Wake Up (Hilary Duff song)

"Wake Up"

Single by Hilary Duff
from the album Most Wanted
Released	July 2005 (U.S.) October 2005 (UK)
Format	Digital download, CD single
Genre	Pop
Length	3:38
Label	Hollywood
Writer(s)	Hilary Duff, The Dead Executives (Joel Madden & Benji Madden)
Producer(s)	Hilary Duff, The Dead Executives
Certification	Gold (RIAA)
Chart positions
#7 (UK) #15 (Australia) #29 (U.S.)
Hilary Duff non-UK singles chronology
"Someone's Watching over Me" (2005)	"Wake Up" (2005)	"Beat of My Heart" (2005)
Hilary Duff UK singles chronology
"Come Clean" (2004)	"Wake Up" (2005)	"Fly" (2006)

"Wake Up" is a pop song co-written and co-produced by Hilary Duff, Joel Madden and Benji Madden for Duff's fourth album Most Wanted (2005). It was released as the album's first single in 2005 (see 2005 in music). According to Duff, it "makes you want to forget about all the pressure of dealing with your boss, or your teacher, or your mom, or [whoever]. It's about getting out and not forgetting to have some fun."<ref name="MTV-Jul2005">Tecson, Brandee J. "Hilary Draws The Line At Collaborating With Good Charlotte". MTV News. July 18 2005. Retrieved August 16 2006.</ref> She described the song's style as "very dancey, kind of pop — not '80s, but kind of with that in it, so it's very fun."<ref>Tecson, Brandee J. "Cheaper By The Duo? Hilary Duff Teams Up With Madden Brothers For New LP ". MTV News. June 6 2005. Retrieved August 16 2005.</ref>

In the U.S. it was released to Mainstream Top 40 radio on July 11 2005,<ref>"Going For Airplay". Billboard. July 8 2005. Retrieved August 16 2006.</ref> and it was the most-requested song on Radio Disney the following month.<ref>Whitmire, Margo. "Duff Is 'Most Wanted' On Billboard Album Chart". Billboard. August 24 2005. Retrieved August 16 2006.</ref> Largely because of high digital download sales, the single entered the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at number twenty-nine in mid-August, the week's highest debut.<ref>Cohen, Jonathan. "No Budging Mariah's 'Together' At No. 1". Billboard. August 25 2005. Retrieved August 16 2006.</ref> It spent two weeks in the top forty and six on the Hot 100, and it also reached the top forty on Billboard's Pop 100 chart. In late October 2005 the RIAA certified "Wake Up" gold for its download sales.<ref>"Gold & Platinum - Searchable Database". RIAA. Retrieved August 16 2006.</ref> It was released in the UK in late October and reached the top ten, becoming Duff's biggest hit there.<ref>Sexton, Paul. "Westlife, Robbie Williams Top U.K. Charts". Billboard. October 31 2005. Retrieved August 16 2006.</ref> In Ireland it peaked within the top five in its third week, and in Australia it reached the top twenty. Its success across most of Continental Europe was limited.

The single's video was directed by Marc Webb, who had directed videos for The Used and My Chemical Romance. Duff said "I'm a huge fan of [the bands he's worked with], so I was really excited that he would direct my video. The [style] looks kind of grainy and it's a totally different look for me." It shows Duff leaving her home and journeying to nightclubs and parties in London, New York City, Paris and Tokyo. "[I]t just shows that no matter where you are, people want [to do] the same things: they dance and they party", Duff said.<ref name="MTV-Jul2005"/> The video premiered on MTV's Total Request Live on July 15 2005 and reached number one on the show's countdown on three non-consecutive days.<ref>"TRL Archive - July 2005". AbsoluteTRL. Retrieved August 16 2006.</ref><ref>"TRL Archive - August 2005". AbsoluteTRL. Retrieved August 16 2006.</ref> After spending fifty days on the countdown, it was retired on October 6 (see List of Total Request Live retired videos).<ref>"TRL Archive - October 2005". AbsoluteTRL. Retrieved August 16 2006.</ref>

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