Wake Up Little Susie

Wake Up Little Susie

Infobox Single
Name = Wake Up Little Susie


Artist = The Everly Brothers
from Album =
B-side =
Released = 1957
Format = 7" single
Recorded =
Genre =
Length =
Label = Cadence 1337
Writer = Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
Producer =
Last single = "Bye Bye Love"
(1956)
This single = "Wake Up Little Susie"
(1957)
Next single = "This Little Girl of Mine"
(1958)"Wake Up Little Susie" is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957.

The song is best known in a recording by The Everly Brothers, issued by Cadence Records as catalog number 1337. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Pop and Country charts and the Cash Box Best Selling Record charts, despite having been banned from Boston radio stations for its supposedly suggestive lyrics. [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theeverlybrothers/articles/story/6596156/wake_up_little_susie Wake Up Little Susie: The Everly Brothers : Rolling Stone ] ] It got to #2 on the United Kingdom song charts.

Among notable musical groups performing covers of the song are Simon and Garfunkel and the Grateful Dead. During their "Old Friends" tour in 2003-2004, Simon and Garfunkel performed this song and others in a segment with the Everly Brothers, who toured in support. Simon and Garfunkel have cited the Everly Brothers as strong influences on their own music. The musical duo Evan and Jaron also recorded a version of the song on their album, "52 Sundays."

In an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show during the 2000 U.S. presidential election, Governor George W. Bush named "Wake Up Little Susie" as his favorite song, erroneously claiming it was by Buddy Holly. Holly never recorded the song.

ong Premise

The song is written from the point of view of a high school boy to his girlfriend, Susie. In the song, the two go out on a date to a drive-in movie theater, only to fall asleep during the movie. They do not wake up until 4 o'clock in the morning. They then contemplate the reactions of her parents and their friends.

Although banned in such places as Boston, the song does not state that Susie and her boyfriend had sexual relations. Indeed, it strongly implies that they did not: the couple simply fell asleep because they were bored by the film.

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