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Someone Wake Me Up

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"Someone Wake Me Up"
Single by Joe McElderry
from the album Wide Awake and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
B-side"There's a Place for Us"
Released5 December 2010 (2010-12-05)
Recorded2010
GenrePop
Length3:26
LabelSyco Music
Songwriter(s)Liam Keenan, Ben Collier, Ray Hedges, Nigel Butler
Producer(s)Ray Hedges, Nigel Butler
Joe McElderry singles chronology
"Ambitions"
(2010)
"Someone Wake Me Up"
(2010)
"There's a Place for Us"
(2010)
Music video
"Someone Wake Me Up" on YouTube

"Someone Wake Me Up" is a 2010 pop song by singer Joe McElderry. The single was released on 5 December 2010 as the third and final single from his debut album, Wide Awake.[1] The single's B-side, "There's a Place for Us", was recorded for the soundtrack of the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.[2] The single peaked at No. 68 on the UK Singles Chart.

Composition and reception

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Jon O'Brien writing for AllMusic compared "Someone Wake Me Up" to having a combination of the refrain of "Love Story" by Taylor Swift and the backing track of "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry.[3] Darren Scott of Gay Times described it as a pop ballad unconventional to McElderry's norm, and noted similarities to Wham![4] Scott appreciated the song's catchy nature, as did David Griffiths of 4Music.[4][5] OK! also praised the song, calling it "an epic lighters-aloft stunner".[6]

Live performances

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McElderry performed "Someone Wake Me Up" for the first time at the annual Christmas Lights turn-on in Sheffield.[7] He appeared on The Late Late Show, This Morning and The Alan Titchmarsh Show and Paul O'Grady Live to promote the single.

Music video

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Screenshot from the video

The video for the song intersperses clips from the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, with recordings of McElderry performing inside The Dawn Treader, during which the boat is being flooded.[7][8] The video premiered on McElderry's YouTube channel on 27 November 2010, which was eventually taken down in 2011, along with his previous music videos, to be re-uploaded to Vevo.

Track listing

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CD single / digital download

  1. "Someone Wake Me Up" – 3:24
  2. "There's a Place for Us" – 3:51

Chart performance

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The track peaked at No. 68 on the UK Singles Chart, on its entry date of 12 December 2010.

Chart (2010) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[9]
68

References

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  1. ^ "Joe McElderry". Modest! Management. Archived from the original on 7 November 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Joe McElderry records soundtrack for next Narnia film". Newsbeat. BBC Radio 1. BBC. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  3. ^ O'Brien, Jon. "Review: Wide Awake". allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  4. ^ a b Scott, Darren. "Joe McElderry GT Blog Review". Gay Times. Millivres Prowler Group. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  5. ^ Griffiths, David (24 October 2010). "Joe McElderry - Wide Awake". 4Music. Box Television. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  6. ^ "Review: Joe McElderry - Wide Awake". OK!. Northern & Shell. 26 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  7. ^ a b Strug, Leah (22 November 2010). "Joe helps light up christmas". Shields Gazette. Johnston Press. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  8. ^ Parker, Sam (24 November 2010). "Joe McElderry 'Someone Wake Me Up' -- exclusive video". AOL Music UK. AOL. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  9. ^ "Someone Wake Me Up | full Official Chart History". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 4 November 2021.