Wake Me Up

Wake Me Up

Infobox Single
Name = Wake Me Up


Artist = Girls Aloud
from Album = What Will the Neighbours Say?
B-side = "History" "Loving Is Easy"
Released = February 21, 2005
Format = CD1, CD2 & 7" picture disc
Recorded = 2004
Genre = Pop rock
Length = 3:28
Label = Polydor
Writer = Miranda Cooper Brian Higgins Tim Powell Shawn Lee Lisa Cowling Paul Woods Yusra Marue
Producer = Xenomania
Last single = "I'll Stand by You" (2004)
This single = "Wake Me Up" (2005)
Next single = "Long Hot Summer" (2005)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = The Sound of Girls Aloud
Type = compilation
prev_track = "See the Day"
prev_no = 8
this_track = "Wake Me Up"
track_no = 9
next_track = "Life Got Cold"
next_no = 10Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Background = khaki


Lower caption = UK CD 2 coverAudiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Name = Wake Me Up
Audio file= WakeMeUpSample.ogg

"Wake Me Up" was the eighth single released by Girls Aloud, the fourth from their second album "What Will the Neighbours Say?". It was released on February 21, 2005.

Release and reception

The single faced a slight controversy due to its "boozy lyrics." The song references Bud and margaritas in the first verse. [ cite web | url=http://showbiz.sky.com/showbiz/article/0,,50001-1166322,00.html | title=Girls Aloud in boozy lyrics storm | publisher=Sky Showbiz | date=2005-01-07 | accessdate=2008-02-28 ] However, an edited version never surfaced. A demo version of "Wake Me Up" with a different first verse appears on the special edition rarities disc of "The Sound of Girls Aloud".

The Guardian's review said that the song sounds like what would happen if "you married an alarmingly fast techno thud to an implausibly dumb three-chord garage rock riff." [ cite web | url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,11712,1359307,00.html | title=Girls Aloud, What Will The Neighbours Say? | publisher=The Guardian | date=2004-11-26 | accessdate=2008-02-28 ] John Murphy of musicOMH.com noted that "Wake Me Up" sees the girls at "their magnificently feisty best." [ cite web | url=http://www.musicomh.com/singles/girls-aloud-3.htm | title=Girls Aloud - Wake Me Up (Polydor) | publisher=musicOMH.com | date=2005-02-21 | accessdate=2008-02-28 ] Indie rock band Franz Ferdinand praised the track when speaking of their work with producer Brian Higgins:

Music video

The video opens with Sarah pulling down her bike helmet, followed by the helmeted faces of all five band members being shown with a title screen. The girls helmets fly off their heads as they get on their motorcycles. At the front, the girls names are on them. In subsequent scenes, the band members are shown racing on motorcycles along a desert road.

Following the topic of the song, the members are seen applying fake tattoos, painting their nails, and blow-drying their hair, all still while riding on their motorcycles. At one point, the girls dismount from their bikes to dance, but eventually they return to the motorcycles and ride off into the distance.

Track listings & formats

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Wake Me Up".

Live Performances

The band performed the song at the following events:

* What Will the Neighbours Say? Live
* Chemistry Tour
*
* Tangled Up Tour
* V Festival 2006
* Top of the Pops
* Today with Des and Mel

References


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