Won't Sleep
{{Short description|2021 song by Tones and I}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Won't Sleep
| cover = Won't Sleep by Tones and I.png
| caption =
| type = single
| artist = Tones and I
| album = Welcome to the Madhouse
| released = {{start date|2021|5|14|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 3:17
| label = {{hlist|Bad Batch|Sony Music Australia|Elektra}}
| writer = Toni Watson
| producer = {{hlist|Watson|Randy Belculfine}}
| prev_title = Fly Away
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title = Cloudy Day
| next_year = 2021
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|4tIAIoUar3E|"Won't Sleep"}}}}
}}
"Won't Sleep" is a song by Australian singer Tones and I. It was released on 14 May 2021 through Bad Batch Records, distributed by Sony Music in Australia and New Zealand and globally by Elektra Records as the second single from her debut studio album, Welcome to the Madhouse.
About the song, Tones and I said "I loved writing this song and playing around with the production, the bass and drums. It's a song about me and my friends staying home and partying through lockdown."{{Cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/tones-and-i-shares-new-single-wont-sleep/|title=Tones and I Shares New Single "Won't Sleep" |website=Music Feeds|date=14 May 2021|access-date=27 June 2021|author= English, Laura}}
At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards, the Nick Kozakis, Liam Kelly and Tones and I directed video was nominated for Best Video.{{cite web |url=https://themusicnetwork.com/2021-aria-awards-nominees/ |title=ARIA Awards nominees revealed: Amy Shark & Genesis Owusu lead the charge |work=The Music Network |date=20 October 2021 |access-date=24 October 2021 |author=Kelly, Vivienne |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020000045/https://themusicnetwork.com/2021-aria-awards-nominees/ |archive-date=20 October 2021 |url-status=live}}
Music video
The music premiered on 14 May 2021, and was co-directed by Tones, Nick Kozakis and Liam Kelly, It shows two kids stumbling into a haunted house filled with monsters, with the singer as their leader.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/tones-and-i-announces-new-single-wont-sleep-2937735|title=Tones And I shares ghoulish music video for first original single of the year,"Won't Sleep"|website=NME|date=14 May 2021|access-date=27 June 2021|author= Triscari, Caleb}}
Critical reception
Laura English from Music Feeds said "It's a brooding pop release full of really fun, textured percussion [and] the production on this one is absolutely ace."
Sose Fuamoli from Triple J said the track "has a delightfully creepy electro vibe [and] is all about getting up to no good; mischief in the best way."{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/tones-and-i-returns-new-single-wont-sleep/12814868|title=Tones And I returns with new spooky single "Won't Sleep" and lets slip album name|website=ABC|date=14 May 2021|access-date=27 June 2021}}
Charts
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| scope="col"| Chart (2021)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite magazine |title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 24 May 2021 |magazine=The ARIA Report |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |issue=1629 |page=4 |date=24 May 2021}}
| 77 |
| scope="row"| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2021-05-21|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=24 May 2021|access-date=27 June 2021}}
| 19 |
| {{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|49|artist=Tones and I|rowheader=true|access-date=24 August 2021}} |
References
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