Don't Wake Me

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"Don't Wake Me"
Don't Wake Me by Uncanny X-Men.jpg
Single by Uncanny X-Men
from the album What You Give Is What You Get
ReleasedSeptember 1986 [1]
Studio Platinum Studios, Melbourne
Genre pop, pop rock
Length3:24
Label CBS
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Uncanny X-Men singles chronology
"I Am"
(1986)
"Don't Wake Me"
(1986)
"Nothing Touches My World"
(1987)

"Don't Wake Me" is a song by Australian pop-rock group Uncanny X-Men. The song was released in September 1986 as the second single from the band's second studio album, What You Give Is What You Get . The song peaked at number 31 on the Kent Music Report.

Contents

Track listing

7" Vinyl (CBS - BA 3486)

  1. "Don't Wake Me"
  2. "Truckin' on into Alice"

Charts

Chart (1986)Position
Australian Kent Music Report [2] 31

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References

  1. "Australian Music Report No 635 – 15 September 1986 > Singles: New Releases". Imgur.com (original document published by Australian Music Report). Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.