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Wake Up Everybody (song)

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Released
  
November 1975

Recorded
  
1975

Format
  
7" single

Genre
  
R&B soul

A-side
  
"Wake Up Everybody (Part 1)"

B-side
  
"Wake Up Everybody (Part 2)"

"Wake Up Everybody" is an R&B song written by John Whitehead, Gene McFadden and Victor Carstarphen.

Contents

Sonia version

"Wake Up Everybody" was covered in 1995 by British singer Sonia. It was produced by Steve Levine for fourth studio album Love Train - The Philly Album (1998). The song was released as the album's first and final single. This single has two B-sides - "Show You the Way to Go" and "Nowhere Left to Hide". The first B-side appears on Sonia's fourth studio album. This was Sonia's last single until "Fool for Love" in 2009.

Track listings

CD and cassette
  1. "Wake Up Everybody" - 3:38
  2. "Show You the Way to Go" - 3:53
  3. "Nowhere Left to Hide" - 3:29

2004 version

In 2004, a cover version was released to coincide with the 2004 presidential election. It features a collection of music stars who urge young people to go out and vote. The song was produced by Babyface, and features various prominent R&B singers and rappers. It was an airplay-only single. It reached number 19 on the Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Artists

  • Akon
  • Ashanti
  • Babyface
  • Brandy
  • Claudette Ortiz
  • Eve
  • Fabolous
  • Faith Evans
  • Floetry
  • Jadakiss
  • Jaheim
  • Jamie Foxx
  • Jon B
  • Keke Palmer
  • Marques Houston
  • Mary J. Blige
  • Miri Ben-Ari
  • Missy Elliott
  • Monica
  • Musiq Soulchild
  • Nick Scotti
  • Omarion
  • Rev Run
  • Wyclef Jean

    • Other versions

  • The song was covered by American singer and actor Nick Scotti. Released as the first single from his self-titled 1993 album, Scotti's version of the song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in May of that year.
  • In 2010, the song was covered by John Legend and The Roots. Also featuring Common, and Melanie Fiona, it was the first single taken from their politically themed album 'Wake Up!'
  • In 2014, the Wu-Tang Clan released a song "A Better Tomorrow" that samples "Wake Up Everybody".
  • A version of the song appears during the opening credits of the 1999 film Life.

    • References

    Wake Up Everybody (song) Wikipedia
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