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Wake Up Everybody (song)

"Wake Up Everybody"
Single by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
from the album Wake Up Everybody
A-side "Wake Up Everybody (Part 1)"
B-side "Wake Up Everybody (Part 2)"
Released November 1975
Format 7" single
Recorded 1975
Genre
Length 3:39 (single version)
7:30 (full-length version)
Label Philadelphia International
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes singles chronology
"Hope That We Can Be Together Soon"
(1975)
"Wake Up Everybody (Part 1)"
(1975)
"Tell the World How I Feel About 'Cha Baby"
(1976)
"Wake Up Everybody"
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Single by Sonia
from the album Love Train - The Philly Album
B-side "Show You the Way to Go"
"Nowhere Left to Hide"
Released December 16, 1995
Format
Genre
Length 3:38
Label BMG
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Steve Levine
Sonia singles chronology
"Hopelessly Devoted to You"
(1994)
"Wake Up Everybody"
(1995)
"Fool for Love"
(2009)
"Wake Up Everybody"
Song by various artists from the album Wake Up Everybody
Released 2004
Genre
Length 5:30
Label Bungalo Records
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Babyface
  • Russell Simmons
"Wake Up Everybody"
Single by John Legend and The Roots featuring Common and Melanie Fiona
from the album Wake Up!
Released 2010
Genre
Length 4:26
Label Columbia
Writer(s)
Producer(s) The Roots
John Legend singles chronology
"No Other Love"
(2009)
"Wake Up Everybody"
(2010)
"Heartbreaker"
(2010)

"Wake Up Everybody" is an R&B song written by John Whitehead, Gene McFadden and Victor Carstarphen.

Originally recorded by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, with Teddy Pendergrass singing lead vocals, the song had a somewhat unconventional structure, starting subdued and building slowly to a climax. The title track from their 1975 album, the song spent two weeks at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart in early 1976. It also enjoyed success on the pop charts, peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart., and number 23 in the UK Singles Chart. They performed the song on Soul Train on November 22, 1975.

"Wake Up Everybody" was covered in 1995 by British singer Sonia. It was produced by Steve Levine for fourth studio album Love Train - The Philly Album (1998). The song was released as the album's first and final single. This single has two B-sides - "Show You the Way to Go" and "Nowhere Left to Hide". The first B-side appears on Sonia's fourth studio album. This was Sonia's last single until "Fool for Love" in 2009.

In 2004, a cover version was released to coincide with the 2004 presidential election. It features a collection of music stars who urge young people to go out and vote. The song was produced by Babyface, and features various prominent R&B singers and rappers. It was an airplay-only single. It reached number 19 on the Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.


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