Wake Up Dead Man

Song infobox
Name = Wake Up Dead Man


Type = Song
Artist = U2
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Album = Pop
Published =
Released = March 1997
track_no = 12
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Genre = Rock
Length = 4:52
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Composer =
Label = Island Records
Producer = Flood
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prev = "Please"
prev_no = 11
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"Wake Up Dead Man" is the twelfth and final track from U2's 1997 album, "Pop". Similar to "If You Wear That Velvet Dress", the song was originally written for the "Zooropa" album, but was set aside and then reworked on the next album. One of the band's bleakest songs, it is written as a plea from Bono for Jesus Christ to return and fix the world. It is one of few U2 songs to use a profanity ("I am alone in this world/and a fucked-up world it is, too"). It was played occasionally in the PopMart and Elevation tours, and is featured on ', ', and "" concert films (although all were performed in abbreviated form).

The song's title has also been referenced in other works by U2, such as it being written on the cover of "Zooropa" and in the lyrics of the "Achtung Baby" outtake "Take You Down."

Covers

The song has been covered by Maria João on her "Undercovers" album in 2002.