Sleepyhead

{{About|the Passion Pit song||Sleepyhead (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Sleepyhead

| cover = Sleepyhead Passion Pit.jpeg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Passion Pit

| album = Chunk of Change and Manners

| A-side = Sleepyhead

| B-side = Better Things

| released = September 8, 2008

| recorded = 2008

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = *Electropop

• neo-psychedelia
• post-disco

| length = 2:55

| label = Columbia (UK)
Frenchkiss (U.S.)
Neon Gold

| writer = Michael Angelakos

| producer = Chris Zane

| chronology = Passion Pit

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = The Reeling

| next_year = 2009

}}

"Sleepyhead" is the debut single from American electronic band Passion Pit, featured on their first EP, Chunk of Change, and later on their debut album Manners. The single was released on September 8, 2008. When the song had been re-released on Manners, it had an updated sound.{{Citation |title=Sleepyhead by Passion Pit on Apple Music |date=2008-09-08 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/song/sleepyhead/366648550 |access-date=2024-09-28 |language=en-US}}

The music video showcases a series of images with clapping hands, instruments and Michael Angelakos singing, all together it mimicks the animation style of a zoetrope.

The song contains samples of "Óró Mo Bháidín" by Mary O'Hara and "San Francisco Scene (The Beat Generation)" by Jack Kerouac ("and everything is going to the beat").{{Cite web |last=Dillon |first=Brian |date=2023-06-15 |title=Internet mind-blown that famous US electropop track samples Irish folk song |url=https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/internet-mind-blown-famous-electropop-30240960 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240921200117/https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/internet-mind-blown-famous-electropop-30240960 |archive-date=2024-09-21 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Irish Star |language=en}}

In the announcement trailer for the puzzle-platform game LittleBigPlanet 2, the instrumental of the Chunk of Change version of the song had been used. This included usage in the game's official soundtrack.{{Cite web |title=Little Big Planet 2 confirmed |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/little-big-planet-2-confirmed/1100-6261611/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240222122509/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/little-big-planet-2-confirmed/1100-6261611/ |archive-date=2024-02-22 |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Lyons |first=Patrick |date=2018-09-14 |title=Passion Pit's 'Chunk Of Change' EP Turns 10 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2014536/passion-pit-chunk-of-change-turns-10/reviews/the-anniversary/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226015342/https://www.stereogum.com/2014536/passion-pit-chunk-of-change-turns-10/reviews/the-anniversary/ |archive-date=2021-02-26 |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}