Wake Me Up

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"Wake Me Up"
Single by Girls Aloud
from the album What Will the Neighbours Say?
B-side(s)	"History" "Loving Is Easy"
Released	February 21, 2005
Format	CD1, CD2 & 7" picture disc
Recorded	2004
Genre	Pop
Length	3:28
Label	Polydor
Writer(s)	Miranda Cooper Brian Higgins Tim Powell Shawn Lee Lisa Cowling Paul Woods Yusra Marue
Producer(s)	Xenomania
Chart positions
#4 (UK) #6 (Ireland) #12 (Poland) #15 (Greece)
Girls Aloud singles chronology
"I'll Stand by You" (2004)	"Wake Me Up" (2005)	"Long Hot Summer" (2005)
Alternate cover
UK CD 2 cover
Audio sample
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"Wake Me Up" was the eighth single released by Girls Aloud, the fourth from their second album What Will the Neighbours Say? and was their first single to miss the Top 3 in the UK. It still managed to make a top five chart appearance, peaking at number four. In the UK it has sold in excess of 62,000 copies. 16,351 of them were sold in its first week of release.

[edit] Music video

Girls Aloud in the music video for "Wake Me Up". From left to right: Cheryl Cole, Sarah Harding, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh & Nicola Roberts.

The video opens with Sarah pulling down her bike helmet and the helmeted faces of all five band members being shown with a title screen. In subsequent scenes, the band members are shown racing on motorcycles along a desert road.

Following the topic of the song, the members are seen applying fake tattoos, painting their nails, and blow-drying their hair, all still while riding on their motorcycles. At one point, the girls dismount from their bikes & dance, but eventually they return to the motorcylces and ride off into the distance.

The very same motorbikes and the outfits worn in this video also appeared when the girls performed the track as a world exclusive on Top of The Pops in January 2005 Performance.

[edit] Track listings & formats

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Wake Me Up".

[edit] Charts

[edit] Trivia

• The original version of "Wake Me Up", with an alternate first verse, appears on The Sound of Girls Aloud (Special Edition).

The single had two b-sides;

• "History", a song co-written by Cheryl Tweedy appeared on the maxi-CD.
• "Loving Is Easy", a song co-written by Kimberley Walsh appeared on the vinyl 7" picture disc - which also appears on The Sound of Girls Aloud (Special Edition).