Wake Up Everybody (song)

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.^[1] 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.,^[2] and number 23 in the UK Singles Chart.^[3] They performed the song on Soul Train on November 22, 1975.^[4]

Preceded by "Sing a Song" by Earth, Wind & Fire	Billboard Hot Soul Singles number-one single (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes version) January 17, 1976 - January 24, 1976	Succeeded by "Sing a Song" by Earth, Wind & Fire

Sonia version

"Wake Up Everybody"

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

R&B
soul

Length

3:38

Label

BMG

Writer(s)

Victor Carstarphen
Gene McFadden
John Whitehead

Producer(s)

Steve Levine

Sonia singles chronology

"Hopelessly Devoted to You"
(1994)

"Wake Up Everybody"
(1995)

"Fool for Love"
(2009)

"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 single was the most unsuccessful single by Sonia (It reached #155 in UK). This was Sonia's last single until "Fool for Love" in 2009.

Track listings

CD and cassette

"Wake Up Everybody" - 3:38
"Show You the Way to Go" - 3:53
"Nowhere Left to Hide" - 3:29

2004 version

"Wake Up Everybody"
Song by various artists from the album Wake Up Everybody
Released	2004
Genre	R&B soul hip hop
Length	5:30
Label	Bungalo Records
Writer	Victor Carstarphen Gene McFadden John Whitehead
Producer	Babyface Russell Simmons

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 #119 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart.^[5]

Artists

Other versions

"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)

Victor Carstarphen
Gene McFadden
John Whitehead

Producer(s)

The Roots

John Legend singles chronology

"No Other Love"
(2009)

"Wake Up Everybody"
(2010)

"Heartbreaker"
(2010)

The song was covered by American singer and actor Nick Scotti. Released as the first single from his self-titled 1993 album, Scotti's version of the song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in May of that year.^[6]
In 2010, the song was covered by John Legend and The Roots. Also featuring Common, and Melanie Fiona, it was the first single taken from their politically themed album 'Wake Up!'^[7]
In 2014, the Wu-Tang Clan released a song "A Better Tomorrow" that samples "Wake Up Everybody".^[8]
A version of the song appears during the opening credits of the 1999 film Life.

References

↑ Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes song review on Allmusic
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 393.
↑ UK Single Chart archive, 3 April 1976
↑ The Best of Soul Train Live (booklet). Time Life. 2011.
↑ Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, (Record Research Inc.), page 229.
↑ John Legend in-depth interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' October 2010
↑ http://www.whosampled.com/sample/316095/Wu-Tang-Clan-A-Better-Tomorrow-%282014%29-Harold-Melvin-%26-the-Blue-Notes-Wake-Up-Everybody/

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

Harold Melvin Bernard Williams Roosevelt Brodie Jesse Gillis, Jr. Franklin Peaker John Atkins Teddy Pendergrass Lawrence Brown Bernard Wilson Lloyd Parks Jerry Cummings Sharon Paige David Ebo Dwight Johnson William Spratelly Gil Saunders

Studio albums	I Miss You (aka Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes) Black & Blue To Be True Wake Up Everybody Reaching for the World

Compilation albums	Collectors' Item: All Their Greatest Hits!

Singles	"If You Don't Know Me by Now" "The Love I Lost" "Bad Luck" "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" "Wake Up Everybody" "Don't Leave Me This Way"

Related articles	Discography Philadelphia International Records

Book:Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

Ashanti

Discography Awards and nominations

Studio albums	Ashanti Chapter II Concrete Rose The Declaration Braveheart

Other albums	7 Series Sampler Ashanti's Christmas Collectables by Ashanti Can't Stop The Vault A Wonderful Christmas With Ashanti

Singles	"Foolish" "Happy" "Baby" "Rock wit U (Awww Baby)" "Rain on Me" "Breakup 2 Makeup (Remix)" "Only U" "Don't Let Them" "Still on It" "Hey Baby (After the Club)" "The Way That I Love You" "Good Good" "The Woman You Love" "Never Should Have" "I Got It"

Featured singles	"Always on Time" "What's Luv?" "Mesmerize" "Down 4 U" "Southside" "Wake Up Everybody" "Wonderful" "Pac's Life" "Put a Little Umph in It" "Body on Me" "Just Stand Up!" "Want It, Need It"

Book

Sonia

Studio albums	Everybody Knows (1990) Sonia (1991) Better the Devil You Know (1993) Love Train - The Philly Album (1998)

Compilations	Greatest Hits (2007)

Singles	"You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" (1989) "Can't Forget You" (1989) "Listen to Your Heart" (1989) "Counting Every Minute" (1990) "You've Got a Friend" (1990) "End of the World" (1990) "Only Fools (Never Fall in Love)" (1991) "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy" (1991) "You to Me Are Everything" (1991) "We’ve Got the Power" (1992) "Boogie Nights" (1992) "Better the Devil You Know" (1993) "Hopelessly Devoted to You" (1994) "Wake Up Everybody" (1995) "Fool for Love" (2009)

Record labels	Chrysalis Records IQ Records Arista Records BMG

Related topics	Stock Aitken Waterman Nigel Wright Brian Teasdale Dean Collinson Steve Levine

Monica songs

Discography

Miss Thang	"Before You Walk Out of My Life" "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" "Let's Straighten It Out" "Like This and Like That" "Why I Love You So Much"

The Boy Is Mine	"Angel of Mine" "Gone Be Fine" "Inside" "Misty Blue" "Right Here Waiting" "Street Symphony" "The Boy Is Mine" "The First Night"

All Eyez on Me	"All Eyez on Me" "Too Hood"

After the Storm	"Get It Off" "Knock Knock" "So Gone" "U Should've Known Better"

The Makings of Me	"A Dozen Roses (You Remind Me)" "Everytime tha Beat Drop" "Hell No (Leave Home)" "Sideline Ho"

Still Standing	"Everything to Me" "Here I Am" "Love All Over Me" "Still Standing"

New Life	"Anything (To Find You)" "It All Belongs to Me" "Until It's Gone" "Without You"

Code Red	"Just Right for Me"

As featured artist	"Always" "Freedom (Theme from Panther)" "Hold On" "I Ain't Trying to Hear It" "I'll Give All My Love to You" "Slow Jam" "Somebody Bigger Than You and I" "Trust" "Wake Up Everybody" "What's Going On (Dupri R&B Mix)"

Other songs	"Ain't Nobody" "For You I Will" "Grown-Up Christmas List" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "I've Got to Have It" "Just Another Girl"

Brandy Norwood songs

Brandy	"Baby" "Best Friend" "Brokenhearted" "I Wanna Be Down"

Never Say Never	"Almost Doesn't Count" "Angel in Disguise" "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" "Have You Ever?" "Never Say Never" "The Boy Is Mine" "Top of the World" "U Don't Know Me (Like U Used To)"

Full Moon	"Full Moon" "He Is" "What About Us?"

Afrodisiac	"Afrodisiac" "Should I Go" "Talk About Our Love" "Turn It Up" "Who Is She 2 U"

Human	"Long Distance" "Right Here (Departed)" "True"

Two Eleven	"Put It Down" "Scared of Beautiful" "Wildest Dreams"

Other songs	"Another Day in Paradise" "Beggin & Pleadin" "It All Belongs to Me" "Magic" "Missing You" "Rock with You" "Sittin' Up in My Room" "Stuff Like That" "Talk to Me" "The Girl Is Mine" "Wake Up Everybody" "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" "Where Are You Now?"

The Roots

Black Thought
Captain Kirk Douglas
Damon "Tuba" Bryson
F. "Knuckles" Walker
Kamal Gray
Mark Kelley
James Poyser
Questlove

Studio albums

Organix (1993)
Do You Want More?!!!??! (1994)
Illadelph Halflife (1996)
Things Fall Apart (1999)
Phrenology (2002)
The Tipping Point (2004)
Game Theory (2006)
Rising Down (2008)
How I Got Over (2010)
Undun (2011)
…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (2014)

Collaborations	Wake Up! (2010, with John Legend) Betty Wright: The Movie (2011, with Betty Wright) Wise Up Ghost (2013, with Elvis Costello)

Live albums

The Roots Come Alive (1999)
Jay-Z: Unplugged (2001)

Extended plays

From the Ground Up (1994)
The Legendary (1999)

Songs

"You Got Me" (1999)
"The Next Movement" (1999)
"The Seed (2.0)" (2002)
"Wake Up Everybody" (2010)

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