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“Sleep To Dream” by Fiona Apple

From the album Tidal (1996)

“Sleep To Dream” by Fiona Apple appears on 31 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 1997 and 2025. It was first released in 1996 on the album Tidal. Its best result is #40 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #70 alternative song of 1997 and #1,782 alternative song of all time.

31countdowns
14stations
#40best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1997–2025years charted

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On "Sleep to Dream", from her 1996 debut album Tidal, Fiona Apple sounds nothing like a newcomer: she wrote it alone, sits at the piano and sings with a low, smoky fury that stops the room. It went out as the album's second single in 1997.

Andrew Slater produced, and the band around her plays it slow and heavy, halfway to trip-hop. Matt Chamberlain's drums thud, Dan Rothchild holds down the bottom, and Jon Brion and Patrick Warren fill the corners with vibraphone, tack piano and the ghostly wheeze of a chamberlin. Stéphane Sednaoui's video drew good notices, and the song remains one of her most successful singles.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 49 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 107
1997 78 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1997 91
1997 60 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 105
1997 62 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 101
1997 40 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 100
1997 70 X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997 104
1997 74 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 103
1997 73 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 97

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 492 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 1661 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1661 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1661 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1653 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1640 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1640 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1638 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 962 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 955 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 979 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 620 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2010 1012 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1042 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1089 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1113 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2016 751 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2021 785 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 1152 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 603
2023 185 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 1031 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2024 203 KEXP The Best Opening Tracks of All Time 738
2025 194 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500

Also listed as: Sleep to Dream.

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