‘Back to Sleep’ Chris Brown (2015) “Back to Sleep” was released on November 5, 2015, serving as the third overall single and the first urban radio single from Chris Brown’s seventh studio album, Royalty. The track was produced by Vinylz and Boi-1da, who built a smooth, late-night R&B foundation heavily inspired by Marvin Gaye’s 1982 classic “Sexual Healing.” Lyrically, the song details Brown flying into town late at night and waking his partner up, leaning into the explicit, traditional R&B bedroom anthems that defined earlier hits like “Take You Down” and “No Bullshit.” The song became the most successful record from the Royalty album, peaking at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spending 20 weeks on the chart, driven largely by the release of three massive official remixes. The most notable remix featured Usher and Zayn Malik—where Brown added a new verse apologizing directly to his ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran by name—while other versions pulled in heavyweights like Miguel,...