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Wake Up Everybody

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes의 싱글
" Hope That We Can Be Together Soon"
(1975)
Wake Up Everybody (Part 1)
(1975)
"Tell the World How I Feel About 'Cha Baby"
(1976)
Wake Up Everybody (Part 1)
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수록 음반 Wake Up Everybody
아티스트 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
B-Side "Wake Up Everybody (Part 2)"
발매일 1975년 11월
녹음 1975년
시그마 사운드 스튜디오 ( 펜실베이니아 주 필라델피아)
장르 R&B, 소울
재생 시간 7:30 (앨범 버전)
3:39 (싱글 버전)
레이블 Philadelphia International
송라이터 John Whitehead, Gene McFadden, Victor Carstarphen
프로듀서 Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff

1. 개요2. 오디오3. 가사4. 차트 성적

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1. 개요

미국의 소울/R&B/ 필라델피아 소울 그룹 헤럴드 멜빈 앤 더 블루 노츠의 싱글이며 이들의 4집 앨범 Wake Up Everybody의 첫 싱글로 1975년 11월에 발매되었다.

2. 오디오



3. 가사

Wake up, everybody, no more sleeping in bed
No more backward thinking, time for thinking ahead
The world has changed so very much from what it used to be
There's so much hatred, war, and poverty, whoa, oh

Wake up, all the teachers, time to teach a new way
Maybe then they'll listen to whatcha have to say
Cause they're the ones who's coming up, and the world is in their hands
When you teach the children, teach 'em the very best you can

The world won't get no better
If we just let it be
The world won't get no better
We gotta change it, yeah, just you and me

Wake up, all the doctors, make the old people well
They're the ones who suffer and who catch all the hell
But they don't have so very long before their Judgement Day
So won't you make them happy before they pass away

Wake up, all the builders, time to build a new land
I know we can do it if we all lend a hand
The only thing we have to do is put it in our minds
Surely things will work out, they do it every time

The world won't get no better
If we just let it be
The world won't get no better
We gotta change it, yeah, just you and me (yeah, yeah)

Change it, yeah (change it, yeah)
Just you and me
Change it, yeah (change it, yeah)
Can't do it alone (can't do it alone)
Need some help, y'all (y'all)
Can't do it alone (can't do it alone)
Yeah (yeah)

Wake up, everybody, huh
Wake up, everybody
Need a little help, y'all (yes I do)
Need a little help (say it, boy)
Need some help, y'all (uh-huh)
To change the world
From what it used to be

Can't do it alone
Can't do it alone
Need some help, yeah
Need some help, yeah

Wake up, everybody
Get up, get up
Get up, get up
Wake up, come on, come on

Wake up, everybody
Teach a new way
Maybe then they'll listen
To what you have to say

Wake up, everybody
No more sleepin' in bed
No more backward thinkin'
Time for thinkin' ahead
Come on

Wake up, everybody
I'm talkin' about the dope pusher
Stop pushin' that dope
Dope users
Stop usin' the dope

Wake up, yeah

False lyin'
False preachin'
False teachin'
Wake up, y'all
Come on

You preachers
Start preachin' what you teach
Teach the truth
Wake up, preachers

All liars
Politicians
Stop lyin'

Why don't someone
Help the poor people
Help the babies

You businessmen
Start treatin'
Start treatin'
Start treatin'

Wake up, yeah
Wake up, yeah
Wake up, yeah
Wake up, yeah
Yeah, yeah

Now it don't matter
What race, creed or color
Everybody we need each other

Wake up, everybody
You see
We need
Wake up, everybody

Wake up, everybody
No more sleepin' in bed
No more backward thinkin'
Time for thinkin' ahead

Wake up, all you teachers
Time to teach a new way
They're the ones that suffer
Each and every day

Teach the children
Teach the babies
Teach the children
Teach the babies
Teach the children

They're the ones who's coming out

4. 차트 성적

빌보드 R&B 차트에서 1976년 1월 셋째 주부터 넷째 주까지 2주 연속 1위, 빌보드 핫 100에서 12위를 기록했다.

1976년 빌보드 핫 100 연말 차트에선 73위에 올랐다.