Wake Up My Love

1982 single by George Harrison
"Wake Up My Love"
The German single sleeve
Single by George Harrison
from the album Gone Troppo
B-side"Greece"
Released8 November 1982 (1982-11-08)
Recorded1982
GenreNew wave
Length3:36
LabelDark Horse
Songwriter(s)George Harrison
Producer(s)
  • George Harrison
  • Ray Cooper
  • Phil McDonald
George Harrison singles chronology
"Teardrops"
(1981) 		"Wake Up My Love"
(1982) 		"I Really Love You"
(1983)
Gone Troppo track listing
10 tracks
Side one
  1. "Wake Up My Love"
  2. "That's the Way It Goes"
  3. "I Really Love You"
  4. "Greece"
  5. "Gone Troppo"
Side two
  2. "Mystical One"
  3. "Unknown Delight"
  4. "Baby Don't Run Away"
  5. "Dream Away"
  6. "Circles"

"Wake Up My Love" is a song by the English rock musician George Harrison from his tenth studio album Gone Troppo (1982). Released as the A-side of the album's lead single, it peaked at number 53 in the United States but failed to chart in Britain. Harrison included the track on his 1989 compilation album Best of Dark Horse.

As with his previous single, "Teardrops", the song was an attempt by Harrison to make his music sound contemporary, to appease the commercial concerns of Warner Bros. Records. Disillusioned with the 1980s pop scene, Harrison refused to promote the release and withdrew from music-making for over four years.[1] In the opinion of Ultimate Classic Rock critic Nick DeRiso, "Wake Up My Love" sounds "as dated an item as any Beatles-related '80s release this side of [Paul McCartney's] 'Spies Like Us'".[2]

Cashbox said that it is "one of [Harrison's] more aggressive pop productions."[3] Billboard called it an "offbeat pop tune, quite accessible, with synthesizers providing both the basic rhythm track and sci-fi sound effects."[4]

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Clayson, Alan (2003). George Harrison. London: Sanctuary. pp. 390–92. ISBN 1-86074-489-3.
  2. ^ DeRiso, Nick (12 November 2017). "35 Years Ago: George Harrison Looks Inward on 'Gone Troppo', Then Disappears". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. November 13, 1982. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  4. ^ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. November 13, 1982. p. 75. Retrieved 2023-02-08.

External links

  • "Wake Up My Love" at Discogs (list of releases)
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1970s
1970
1971
1973
  • "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" / "Miss O'Dell"
1974
  • "Dark Horse" / "I Don't Care Anymore" (US)
  • "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" / "I Don't Care Anymore" (UK)
  • "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" / "Hari's on Tour (Express)" (US)
1975
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  • "You" / "World of Stone"
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1976
1977
1979
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1983
1985
1986
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1987
1988
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1989
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  • "Cheer Down" / "Poor Little Girl" (UK)
  • "Poor Little Girl" (promo)
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