Shut Up (and Sleep with Me)

"Shut Up (and Sleep with Me)" is a song by German Eurodance artist Sin With Sebastian, released in May 1995 by the Sing Sing label as the lead single from his debut album, Golden Boy (1995). The song features classic opera vocals by singer Donna Lynn Bowers a.k.a. Steve. Co-produced by Inga Humpe and Sebastian Roth (real name of SWS), who also wrote it, the song became a Europe-wide hit, reaching number-one in Austria, Finland, Lithuania, Mexico and Spain. It received a gold certification in Germany, and was nominated to the 1996 Echo Awards for the best German dance single. Its successs also led to Sin With Sebastian being nominated in the category for Best Dance at the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards. The accompanying music video was directed by Matthias Schweger. "Shut Up (and Sleep with Me)" was included on the soundtrack to the 1997 German film Silvester Countdown and featured in a commercial for Tulipan Condoms.