleep is a desperate, lonely, cry for help.

+Babe Harlson Yeah, that Johnny Marr, I've often wished I could borrow his time machine!

@terrypussypower Aw Time travel is class i'd say you would like 'Back to the Future' its all about encroaching the boundaries of space and time! :) 

it's also rather Dionne Warwick/Burt Bacharach. The right era also

Tom Morrison Actually written in December 1964 for Ray’s newborn daughter.

So that's where the pretenders got it from lol

@MATTHEW TAYLOR Ray Davies was married to the singer of the Pretenders for a bit and had a daughter with her.

naturphilosophie1 They had a daughter, but were never married.

I do like this version, and I know it's the original demo, but I find Sia's cover much more powerful and vocally dominant. Sia's vocal range, in my opinion, is second to no one

+Soul Saviva Yeah, too right. "Voice Of The Xtabay" is fucking nuts!

+Tommy H sia sucks

+sey yed u suck more! hahaha! tone deff!

Just a great song done well by whoever

MmeDesgranges Since Ray wrote this in 1964 for his newborn daughter your reasoning is a bit off.

Ha, I discovered this song via Anika. Did not realize it was a cover.

Lord Nerezza omggggg me neither

Checkout the SIA version.

It was a hit by Cher in the 60s and covered again by the pretenders in the 70s. This is a demo, the kinks never put it out

It was a cover from the best song writer who’s ever walked this planet

This song will always resonate with me.  "You alone and no one else.  You were meant for me."

Sia's version was the first I heard, but this is simply breathtaking.

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Sia's cover of this is the best.  She sounds absolutely heartbreaking.

Because she warbles all over it?

+Matsuko Kitade No chance. The Pretenders version of this is far superior to Sia's in every way possible.

I just can't but agree with you!
I hate to say a cover is better than the original, but there is no comparision! The Pretenders got something more...

Anoril Palanril This is only a demo. The Kinks never recorded an official version.

such a nice song. listen to the cover with peggy lee. 

The Kinks version is the best, by far.

Im sorry, but sia's version is still the best

Nah Pretenders is

S.Maharba’s version is my fav, it samples Marion Maerz’s cover of this song

@mannu vera laughable

a decir verdad me gusta mas la version de THE PRETENDERS, pero siempre la version original suena especial .....

ANIKA GETS DOWN ON THIS

I am a lifelong Kinks' fan, and I have posted that this original demo is the best version of the song in my opinion.  However, I have today come across a much slower cover version by Sia than the one of hers that usually turns up, and I cannot believe how powerful it is.  To my great surprise I have changed my mind and now opt for Sia's very slow cover as the best version of this wonderful song.  But it has to be that version, not the faster one.  Such emotional depth.  Highly recommended for a listen.   

@michael morreale Hi.  Hadn't heard that precise recording, I don't think, although she has quite a few here on You Tube.  I'm not going to argue with you.  She has a great voice, and the slow treatment of some of her deliveries does seem to suit the song so well.  They are all great recordings in my opinion, and who can choose which is best?  But thanks for alerting me to one I don't recall seeing before.

@Galericulus
 I think Sia's version is the best by far.

Oh gosh! I don't believe I've ever heard this. Other versions, yes.
Thus this to me is *awful*. I think a lot of others have done this way better. 
But there is the interesting thing: the power of the composition still came through, despite this ham-fisted original. 

@Ged Maybury
I think two factors are applying here.  Firstly, this was only ever intended as a demo recording, never for general release.  But one of the people who knew of its existence felt the wider public deserved to hear it, and I for one am glad he did.  The second factor is this.  I believe that you almost always prefer the first version of a song you hear, and I could give examples of where that has happened to me.  Assuming I'm right about that, the poor production of this track would not be the only thing that put you off it, either consciously or sub-consciously.

I would like to recommend a Kinks' track to you, just in case you haven't already heard it.  The song is called "Some Mother's Son" and it comes from the 1969 album "Arthur (or the decline and fall of the British Empire)".  It contains no fewer than 14 different chords or chord extensions and some amazing modulations.  My apologies if you already know it.  If you don't, the whole album is well worth listening to.  Best wishes.

I shall pursue that song, my good sir. Thanks.

Also - " I believe that you almost always prefer the first version of a song you hear,"
Oh yes, that is so very true.

that's the saddest tune I've heard ever  

You should hear it sung by Sia then.  Powefull. Actually I think ABBAs The Winner Takes It All is the saddest.

@Matsuko Kitade The Winner Takes it All is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard, and only the ABBA version. Wonderful song.

+queenslanddiva ABBA has sadder songs than "the winner" songs like "The day before you came" and "One of us" are just so hopeless and bleak.

Gloomy Sunday

Ray Davies is still too underrated for his songwriting - It has such diversity for just one thing.

Haunting..Davies was the second greatest Brit songwriter of the 60's and early 70's after Lennon imo. More depth than McCartney.

The best cover of this song is made by Anika and Beak.

I disagree.  I vote for Sia.

anika!!!!** best cover

I say its 'Sia' whose version is the best ☺☺

I think the covers are so different it's really apples to oranges. Sia's version is sincere, emotional, beautiful... Anika's is creepy, haunting, almost disturbing.

I first heard Anika's and it stuck with me because it was so mournful, really gets under your skin. I don't care for Sia's because I personally don't really like "sincere and emotional." But I don't think one is objectively better than the other really. Sia is a huge talent and great at what she does.