"Someone Wake Me Up" | ||||
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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" | |||
Released | 5 December 2010 | |||
Recorded | 2010 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:26 | |||
Label | Syco Music | |||
Songwriter(s) | Liam Keenan, Ben Collier, Ray Hedges, Nigel Butler | |||
Producer(s) | Ray Hedges, Nigel Butler | |||
Joe McElderry singles chronology | ||||
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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.
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]
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.
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.
CD single / digital download
The track peaked at No. 68 on the UK Singles Chart, on its entry date of 12 December 2010.
Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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UK Singles Chart [9] | 68 |