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"Sleeping Awake"
"Sleeping Awake"
Single by P.O.D.
from the album The Matrix Reloaded: The Album and Payable on Death (Japanese version)
Released	May 26, 2003
Recorded	2003
Genre	Alternative metal, nu metal
Length	3:23
Label	Warner, Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Noah Bernardo, Traa Daniels, Sonny Sandoval
Producer(s)	Howard Benson, P.O.D.
P.O.D. singles chronology
Music video
	"Sleeping Awake" on YouTube

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"Sleeping Awake" (also known as "Sleeping Away") is the lead single by P.O.D. from The Matrix Reloaded: The Album. The film soundtrack was released on May 6, 2003 by Warner Bros. Records/Maverick Records with the single itself available May 26. The US edition only includes the title track while the UK/Australia edition, released June 3, includes the video and two more songs.

"Sleeping Awake" was later released as a bonus track on P.O.D.'s studio album, Payable on Death.

The song's video and lyrics are directly inspired by The Matrix Reloaded. The chorus features the line "dreaming of Zion awake", which refers to the last human city of planet Earth as depicted in the film.

Video

The "Sleeping Awake" radio single, which began playing April 5,^[1] and Marc Webb-directed music video garnered significant airplay upon release.

The video shows two versions of the band performing the song. In one room, the band is performing while dressed entirely in black with sunglasses, similar to characters in the Matrix films. This room is a representation of the computer virtual reality, known as the Matrix from the film trilogy. Vocalist Sonny Sandoval is shown demonstrating abilities often used in the film by individuals who are aware of the nature of the Matrix, particularly the character Neo (the ability to warp the reality of the Matrix) to move objects via computerized telekinesis, in this case alphabet nursery blocks and form the word "ONE" from the word "NEO." (Neo is the central character in the Matrix films). The second room is a representation of the "real world" outside of The Matrix, and the band in this room are dressed in similar fashion to the Zionites in the Trilogy, garbed in old, and dirty clothes, although the level of degradation in the garments worn by the Zionites in the film is significantly more apparent than those worn by the band members in the music video. The two realities are shown to be mirror-images of each other, positioned and moving in the same manner as each other - the band in the Matrix are playing their instruments left-handed to further touch on the theme. At the video's end, the song's final note shatters the glass separating the two rooms, thus allowing the two bands to see each other.

"Sleeping Awake" marked the P.O.D. video debut of guitarist Jason Truby. During shooting of the video, Sandoval confessed that while the band had seriously considered breaking up after the departure of Marcos Curiel (who has since rejoined the band), "[Jason] did us a favor by helping us out with this song, and then once it was all said and done it kind of confirmed that maybe we should keep doing what we loved—and that's making music... So now he's helping us do that."^[2]

Track listing

US edition

Sleeping Awake

UK/Australia edition

"Sleeping Awake" by P.O.D.
"Bruises" (Album version) by Ünloco
"The Passportal" (Album version) by Team Sleep

"Sleeping Awake" (Video)

Charts

Chart performance for "Sleeping Awake"
Chart (2003)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[3]	41
France (SNEP)^[4]	91
Germany (GfK)^[5]	55
Italy (FIMI)^[6]	35
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[7]	30
UK Singles (OCC)^[8]	42
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	20
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	14

References

^ LAUNCH Radio Networks "P.O.D.'s 'Matrix' Single Released To Stations" Yahoo! Music (April 16, 2003). Retrieved on April 5, 2008.
^ LAUNCH Radio Networks "P.O.D. Saved By 'Matrix Reloaded' Song" Yahoo! Music (May 5, 2003). Retrieved on April 5, 2008.
^ "P.O.D. – Sleeping Awake". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
^ "P.O.D. – Will You" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
^ "P.O.D. – Will You" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
^ "P.O.D. – Will You". Top Digital Download. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
^ "P.O.D. – Sleeping Awake". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 6, 2022.

[1] LAUNCH Radio Networks "P.O.D.'s 'Matrix' Single Released To Stations" Yahoo! Music (April 16, 2003). Retrieved on April 5, 2008.

[2] LAUNCH Radio Networks "P.O.D. Saved By 'Matrix Reloaded' Song" Yahoo! Music (May 5, 2003). Retrieved on April 5, 2008.

[sc_Australia_P.O.D.-3] "P.O.D. – Sleeping Awake". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved September 6, 2022.

[sc_France_P.O.D.-4] "P.O.D. – Will You" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved September 6, 2022.

[sc_Germany_P.O.D.-5] "P.O.D. – Will You" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved September 6, 2022.

[sc_Italy_P.O.D.-6] "P.O.D. – Will You". Top Digital Download. Retrieved September 6, 2022.

[sc_Switzerland_P.O.D.-7] "P.O.D. – Sleeping Awake". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved September 6, 2022.

[sc_UK_-8] "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 6, 2022.

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+| name       = Sleeping Awake
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+| cover      = POD_Sleeping_Awake.jpg
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+| artist     = [[P.O.D.]]
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+| released   = May 26, 2003
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+| studio     =
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-| Writer         =
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+| label      = [[Warner Music Group|Warner]], [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
+| writer     = [[Noah Bernardo]], [[Traa Daniels]], [[Sonny Sandoval]]
-| Certification  =
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-"'''Sleeping Awake'''" (often mistitled as "'''Sleeping Away'''") is the [[lead single]] by [[P.O.D.]] from ''[[The Matrix Reloaded: The Album]]''. The [[film soundtrack]] was released on [[May 6]], [[2003]] by [[Warner Bros. Records]]/[[Maverick Records]] with the single itself available [[May 26]]. The [[United States|US]] edition only includes the title track while the [[United Kingdom|UK]]/[[Australia]] edition, released [[June 3]], includes the video and two more songs.
+"'''Sleeping Awake'''" (also known as "'''Sleeping Away'''") is the lead single by [[P.O.D.]] from ''[[The Matrix Reloaded: The Album]]''. The film soundtrack was released on May 6, 2003 by [[Warner Bros. Records]]/Maverick Records with the single itself available May 26. The US edition only includes the title track while the UK/Australia edition, released June 3, includes the video and two more songs.
-"Sleeping Awake" was later released as a [[bonus track]] on the [[Japan]]ese edition of P.O.D.'s [[studio album]], ''[[Payable on Death]]''. This version was released on [[December 1]] that same year.
+"Sleeping Awake" was later released as a [[bonus track]] on P.O.D.'s [[studio album]], ''[[Payable on Death]]''.
-The song's video and lyrics are directly inspired by ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]''. The [[refrain#In popular music|chorus]] features the line "dreaming of [[Zion (The Matrix)|Zion]]," which refers to the last human city of planet [[Earth]] as depicted in the film.
+The song's video and lyrics are directly inspired by ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]''. The chorus features the line "dreaming of [[Zion (The Matrix)|Zion]] awake", which refers to the last human city of planet Earth as depicted in the film.
 ==Video==
-The "Sleeping Awake" [[radio single]], which began playing [[April 5]],<ref>LAUNCH Radio Networks [http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12037442 "P.O.D.'s 'Matrix' Single Released To Stations"] Yahoo! Music (April 16, 2003). Retrieved on April 5, 2008.</ref> and [[Marc Webb]]-directed [[music video]] garnered significant airplay upon release. The video shows two versions of the band performing the song. In one room, the band is performing while dressed entirely in black with sunglasses, similar to characters in the [[The Matrix (series)|''Matrix'' films]]. Vocalist [[Sonny Sandoval]] is shown demonstrating "Matrix powers" (the ability to warp the reality of the Matrix) to [[levitation|levitate]] [[toy block|alphabet nursery blocks]] and form the word "ONE" from the word [[Neo (The Matrix)|"NEO."]] The second room appears to be a boiler room, and the band in this room is dressed in white. It is shown that they are mirror-images of each other, positioned and moving in the same manner as each other - the band dressed in black are playing their instruments left-handed to further touch on the theme. At the video's end, the song's final note shatters the glass separating the two rooms, thus allowing the two bands to see each other.
+The "Sleeping Awake" [[radio single]], which began playing April 5,<ref>LAUNCH Radio Networks [http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12037442 "P.O.D.'s 'Matrix' Single Released To Stations"] Yahoo! Music (April 16, 2003). Retrieved on April 5, 2008.</ref> and [[Marc Webb]]-directed [[music video]] garnered significant airplay upon release.
+The video shows two versions of the band performing the song. In one room, the band is performing while dressed entirely in black with sunglasses, similar to characters in the [[The Matrix (series)|''Matrix'' films]]. This room is a representation of the computer virtual reality, known as the Matrix from the film trilogy. Vocalist [[Sonny Sandoval]] is shown demonstrating abilities often used in the film by individuals who are aware of the nature of the Matrix, particularly the character Neo (the ability to warp the reality of the Matrix) to move objects via computerized telekinesis, in this case [[toy block|alphabet nursery blocks]] and form the word "ONE" from the word [[Neo (The Matrix)|"NEO."]] (Neo is the central character in the Matrix films). The second room is a representation of the "real world" outside of The Matrix, and the band in this room are dressed in similar fashion to the Zionites in the Trilogy, garbed in old, and dirty clothes, although the level of degradation in the garments worn by the Zionites in the film is significantly more apparent than those worn by the band members in the music video. The two realities are shown to be mirror-images of each other, positioned and moving in the same manner as each other - the band in the Matrix are playing their instruments left-handed to further touch on the theme. At the video's end, the song's final note shatters the glass separating the two rooms, thus allowing the two bands to see each other.
-"Sleeping Awake" marked the P.O.D. video debut of [[guitarist]] [[Jason Truby]]. During shooting of the video, Sandoval confessed that while the band had seriously considering breaking up after the departure of [[Marcos Curiel]] (who has since rejoined the band), "[Jason] did us a favor by helping us out with this song, and then once it was all said and done it kind of confirmed that maybe we should keep doing what we loved--and that's making music. . . So now he's helping us do that."<ref>LAUNCH Radio Networks [http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12026944 "P.O.D. Saved By 'Matrix Reloaded' Song"] Yahoo! Music (May 5, 2003). Retrieved on April 5, 2008.</ref>
+"Sleeping Awake" marked the P.O.D. video debut of [[guitarist]] [[Jason Truby]]. During shooting of the video, Sandoval confessed that while the band had seriously considered breaking up after the departure of [[Marcos Curiel]] (who has since rejoined the band), "[Jason] did us a favor by helping us out with this song, and then once it was all said and done it kind of confirmed that maybe we should keep doing what we loved—and that's making music... So now he's helping us do that."<ref>LAUNCH Radio Networks [http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12026944 "P.O.D. Saved By 'Matrix Reloaded' Song"] Yahoo! Music (May 5, 2003). Retrieved on April 5, 2008.</ref>
 ==Track listing==
@@ Line 37: / Line 41: @@
 ===UK/Australia edition===
 # "Sleeping Awake" by [[P.O.D.]]
-# "Bruises" (Album version) by [[Unloco]]
+# "Bruises" (Album version) by [[Ünloco]]
 # "The Passportal" (Album version) by [[Team Sleep]]
 :* "Sleeping Awake" (Video)
 ==Charts==
-{| class="wikitable"
+{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
+|+ Chart performance for "Sleeping Awake"
-!align="left"|Chart
+!scope="col"|Chart (2003)
-!align="left"|Peak<br />position
+!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
 |-
+{{single chart|Australia|41|artist=P.O.D.|song=Sleeping Awake|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2022}}
-|align="left"|''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]]
-|align="center"|20
 |-
+{{single chart|France|91|artist=P.O.D.|song=Will You|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2022}}
-|align="left"|''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Modern Rock Tracks]]
-|align="center"|14
 |-
+{{single chart|Germany|55|songid=5632|artist=P.O.D.|song=Will You|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2022}}
-|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]
-|align="center"|42
 |-
+{{single chart|Italy|35|artist=P.O.D.|song=Will You|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2022}}
+|-
+{{single chart|Switzerland|30|artist=P.O.D.|song=Sleeping Awake|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2022}}
+|-
+{{single chart|UK|42|date=20030601|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2022}}
+|-
+!scope="row"|US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]]
+|align="center"|20
+|-
+!scope="row"|US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Modern Rock Tracks]]
+|align="center"|14
 |}
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
-==External links==
-*[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2833l_pod-sleeping-awake_music "Sleeping Awake" music video @ DailyMotion.com]
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+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:2003 singles]]
 [[Category:P.O.D. songs]]
-[[Category:Songs from films]]
+[[Category:Songs written for films]]
+[[Category:The Matrix (franchise) music]]
+[[Category:Music videos directed by Marc Webb]]
-[[es:Sleeping Awake]]
-[[fr:Sleeping Awake]]
+[[Category:2003 songs]]
+[[Category:Atlantic Records singles]]
+[[Category:Songs written by Noah Bernardo]]
+[[Category:Songs written by Traa Daniels]]
+[[Category:Songs written by Sonny Sandoval]]

v t e P.O.D.
Sonny Sandoval Traa Daniels Marcos Curiel Jason Truby Gabe Portillo Wuv Bernardo
Studio albums	Snuff the Punk (1994) Brown (1996) The Fundamental Elements of Southtown (1999) Satellite (2001) Payable on Death (2003) Testify (2006) When Angels & Serpents Dance (2008) Murdered Love (2012) SoCal Sessions (2014) The Awakening (2015) Circles (2018) Veritas (2024)
Live albums	Payable on Death Live (1997)
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits: The Atlantic Years (2006)
Extended plays	The Warriors EP (1998) The Warriors EP, Volume 2 (2005)
Singles	"Southtown" "Rock the Party (Off the Hook)" "Alive" "Youth of the Nation" "Boom" "Satellite" "Sleeping Awake" "Will You" "Change the World" "Goodbye for Now"
Related articles	Discography