Wake Up! (John Legend and the Roots album)

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Wake Up!
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Studio album by
John Legend and The Roots
ReleasedSeptember 21, 2010
Recorded2009–2010
Genre
Length62:48
Label
Producer
  • John Legend
  • The Roots
John Legend chronology
Evolver
(2008)		Wake Up!
(2010)		 Love in the Future
(2013)
The Roots chronology
How I Got Over
(2010)		Wake Up!
(2010)		 Betty Wright: The Movie
(2011)
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Hard Times" (featuring Black Thought) Curtis Mayfield Baby Huey 5:13
2."Compared to What" Eugene McDaniels
6:26
3."Wake Up Everybody" (featuring Common and Melanie Fiona)
 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes 4:26
4."Our Generation (The Hope of the World)" (featuring CL Smooth)
  • Leon Moore
  • Corey Penn
 Ernie Hines 3:15
5."Little Ghetto Boy (Prelude)" (featuring Malik Yusef)
—1:58
6."Little Ghetto Boy" (featuring Black Thought)
  • Earl DeRouen
  • Edward U. Howard
 Donny Hathaway 5:26
7."Hang on in There"Mike James KirklandMike James Kirkland7:15
8."Humanity (Love the Way It Should Be)" Lincoln Thompson Prince Lincoln Thompson and the Royal Rasses 3:49
9."Wholy Holy"
 Marvin Gaye 5:50
10."I Can't Write Left Handed"
 Bill Withers 11:44
11."I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free"
 Nina Simone 2:42
12."Shine" John Stephens —4:43
Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
13."Shine" (Waiting for "Superman" Version)John Stephens—4:29
14."Wake Up Everybody" (Live in Studio Performance) (featuring Black Thought)
  • Victor Carstarphen
  • Gene McFadden
  • John Whitehead
 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes 5:12

Personnel

Credits for Wake Up! adapted from Allmusic. [41]

Musicians

Production

Charts

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