Uploaded by lastP0et on Oct 16, 2011
Sleeper was a britpop group which formed in 1993 in Manchester, England. The band consisted of Louise Wener (vocals, guitar), Jon Stewart (guitar), Diid Osman (bass) and Andy Maclure (drums). The band released three albums - Smart, The It Girl and Pleased To Meet You - and split in 1998.
Their breakthrough song, Inbetweener, featured a memorable video with Dale Winton, who was a popular icon among students at the time. Sleeper also recorded a cover version of the Blondie song Atomic, which was used as a track in the film trainspotting. Their version was quite well-received and the only criticism is that it was too similar to the original.
The It Girl was arguably their finest moment with Lie Detector, Sale Of The Century and Statuesque as the defining tracks. It was produced by Stephen Street then famous for his contributions to The Smiths, Morrissey and Blur. It captured the imagination of the Britpop era. Wener admits that they were basically hanging onto the coattails of the bigger bands including the likes of Blur and Oasis.
The original band name for the band was Surrender Dorothy. They took that name from the smoke trail telling Dorothy to surrender in the Wizard of Oz movie.
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Surprisingly good quality video and audio for a 90's video upload on Youtube - obviously not from an old recording like most. It looks great in full-screen at 16x9 - was the video originally recorded in that format??
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This made TFI friday :))) what a tune ps hot hot is LW ;)
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forgot about this song until comedy dave picked it on radio one. great tune!!!
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love this song
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Please zap me back to 95. I'll give ANYTHING to be 14 listening to this for the 1st time.
26wordy 3 months ago 3
Awesome
ektayouth 4 months ago