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Wake Me Up

EP by

Aloe Blacc

Released

October 22, 2013

Recorded

2011–2013

Length

18:17

Label

Aloe Blacc Recording, Inc.
XIX Recordings LLC
Interscope

Aloe Blacc chronology

Energy Live Session: Aloe Blacc & the Grand Scheme
(2013)

Wake Me Up
(2013)

Lift Your Spirit
(2013)

Wake Me Up is an EP by American singer Aloe Blacc. After the big success of "Wake Me Up!" by Avicii, Blacc recorded a solo acoustic version of the song, and released it on this similarly-titled EP (without the exclamation mark). It was released on October 22, 2013 on Aloe Blacc Recording, Inc. under exclusive license to XIX Recordings LLC/Interscope Records.^[1] The EP release was successful in its own right charting on a number of singles charts, notably Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

EP track list

All five tracks including "Wake Me Up" were solo interpretations by Aloe Blacc.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Man"	4:15
2.	"Wake Me Up" (Acoustic)	3:45
3.	"Love Is the Answer"	3:44
4.	"Can You Do This"	2:56
5.	"Ticking Bomb"	3:37
Total length:		18:17

Chart performance

Chart (2013)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[2]	32
US Heatseekers Albums^[3]	1

"Wake Me Up" single

Besides appearing on the Wake Me Up EP as track number 2 in the 5-track EP, the song "Wake Me Up" was available as a promo stand-alone single on Interscope Records and made available online for download via iTunes. The track also appears on Blacc's studio album Lift Your Spirit.

A music video of Blacc's solo version was launched as a music video in collaboration with the immigrant rights group National Day Laborer Organizing Network and the ABC* Foundation's Healing Power of Music Initiative. The video was directed by Alex Rivera^[4] and the cast were real life immigrant activists.^[5]^[6]

References

^ iTunes: Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up EP
^ Billboard 200 : Jan 18, 2014. Billboard biz. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
^ Heatseekers Albums Chart: Aloe Blacc --Wake Me Up EP
^ Wake Me Up, retrieved 2020-02-05
^ Chrisfield, Bryget (13 February 2019). "Hit Songs Just Afford Aloe Blacc "The Opportunity To Be A Philanthropist"". The Music. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
^ Aloe Blacc: Wake Me Up (2013) at IMDb

v t e Aloe Blacc
Discography
Studio albums	Shine Through (2006) Good Things (2010) Lift Your Spirit (2013) All Love Everything (2020)
Extended plays	Wake Me Up EP (2013)
Singles	"I Need a Dollar" "Loving You Is Killing Me" "Green Lights" "Wake Me Up" "The Man"
Featured singles	"Something to Believe In" "Verge" "Candyman" "Carry You Home" "SOS"

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