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“Talking In Your Sleep” by The Romantics

“Talking In Your Sleep” by The Romantics appears on 24 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 1983 and 2026. Its best result is #9 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1983. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #13 alternative song of 1983, #1,400 alternative song of all time and #269 of the '80s.

24countdowns
14stations
#9best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1983–2026years charted

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The Romantics released "Talking in Your Sleep" in September 1983, off their album In Heat, and it turned out to be the biggest hit they ever had. Peter Solley produced it for Nemperor, and it's written in a natural minor key, which gives its new wave strut a shadowy, late-night edge.

It climbed to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 early in 1984 and sat there for three weeks, the band's only US top 10 hit, and it reached two on Album Rock Tracks. Nemperor also issued an extended 12-inch dance mix by John "Jelly Bean" Benitez, and the song topped the Dance/Disco Top 80 as well. It sold a million copies as a 45 in America and got to 14 in Australia.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1983 36 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983 107
1983 9 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1983 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 378 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1999 101 Channel 104.9 Channel 104.9 Top 101 Songs of the '80s (February 1999) 104
1999 1030 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 514 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 775 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 775 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 775 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 198 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 775 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 203 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 775 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 775 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2014 618 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2021 471 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2022 251 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2022 350 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2023 1015 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2024 453 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 401 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2025 455 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 910 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2026 434 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Talking in Your Sleep; Talking in your Sleep.

Charting alongside it in 1983

Best songs of 1983 →
  1. 1New Year's DayU2
  2. 2Let's DanceDavid Bowie
  3. 3The LovecatsThe Cure
  4. 4Every Breath You TakeThe Police
  5. 5Rebel YellBilly Idol
  6. 6In a Big CountryBig Country

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