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Carl Lamarre of Billboard ranked "Wake Me Up" as the twelfth best song on the album as he acknowledged the Weeknd's love for Michael Jackson's music and the "Thriller" sample, describing the song as "a five-minute exhibition of [the] Weeknd’s exploration of legacy, reality, and disillusionment" and "[The] Weeknd's deftly executes on the pop ...
"Wake Me Up" (sometimes listed as "Wake Me Up!") is a song by Swedish DJ and record producer Avicii, released as the lead single from his debut studio album True by PRMD Music and Island Records on 17 June 2013. It was written by Avicii, Mike Einziger of Incubus and American soul singer Aloe Blacc, who provides vocals for the track.
On 28 February 2014, Wake Me Up became the first song in history to surpass 200 million listeners on Spotify, making it the platform's most-streamed track at the time. The song held the top spot as the most-played track on the platform for 506 days until it was overtaken by Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud in May 2015. [78]
Alex Kapranos, the lead singer of indie rock band Franz Ferdinand, said "Wake Me Up" inspired the band to work with producer Brian Higgins. "Wake Me Up" debuted and peaked at number 4 on the UK Singles Chart, and became the band's first single to miss the top three. The song also peaked inside the top ten in Ireland, but missed the top ten in ...
Wake Me Up may refer to: "Wake Me Up!", a song by Speed from Rise, 1998 "Wake Me Up" (Girls Aloud song), 2005 "Wake Me Up", a song by Ed Sheeran from the 2011 album +; Wake Me Up, or the title track, by Aloe Blacc, 2013
Spotify's top songs for 2023 Interestingly, Peso Pluma was the only top 5 artist to also have a top 5 song on the list. "Ella Baila Sola" by Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma came in at No. 5.
Wake Me Up" peaked at number 34 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was the only song from the album that charted. [ 9 ] A cover versìon of Rihanna 's Diamonds " was released as a promotional single in March 2017, and is one of additional tracks included on the album's re-released secret edition.
Taeyang revealed that the initial idea for the song was conceived four years earlier in 2013. [7] The second single, "Wake Me Up", was written by Kush and Joe Rhee from YG's sub label, The Black Label, and produced by the two with R.Tee. [8] It was revealed that Block B's Zico is featuring on a song from the album. [9]