Wake Up Everybody (2004 album)

Wake Up Everybody
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	September 16, 2004
Label	Bungalo

Wake Up Everybody was a compilation album released to coincide with the 2004 presidential election in the U.S. It featured a variety of musical stars, primarily hip hop and R&B artists, who sing songs to urge young Americans to vote. The executive producers of the album were Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Tracey Edmonds, Russell Simmons and Jonathan Lewis. The project was a collaboration with America Coming Together, a political group with the goal of defeating incumbent President George W. Bush. Despite this connection, the album was portrayed by its producers as a non-partisan project.

In August 2004, the project began with the reworking of "Wake Up Everybody", a 1976 R&B hit song by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. The new version of the song was released for radio airplay on August 16 and it reached number 119 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart. The song was released for retail purchase in album form on September 16. The artists featured on the song are Missy Elliott, Ashanti, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Brandy, Wyclef Jean, Monica, P. Diddy, Destiny's Child, Eve, Usher, Ciara, Snoop Dogg, Musiq, Justin Timberlake, Jamie Foxx, Rev Run and Russell Simmons. Also on the track are Jadakiss, Fabolous, Toni Braxton, Mýa, Faith Evans, Claudette Ortiz, Queen Latifah, R. Kelly, Jennifer Lopez, Nate Dogg, Robin Thicke, Floetry, Bilal, Fantasia, Jon B, Ginuwine, MC Lyte, Jay-Z, Omarion and Raphael Saadiq. The album release includes other reworked songs and also previously released songs. It ends with a 50-minute behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the album, which highlights the remarkable speed with which these artists came together to support the cause.

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