Why did REM have to cover The Lion Sleeps Tonight? Who recorded the original version of Moonage Daydream? What is the name of Cat Power's cover of All I Have To Do Is Dream? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that looks at songs related to sleep and their dreamy covers. WARNING: This episode contains traces of Aerosmith.

Featured songs [in chronological order]:

The Lion Sleeps Tonight [REM]
Dreams [Lissie, The Kills]
Dreaming [Yo La Tengo]
Dream On [Peg Carrothers]
Moonage Daydream [Milky Edwards & The Chamberlings]
If I Can Dream [Mojo Nixon]
Don’t Dream It’s Over [Lauren Daigle]
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams [Radius]
All I Have To Do Is Dream [Cat Power]
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me [Grant-Lee Phillips]
Girlfriend In A Coma [Janice Whaley]
Golden Slumbers [Dua Lipa]
Good Night [Sara Watkins]
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) [Yo La Tengo, Pomplamoose ft Sarah Dugas]
Feelin' Good [Lou Rawls]

Hidden track: In Dreams [Roy Orbison]

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