Awake (Tamta EP)

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Awake
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EP by
Released3 July 2020
Recorded2019
Genre Pop
Length19:17
LanguageEnglish
Label Minos EMI
Producer
  • Roulsen
  • BoombaMontana
  • Ben Cassorla
  • Luminescence
  • Teo Pouzbouris
Tamta chronology
Tharros I Alitheia
(2010)
Awake
(2020)
Singles from Awake
  1. "Sex with Your Ex"
    Released: 15 November 2019
  2. "My Zone"
    Released: 7 April 2020
  3. "Yala"
    Released: 28 July 2020
  4. "Hold On"
    Released: 27 October 2020
  5. "Awake"
    Released: 13 January 2021

Awake is the first extended play by Georgian-Greek singer Tamta. It was released for digital download on 3 July 2020, by Minos EMI. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Singles

The album's lead single, "Sex with Your Ex", was written by Roel Rats, Marcia Sondeijker, Ben Cassorla, Alexandra Veltri, and produced by Ben Cassorla, Roulsen, and was released on 15 November 2019. [5] The album's second single, "My Zone", was written and produced by Boombamontana, and was released on 7 April 2020. [6] The album's third single, "Yala", was written by Stéphane Legar, Doli & Penn, Roel Rats, Marcia Sondeijker, Lonneke Eline Zijlstra, Tim Langley and produced by Roulsen, and was released on 28 July 2020. [7] The album's fourth single, "Hold On", was written by Barrice, Sin Laurent, Daphne Lawrence and produced by BoombaMontana, and was released on 27 October 2020. [8] The album's fifth single, "Awake", was written by Roel Rats, Marcia Sondeijker, Andrew Holyfield, Eric Lumiere, Ryuichi Flores and produced by Roulsen, and was released on 13 January 2021. [9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Awake"
  • Roel Rats
  • Marcia Sondeijker
  • Eric Lumiere
  • Andrew Holyfield
  • Ryuichi Flores
Roulsen2:39
2."Hold On"
  • Barrice
  • Sin Laurent
  • Daphne Lawrence
BoombaMontana3:02
3."Yala" (feat Stéphane Legar)
  • Legar
  • Doli & Penn
  • Rats
  • Sondeijker
  • Lonneke Eline Zijlstra
  • Tim Langley
Roulsen2:38
4."Sex with Your Ex"
  • Rats
  • Sondeijker
  • Ben Cassorla
  • Alexandra Veltri
  • Roulsen
  • Cassorla
2:10
5."On the Run"
  • Luminescence
  • Saske
  • Lawrence
Luminescence2:54
6."My Zone"BoombaMontanaBoombaMontana2:47
7."Silence"Teo Pouzbouris3:07
Total length:19:17

Personnel

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