 | Wake UpArcade Fire |
Writer(s): Will Butler, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Tim Kingsbury, Richard Reed Parry (see lyrics here) Released: November 14, 2005 First Charted: November 26, 2005 Peak: 29 UK, 1 DF (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 0.09 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 16.69 video, 144.93 streaming |
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About the Song:The indie-rock band Arcade Fire formed in 2001 in Montreal, Canada. At their core are the husband-and-wife team of singer/songwriters Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. The band have also been comprised of multi-instrumentalists Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, and Jeremy Gara since their 2004 debut album, Funeral. The album became a critical favorite and ranks as one of the top 100 albums of the 21st century, according to Dave’s Music Database. Five singles were released from the album; the last was “Wake Up,” which has become their most celebrated song. In 2014, NME rated it the 25th greatest song of all time. WK In 2009, the song was featured in the trailer for the film Where the Wild Things Are. Lead singer Win Butler was “hit with an epiphany of existentialism when his grandmother died…Events like these inflict grand questions: What is life? What is death? Why are we here? Where do we go? What’s the point of living at all?...Butler expresses his answers on ‘Wake Up,’” FS “pleading for today’s kids to open their eyes” TM and “be proud of their mistakes…ive a true summer, to plant the fruits of adulthood and then let them ripen…before they (society, authorities, parents) turn it all into dust.” FS “Wake Up” “begins with a simple, one-note, rhythmic guitar pattern that leads to every band member singing an all-encompassing vocal part in unison. It’s big, spacious and patient…[Win Butler’s] vocals turn from beautiful melody to back-of-the-throat screaming that blends seamlessly into the rest of the members’ vocal line.” TM It “transforms into a dance number driven by a bouncy but still gloomy piano…It’s a truly sincere anthem for this seemingly unending age of irony.” TM Resources:
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First posted 2/25/2024. |
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