The feeling is all too familiar. You’re lying in bed, exhausted from a long day of work, the gym, your strenuous commute, entertaining friends, all of it. You can’t wait to peacefully drift into 8 hours of blissful sleep. Except the weight of tomorrow’s worries comes crashing down, creating a canopy of stress and anxiety over your tranquil utopia.
You hesitantly roll over to check the time…12:30 a.m. You have approximately seven and a half hours left until you have to peel yourself out of your pillowy paradise. You spend what seems like 20 minutes trying to get comfortable again, rolling around, rearranging sheets and locating the cold side of the pillow. You glance over at your phone again. Now, you only have SIX hours left to bask in the warmth of your fluffy bed. As you watch your beloved good night’s sleep quickly vanish before your eyes, you desperately search for solutions. Perhaps a warm cup of tea would help? Or maybe text Ivy, your Yogi friend, who’s bound to have a meditation playlist.
Well not to worry our sleep deprived readers, your quest for post-bedtime serenity and peace-of-mind stops here. We’ve compiled a playlist of the best modern songs to listen to when in bed to help you drift away into dreamland.
Listen To Our Rock-A-Bye Playlist
Our Favorite Sleepy Tunes
- Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran - Little Talks
Julia Sheer & Jon D - Lay Me Down
Sam Smith - Skinny Love
Bon Iver - Rosie’s Lullaby
Norah Jones - Let Her Go
Passenger - Angels
The XX - Sparks
Coldplay - Let It Be Me
Ray LaMontagne - Hello
Adele - Let It All Go
Birdy, RHODES - Descending
Big Boi, Little Dragon - Verse
Rhye - The Wilhelm Scream
James Blake - Lifeforms
Daughter - Stay With Me
Sam Smith - Seven Hours
Little May - Retrograde
James Blake - Looking too Closely
Fink - Waiting Game
Banks - I Forget Where We Are
Ben Howard - Red Dust
James Vincent McMorrow - Here With Me
Susie Suh, Robot Koch - You’re the Best
Wet - Photograph
Ed Sheeran