Awake (song)

Single infobox
Name = Awake

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Artist = Godsmack
from Album = Awake
Released = 2000
Format = 12", CD
Recorded = River's Edge Productions, Haverhill, MA
Genre = Heavy metal
Nu metal
Length = 5:04 (album version)
Label = Universal
Producer = Sully Erna, Mudrock
Chart position Reviews =
Last single = "Bad Religion"
(2000)
This single = "Awake"
(2000)
Next single = "Bad Magick"
(2001) |

"Awake" is the lead single and title track from the heavy metal band Godsmack's second album of the same name.

Music video

The [http://youtube.com/watch?v=c-xBVfYks0g&mode=related&search= video] made for this single was filmed at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. The video contains footage of the prisoners rioting and leaving the reformatory and seeing Godsmack play in the exercise yard inside a fenced-in area.

Appearances

This song was featured prominently in the "Nash Bridges" episode "Manhunt" that first aired on November 3, 2000. It was also featured in the game "Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2".

Since the mid 2000s, the song has been featured extensively in the U.S. Navy's "Accelerate Your Life" commercials.

Chart Performance

The song was a moderate hit for the band on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, peaking at #6 and reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for one week, a first for the band. It also peaked at #101 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.