Wake Me Up (EP)

Wake Me Up is an EP by American singer Aloe Blacc. It was released as a solo version after the big success of "Wake Me Up!" by Avicii. The similarly-titled Aloe Blacc EP Wake Me Up (without the exclamation mark) includes an acoustic version of "Wake Me Up!" credited solely to Aloe Blacc. 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.

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 Records
Aloe Blacc chronology
Energy Live Session: Aloe Blacc & the Grand Scheme
(2013)		 Wake Me Up
(2013)		 Lift Your Spirit
(2013)

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

Single: Wake Me Up
Main article: Wake Me Up (Avicii song) § Aloe Blacc version

Besides appearing in 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 downloads via iTunes. The track also appears in Aloe Blacc 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 music video was directed was 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
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