Wake Me Up (EP)

For the Avicii song, see Wake Me Up (Avicii song).
Wake Me Up
EP by
Aloe Blacc
ReleasedOctober 22, 2013 (2013-10-22)
Recorded2011–2013
Length18:17
LabelAloe 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.TitleLength
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

Main article: Wake Me Up (Avicii song) § Acoustic version

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

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