extensive amount of backwards guitar. UK stereo version: Backwards track on "everywhere at such a speed" and "find there's no need". The track stops at the end of the solo and at the end of the song, starts immediately after the word "sleeping". The Beatles' pioneering studio effects on Revolver proved highly influential on other contemporary artists. Musicologist Walter Everett cites the inclusion of backwards guitar parts on Crosby, Stills & Nash's 1969 song "Pre-Road Downs" as an apparent "homage" to "I'm Only Sleeping". Since the release of the Beatles' music on CD in 1987, the UK stereo version of the album has become the standard version in the US. Part of an instrumental rehearsal of the song featuring a vibraphone and the first take of the song from 29 April 1966 were released on the 1996 album Anthology 2. The inclusion of the vibraphone part marked the Beatles' first use of this instrument and reflected the band's experimentation with new sounds during the Revolver sessions. The UK mono version of "I'm Only Sleeping" was released on CD as part of the 2009 The Beatles in Mono remastered box set. Music video An official music video, directed by Em Cooper, was released to YouTube on . Covers Artists who have covered the song include Rosanne Cash, America, Vince Welnick, Quorthon, Jeff Tweedy, The Vines and Suggs (whose version reached the Top Ten of the UK Singles Chart in 1995), Yonder Mountain String Band, and Stereophonics with Oasis. Arctic Monkeys covered the song at their first live performance. Thom Bishop issued a version of the track on his 2013 album A Little Physics and a Lot of Luck. In the description of Jim Heald of No Depression magazine, Bishop's musical arrangement borrows from later Lennon psychedelic songs such as "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Because" and "Sun King", and builds in intensity from a soft acoustic backing as if to convey "the ratcheting up the tension as the dreamer resists being awakened". Personnel According to Ian MacDonald: John Lennon – lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar Paul McCartney – bass, harmony vocals George Harrison – acoustic guitar, backwards lead guitars, harmony vocals Ringo Starr – drums References Sources External links Full lyrics for the song at the Beatles' official website 1966 songs The Beatles songs Songs written by Lennon–McCartney Song recordings produced by George Martin Songs published by Northern Songs