"Sleep When I'm Dead" is a single by the British band The Cure released on 13 July 2008 on Geffen Records in the United Kingdom.

It was pushed back to 15 July in the United States to comply with the tradition of releasing songs on a Tuesday.

Robert Smith told Rolling Stone the song was originally written during sessions for the band's 1985 album The Head on the Door[1] and had the working title of "Kat 8.

"[2] Anthony Strutt of Penny Black Music "It has a weird ‘The Top’-like essence to it, and an almost prayer style vocal from Robert Smith.

"[4]Uncut said the song had a "sky-scraping, obsolescence-defying chorus", feeling it was "excellent enough to join the classic Cure canon.