12 More Songs Associated with the Bed | Playlist 🎧

1. Dan + Shay, “I Should Probably Go to Bed”

🎵 “I Should Probably Go to Bed” • 🏷 Warner • 🗓 2020

High-flying vocals and vocal harmonies shine on 🎵 “I Should Probably Go to Bed”, a single by Grammy-winning country duo 🎙 Dan + Shay. “I Should Probably Go to Bed” possesses many of the cues that we’ve come to expect from the duo. While this duo walks the fine line between country and pop, “I Should Probably Go to Bed” leans more pop.

The song dabbles in matters of the heart. Lyrically, it could’ve used a wee bit more development.  Still, we get the gist: the guy has been on the struggle bus regarding heartbreak, gets off the struggle bus, finds out his ex- is returning to town, and decides he should ‘go to bed.’

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2. Dua Lipa, “Good in Bed”

💿 Future Nostalgia • 🏷 Warner • 🗓 2020

“I dedicate this verse to (Verse to) / All that good pipe in the moonlight.” Woo! While love and sex dominate 💿 Future Nostalgia, the sophomore album by 🏆 Grammy-winning pop artist 🎙 Dua Lipa, penultimate cut 🎵 “Good in Bed” manages to separate itself from the rest. “Good in Bed” features contrasting production work, courtesy of 🎛 Lindgren and 🎛 Take a Daytrip.  Compared to the rest of Future Nostalgia, this particular record has more of a soulful, old-school, hip-hop vibe.

“Good in Bed” definitely sounds like a record that the late, great 🎙 Amy Winehouse might’ve recorded had she lived.  Vocally, Dua Lipa gives us some of her most cutting, throaty vocals of the album. Furthermore, she serves up a heaping dose of repetition on the infectious, tongue-n-cheek chorus:

“I know it’s really bad, bad, bad, bad, bad
Messing with my head, head, head, head, head
We drive each other mad, mad, mad, mad, mad.”

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3. Powfu, “death bed (coffee for your head)”

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💿 Poems of the Past (EP) • 🏷 Columbia • 🗓 2020

Canadian rapper/singer 🎙 Powfu raps about his 🎵 “death bed (coffee for your head)” (💿 Poems of the past (EP)), getting a mighty assist from indie-pop singer/songwriter, 🎙 beabadoobee. Beabadoobee plays a big role, thanks to a sample of her song, 🎵 “Coffee”, fueling the fire.  🎛 Otterpop does a nice job producing this chill yet potent and thoughtful record. Powfu rides the beat with ease. He reflects on love, life, and God.  “I been praying for forgiveness, you’ve been praying for my health,” he raps on the first verse, continuing, “When I leave this earth, hopin’ you’ll find someone else…”  The second is shorter but keeps the same energy. He’s happy she’s with him, recollects the memories, but also, sadly tells her, “Soon you’ll be alone, sorry that you have to lose me.”

Of course, the centerpiece is the chorus on one of the best songs of 2020:

“Don’t stay awake for too long, don’t go to bed
I’ll make a cup of coffee for your head
It’ll get you up and going out of bed.”

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4. girl in red, “two queens in a king sized bed”

🎵 “two queens in a king sized bed” • 🏷 world in red / AWAL Recordings Ltd • 🗓 2020

“Two queens in a king-sized bed / There’s no mistletoe above our heads.” So, would it be safe to call 🎵 “two queens in a king sized bed” a queer/lesbian 🏳️‍🌈 Christmas 🎄 song?  Yep, for sure.  Pretty rad 🎙 Marie Ulven, better known as 🎙 girl in red. Sure, “two queens in a king sized bed” is a holiday number, but it fits perfectly on this bed-centric list.

Initially, the record features piano-driven production (girl in red and 🎛 Matias Tellez), before the addition of more sounds. Still, many of the sounds incorporated end up being keyboard-based.  The Norwegian singer delivers chill vocals, exhibiting a beautiful tone.  Furthermore, besides her radiant, passionate performance, I adore the vocal production.  Further confirming the ‘bop status’ of “two queens” is the passionate, catchy songwriting, particularly on the centerpiece, the chorus:

“I don’t have a lot to give
But I would give you everything
All my time is yours to spend
Let me wrap you in with my skin
With my skin.”

5. Sam Smith, “How Do You Sleep?”

💿 Love Goes • 🏷 Capitol • 🗓 2020

“I’m done hatin’ myself for feelin’ / I’m done cryin’ myself awake.” Those lyrics excerpted appear on, 🎵 “How Do You Sleep?” from 💿 Love Goes, the third studio album by non-binary musician 🎙 Sam Smith. Lyrically, thematically, and vocally, the 🏆 Academy Award and Grammy-winner is true to themself, while the production (🎛 Ilya Salmanzadeh) is sleeker and more modern compared to their past releases.  Smith still does a fine job of singing about matters of the heart.  The pre-chorus and chorus are where Smith’s bread is buttered.  On the catchy pre-chorus, they ask, “What have I become now / Lookin’ through your phone / Oh now, love to you is just a game…” After continuing to build up the case against their lover (or whatever he is to Smith), he drops the crowning achievement, the chorus:

“Baby, how do you sleep when you lie to me?
All that shame and all that danger
I’m hopin’ that my love will keep you up tonight
Baby, how do you sleep when you lie to me?
All that fear and all that pressure
I’m hopin’ that my love will keep you up tonight.”

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6. The Chicks, “Sleep at Night”

💿 Gaslighter • 🏷 Columbia • 🗓 2020 

🎼✍ Justin Tranter and 🎼✍ Teddy Geiger – two songwriters NOT typically associated with country music.  Regardless these pop stalwarts come through strong on 🎵 “Sleep at Night.”  “Sleep at Night” masterfully continues the unrest caused by divorce on 💿 Gaslighter, the big-time, comeback album by 🎙 The Chicks.

Honest AF, 🎙 Natalie Maines sings on the second half of the second verse, “Half of the shit you won’t believe / But I know it’s not unique to me.” The banjo solidifies this record as idiomatic of country music, but it’s just as much pop, showcasing The Chicks’ massive crossover abilities. The chorus is B-I-G.

“How do you sleep at night? (Oh)
How do you tell those lies? (Oh)
Lookin’ me in the eye (Oh)
Livin’ a double life
Tell me, how do you sleep at night? (Oh)
How do you sleep at night?” 

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7. Future & Lil Uzi Vert, “Sleeping on the Floor”

💿 Pluto x Baby Pluto • 🏷 Atlantic / Epic • 🗓 2020

“Sleepin’ on the floor with my heater / …Fillin’ up dope, one liter / …Servin’ my dope in wife beaters….” Okay, and here I was thinking that the dope should be served shirtless! Anyways, the song at hand, 🎵 “Sleeping on the Floor,” appears as the third song on 💿 Pluto x Baby Pluto.  Pluto x Baby Pluto, of course, is the joint 2020 album by 🏆 Grammy-winning rapper 🎙 Future and 🏆Grammy-nominated rapper 🎙 Lil Uzi Vert.  Future, of course, serves up the drug-fueled intro.

Clocking in under three minutes, “Sleeping on the Floor” is set in a minor key, featuring the trap-oriented production, courtesy of 🎛 D. Hill and 🎛 Loudy Luna.  Following that colorful intro, we get an equally colorful chorus from Future where he’s “Drinkin’ on syrup, hit the net” before he drops the first verse.  On the first verse, he delivers assertive, agile rhymes.  His flow is on-point, even if ‘what he says’ is nothing transcendent in the least (“I was poppin’ Xans, servin’ that dope and bought me a company”). Woo! Lil Uzi Vert enters the picture on the second verse, matching the intensity of ‘Big’ Pluto. “I’m Baby Pluto (Baby, Baby Pluto), pockets, they big like a sumo,” he asserts, adding, “Pockets, they fat like it’s glucose.” Again, I say, WOO! Uzi Vert’s flow is quick and packs a punch, again, even if he doesn’t offer an incredible amount of substance other than, well, drugs and sex:

“Two white cups, that’s the Styrofoam
High off of Pills, talk with two phones
Look at them two bitches that was with me
Both suckin', I get two domes (Suck it up).” 

TMI Lil Uzi Vert, TMI!

8. Megan Thee Stallion, “Don’t Rock Me to Sleep”

💿 Good News • 🏷 300 Entertainment • 🗓 2020

🎵 “Don’t Rock Me to Sleep” is quite a change of pace in the context of 💿 Good News, the debut studio album by Grammy-nominated rapper, 🎙 Megan Thee Stallion.  What exactly makes “Don’t Rock Me to Sleep” different, you ask? Well, it’s much more melodic, even if Megan’s agile, quick-paced rhymes remain constant.  Furthermore, the production courtesy of 🎛 Avedon is starkly different, incorporating a danceable R&B backdrop (pad and synth driven).

This record is a prime example of Megan showcasing more versatility. Yes, she’s still profane, but she notably reins it in more than usual.  Also, worth noting, those who enjoy Thee Stallion being totally unapologetic and edgier as opposed to tamer may not be as much onboard with a song like “Don’t Rock Me to Sleep” compared to say “Savage”, “Do It on the Tip”, or “Body”.  Nonetheless, we get a pretty catchy, inescapable chorus out of “Don’t Rock Me to Sleep.” Definitely associated with the bed!

9. Troye Sivan, “IN A DREAM”

💿 In a Dream (EP) • 🏷 Capitol • 🗓 2020

The plight of love is plastered all over, 🎵 “In a Dream,” the concluding track from 💿 In a Dream, the 2020 EP by standout South African-Aussie singer, 🎙 Troye Sivan. Essentially, Sivan is trying to move past a break-up but it’s definitely hard to escape his ex – it’s messing with him.

Throughout “In a Dream,” his struggle is superbly captured as he often contradicts himself.  How exactly does this contradiction go down? Well, it comes down to thinking about him versus not thinking about him, wanting him back versus not wanting him back, and etc.  In the context of In a Dream (EP), it’s a fitting closer.   This nearly four-minute number is produced by frequent Sivan collaborator, Swedish standout 🎛 Oscar Görres (aka OZGO).

10. Christian Leave, “Bedache”

🎵 “Bedache” • 🏷 GODMODE / Warner • 🗓 2020

“All this thinking hurts my head / All this thinking makes me want to drop dead.” Well, that’s not good 🎙 Christian Leave.  Perhaps the pop musician should stop thinking.  However, what’s clear is that he shouldn’t stop writing and performing songs.  The brief, two-and-half-minute-long 🎵 “Bedache,” the song where thinking is totally hurting his head, is pretty awesome by all means!

Christian Leave shines on this single set to appear on his forthcoming album.  Produced by John Hill, “Bedache” is big, driving, groovy, and passionate record. Quite colorful, “Bedache” features exuberant guitars, which provide great rhythmic accompaniment.  Even better than those guitars are the bright, expressive vocals by Leave. His tone = sweetness.  Besides a great voice, Leave composes a truly lovely melody that’s quite tuneful.  Of course, the centerpiece is none other than the aforementioned, incredibly catchy chorus.

11. All Time Low, “Sleeping in”

💿 Wake Up, Sunshine • 🏷 Fueled by Ramen • 🗓 2020

🎵 “Sleeping In” highlights 💿 Wake Up, Sunshine, the 2020 studio album by alternative collective, 🎙 All Time Low.  From the jump, “Sleeping In” cooks.  Front man 🎙 Alex Gaskarth is locked-in, singing about his desires to, well, sleep in with his babe. “Can we stay all day? Lay low in our lazy luxury,” he sings on the first verse, continuing, “Sex in a rosé daze / All day, it’s a real good thing.”  The lighthearted lyrics continue onto the pre-chorus: “There you go, making it hard to stay on track / Got shit to do, you got work…”

The lyrics shine brightest on the infectious, double-time chorus:

“If I said I want your body, would you hold it against me?
Seven in the morning, wanna listen to Britney
Everything you wanna, baby, that’s okay with me now
(We don’t sleep, but we like sleeping in)
Closing up the curtains while you call out of work now
Turning off my phone while you take off your shirt now
Waste another day, ‘nother night, ‘nother weekend
We don’t sleep, but we like sleeping in.”

Sigh, pretty damn sexy, right? So much for ‘maturity’ from All Time Low! ATL still wanna have some fun! Adding to the excellence is an energetic backdrop comprised of rhythmic guitars, punchy drums, and a robust, sliding bass line.

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12. Call Me Karizma, “Monster (Under My Bed)”

💿 The Gloomy Tapes, Vol. 2 • 🏷 Arista • 🗓 2019

Singer/rapper 🎙 Call Me Karizma keeps things brief on his bed-associated number, 🎵 “Monster (Under My Bed).” The ‘monstrous’ record appears on 💿 The Gloomy Tapes, Vol. 2, which was released in 2019.  “Monster (Under My Bed)” opens enigmatically in an undertone, as he sings the chorus: “Monster, monster under my bed / Come out and play ‘cause I need a friend / You’re so damn close that I feel your breath / You’re the only one I have left.”

As calm and mysterious as this minor-key, ‘lullaby’ of a chorus is, soon enough, Call Me Karizma, and the production, kicks things up a notch.  He packs a punch with his energetic, and playful vocals on the verses, giving us the meat of the record.  He’s quite descriptive, evidenced by moments like, “My bed is the coffin / And just as it closes / And I go to lock it / I sing the lullaby you taught me…” This line is varied at the end of the second verse, a great lead-in to the aforementioned chorus.  On the bridge, he goes H.A.M., dropping a few bombs in the process: “Someone call a doctor, a doctor / I’m fucking off my rocker don’t offer to talk when you’re not gonna.” The production also reaches the same level of intensity as Call Me Karizma does on the verses, contrasting the chorus sections. The backdrop of the chorus shifts from a basic guitar accompaniment to more intense, pummeling drums and some distorted, biting synths.  The result is a blend of alternative, alternative pop/rock, and a dash of hip-hop.

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