"Lie Down in Darkness" is a song by American electronica musician Moby, from his 2011 album Destroyed. It was released as a single on August 1, 2011.

The song features vocals from Joy Malcolm, who has since joined him on his 2011 Destroyed Tour in support for the album.

On August 15, the song's video was released exclusively via Wired. It was filmed by UK filmmakers Institute for Eyes, who also directed the documentary Isolation, among others. The video follows an astronaut looking back on his life of space travel, journeying through an architecturally heightened London.

Luke Seomore and Joseph Bull, aka Institute for Eyes, said about the idea for the video: “The song has a graceful, very cinematic quality, so the idea of weightlessness quickly began to form. An intense otherworldly journey seemed to mirror the atmosphere of the song. Somesuch and Co helped us to put together a great team to make the video happen; we hope you enjoy it.”

Moby said about the video: "It was great working with video directors Institute for Eyes, and I'm really happy with the final result. Their video really enhances the cinematic qualities in the song."

The song was chosen as a single through voting on Moby's official site, even though it came in third with 8%, a lot less than the first two songs, "After" with 41% and "Blue Moon" with 33%.

The song was the most successful single from the album, charting on various dance and electronic tops in UK and in Belgium on the Ultratip chart.

A sample of "Lie Down in Darkness" is used in the Hugo Boss advert for Boss Jour pour femme, featuring Gwyneth Paltrow.

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