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Song history
Music video
Chart performance Single by The Romantics
Weekly charts from the album In Heat
Year-end charts
B-side "I'm Hip"
Bucks Fizz version
Track listing Released September 1983
Weekly charts Recorded 1983
Cui Jian version Genre Pop rock · new
Other covers wave
References Length 3:54
Label Nemperor
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It was featured in the first episode of the second season of the Netflix 0:00 MENU
series Stranger Things, playing on a car radio. The Romantics – "Talking in Your
Sleep"
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
Chart (1984)
Peak US Cash Box Top 100[21] 34
position
Canada (CHUM)[9] 1
France (IFOP)[10] 30
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 5
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Track listing
Single by Bucks Fizz
7" vinyl
from the album I Hear Talk
1. "Talking in Your Sleep" (Canler / Skill / Palmar / Solley / Marinos) –
(4.18) B-side "Don't Think You're
2. "Don't Think You're Fooling Me" (Bobby G) – (3.50) Fooling Me"
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Other covers
Canadian singer The Weeknd interpolates the chorus of "Talking in Your Sleep" in his song "Secrets" from his 2016
album, Starboy.[27]
References
1. Stephenson, Ken (2002). What to Listen for in Rock: A Stylistic Analysis, p.89. ISBN 978-0-300-09239-4.
2. "The Romantics Chart History (Hot 100)" (https://www.billboard.com/music/The-Romantics/chart-history/hot-100).
Billboard. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
3. "Billboard Dec 10, 1983" (http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1983/BB-1983-12-10.pdf)
(PDF). Billboard. New York, NY, USA. 10 December 1983. p. 34. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
4. "Billboard Dec 24, 1983" (http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1983/BB-1983-12-24.pdf)
(PDF). Billboard. New York, NY, USA. 24 December 1983. p. 28. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
5. "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – CHART POSITIONS PRE 1989" (http://australian-charts.com/f
orum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=21533&pages=). Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 September
2016.
6. "Ultratop.be – The Romantics – Talking in Your Sleep" (https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+R
omantics&titel=Talking+in+Your+Sleep&cat=s) (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
7. "Radio 2 Top 30" (https://web.archive.org/web/20160328140527/http://www.radio2.be/top-30/1984/03/03) (in
Dutch). Top 30. Archived from the original (http://www.radio2.be/top-30/1984/03/03) on 28 March 2016. Retrieved
15 September 2016.
8. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4457 (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/i
mage.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4457&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2
ff4%2fnlc008388.4457.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4457)." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 15
September 2016.
9. "CHART NUMBER 1413 – Sunday, February 05, 1984" (https://web.archive.org/web/20061107210102/http://www
.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=1413). CHUM. Archived from the original (http://www.1050chum.c
om/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=1413) on 7 November 2006. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
10. "Le Détail par Artiste" (http://www.infodisc.fr/Tubes_Artistes_R.php). InfoDisc (in French). Select "ROMANTICS"
from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
11. "Offiziellecharts.de – The Romantics – Talking in Your Sleep" (https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-1071).
GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
12. "Dutchcharts.nl – The Romantics – Talking in Your Sleep" (https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Ro
mantics&titel=Talking+in+Your+Sleep&cat=s) (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
13. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 7, 1984 (https://www.top40.nl/top40/1984/week-7)" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40
Retrieved 15 September 2016.
14. "Charts.nz – The Romantics – Talking in Your Sleep" (https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Romantics&t
itel=Talking+in+Your+Sleep&cat=s). Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
15. "South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1965 – 1989 Acts R" (http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_
(R).html). The South African Rock Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
16. "Swedishcharts.com – The Romantics – Talking in Your Sleep" (https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpre
t=The+Romantics&titel=Talking+in+Your+Sleep&cat=s). Singles Top 100. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
17. "Swisscharts.com – The Romantics – Talking in Your Sleep" (http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The
+Romantics&titel=Talking+in+Your+Sleep&cat=s). Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
18. "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending JANUARY 21, 1984" (https://web.archive.org/web/20121001103942
/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19840121.html). Cash Box. Archived from the original (http://cas
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