Waking Up (OneRepublic album)

Waking Up
Studio album by OneRepublic
Released November 17, 2009
Recorded 2008–2009
Genre Pop rock[1]
Length 47:28
Label
Producer Mikal Blue, Brent Kutzle, Charles Pollard, Andy Prickett, Ryan Tedder, Noel Zanacanella
OneRepublic chronology

Dreaming Out Loud
(2007)		 Waking Up
(2009)		 Live from Zurich
(2010)
Singles from Waking Up
  1. "All the Right Moves"
    Released: September 29, 2009
  2. "Secrets"
    Released: October 30, 2009
  3. "Marchin On"
    Released: June 18, 2010
  4. "Good Life"
    Released: November 19, 2010

Waking Up is the second studio album by American rock band OneRepublic, released through Interscope Records on November 17, 2009. The album peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200[2] and has sold over 660,000 copies in the US and over 800,000 total.

Lead singer Ryan Tedder has stated in an interview that Jerrod Bettis, who was a former OneRepublic member, had come up with the idea for the album cover while in Seattle.[3]

Background

After the success of OneRepublic's debut album, Dreaming Out Loud, they began work on a second album in 2008. Lead singer Ryan Tedder announced on July 21, 2009, that the band's second album would be completed five weeks from that date which was August 25, 2009. On September 6, 2009, the band posted a low-quality version of the first single from their second album, "All the Right Moves", while a higher quality version can be found on their MySpace page. On September 8, 2009, the band posted samples of 4 of their songs from the new album onto their MySpace page. 11 songs were announced to make up the track list, which was officially confirmed by Amazon's German site on November 3, 2009.

Promotion and release

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (61/100)[4]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [5]
BBC mixed[6]
Billboard favorable[7]
The Guardian [8]
Los Angeles Times [9]
Slant [10]

Waking Up was released through Interscope Records on November 17, 2009, in North America, November 20, in Australia, while being released on November 13 in Germany and not until January 18, 2010, in the United Kingdom. A deluxe version of the album was released exclusively in North America at the same time as the standard version. The album was completed on August 25, 2009. The lead single from the album, "All the Right Moves", was released on September 29, 2009, for airplay and officially released on October 6, 2009. The lead single in Germany, "Secrets" was released on October 30, 2009, and it was released as a single in the US on June 1, 2010.

The first single from Waking Up, "All the Right Moves", was released for radio airplay on September 29, 2009, and then received an official release digitally on October 6, 2009. The music video for the single was released on October 8, 2009. It has peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100. OneRepublic then digitally released "Everybody Loves Me" on October 20, 2009, after having already posted a snippet of the song along with three others on their MySpace page. "Good Life" was then released digitally on November 10, peaking at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

"Secrets" was released as the lead single from the album in Germany for airplay on September 21, 2009 and was released digitally on October 30, 2009, in Germany. It was also released on November 3, 2009 as the album's second digital single in the US.[11] "Secrets" was released as a single in Germany due to the fact that it is being used as the title song in the film Zweiohrküken,[12] the sequel to Keinohrhasen, which used the band's song "Apologize" as the title song.

The song "Marchin On" was selected to support the German TV channel ZDF and serves as the channel's official FIFA 2010 World Cup song. It was released for digital download in Germany on June 18, 2010.[13]

The song "Good Life" is featured on the advertisements for the films Eat Pray Love and One Day, as well as advertisements for Disneyland and Honda.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Made for You"  Ryan Tedder, Brent KutzleTedder, Kutzle (add.) 4:18
2. "All the Right Moves"  TedderTedder, Andy Prickett (add.), Kutzle (add.) 3:58
3. "Secrets" (*)TedderTedder, Prickett (add.) 3:44
4. "Everybody Loves Me"  Tedder, KutzleTedder, Prickett (add.), Kutzle (add.) 3:34
5. "Missing Persons 1 & 2"  TedderTedder 4:59
6. "Good Life"  Tedder, Kutzle, Noel Zanacanella, Eddie FisherTedder, Kutzle (co.), Zanacanella (co.) 4:13
7. "All This Time"  Tedder, KutzleTedder, Kutzle (co.) 4:03
8. "Fear"  TedderTedder 3:48
9. "Waking Up"  Tedder, Drew BrownTedder 6:09
10. "Marchin On"  TedderTedder 4:13
11. "Lullaby"  Tedder, KutzleTedder, Kutzle, Prickett (add.) 4:38
Total length:
 47:28

Personnel

OneRepublic

Additional musicians

Charts and certifications

Charts

Charts (2009–2010) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 87
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 88
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[18] 43
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[19] 88
French Albums (SNEP)[20] 58
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[21] 19
Greek Albums (IFPI)[22] 9
Irish Albums (IRMA)[23] 29
Italian Albums (FIMI)[24] 77
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[25] 22
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] 14
UK Albums (OCC)[27] 29
US Billboard 200[2] 21

Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Rank
German Albums Chart[28] 90
US Billboard 200[29] 143

Certifications

Country Certifications
(sales thresholds)		 Sales or
shipments
Austria Platinum[30] 20,000
Germany Gold[31] 100,000
United States Gold[32] 662,000

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Germany November 13, 2009 CD, digital download Interscope
November 20, 2009 CD
Hungary[33] November 16, 2009 CD Universal Music Hungary
Hong Kong November 16, 2009 CD Interscope
United Kingdom November 16, 2009[34] Digital download Polydor
January 18, 2010 CD Interscope
Australia November 17, 2009 Digital download
United States November 17, 2009 CD, digital download
Poland January 22, 2010[35] CD
Italy[36][37] CD, digital download
Brazil February 2, 2010[38] CD Universal Music Brazil

References

  1. ↑ "Sputnik Music - OneRepublic Waking Up". 8 January 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "OneRepublic Album & Song Chart History" Billboard 200 for OneRepublic. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  3. ↑ Croteau, Lauren (2009-11-17). "Exclusive: Pop Music Scene’s OneRepublic Interview « : Crushable - Crushable gives you the celebrity news, style and scoop on the stuff you care about". Crushable. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  4. ↑ "Waking Up Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  5. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1679163
  6. ↑ "Music - Review of OneRepublic - Waking Up". BBC. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  7. ↑ "OneRepublic, "Waking Up"". Billboard.com. 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  8. ↑ Sullivan, Caroline (January 14, 2010). "OneRepublic: Waking Up". The Guardian (London).
  9. ↑ Brown, August (November 16, 2009). "Album review: OneRepublic's 'Waking Up'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  10. ↑ "OneRepublic: Waking Up | Music Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  11. ↑ Universal Music official Russian website - News to spread the note about OneRepublic's new album
  12. ↑ Zweiohrküken trailer HD on YouTube
  13. ↑ "Marchin on (2-Track): Onerepublic, Timbaland: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon.de. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  14. ↑ "OneRepublic's Secrets sample of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suite No.1 Prelude in G-Majeur, BWV 1007". WhoSampled. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  15. ↑ "OneRepublic – Waking Up" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
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  17. ↑ "OneRepublic – Waking Up" (in French). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  18. ↑ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select {{{date}}} on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
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  25. ↑ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
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  27. ↑ "OneRepublic | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 2012-05-14.
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  31. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (OneRepublic; 'Waking Up')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  32. ↑ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
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