| "Sleep Through the Static" | ||||
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| Single by Jack Johnson | ||||
| from the album Sleep Through the Static | ||||
| Released | December 2007 | |||
| Recorded | Los Angeles, California, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:33 | |||
| Label | Universal, Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jack Johnson | |||
| Producer(s) | Jack Johnson | |||
| Jack Johnson singles chronology | ||||
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"Sleep Through the Static" is third single from American singer/songwriter Jack Johnson's third studio album Sleep Through the Static.
The track features a short melodic opening played on a melodica with drums, electric guitar and bass following. The song features some complex lyrics, with a blues feeling and the representative Jack Johnson's groove.
Johnson implied in an interview with National Public Radio that the song was made to protest the Iraq War.[1]