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Wake Up My Love
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Wake Up My Love
| cover = Wake Up My Love (George Harrison single - cover art).jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = George Harrison
| album = Gone Troppo
| B-side = Greece
| released = 8 November 1982
| recorded = 1982
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = New wave
| length = 3:36
| label = Dark Horse
| writer = George Harrison
| producer = George Harrison, Ray Cooper, Phil McDonald
| prev_title = Teardrops
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = I Really Love You
| next_year = 1983
| misc =
}}
"'Wake Up My Love'" is a song by English rock musician George Harrison from his 1982 album 'Gone Troppo'. Released as the A-side of the album's lead single, it peaked at number 53 in the United States but failed to chart in Britain. Harrison included the track on his 1989 compilation album 'Best of Dark Horse'.
As with his previous single, "Teardrops", the song was an attempt by Harrison to make his music sound contemporary, to appease the commercial concerns of Warner Bros. Records. Disillusioned with the 1980s pop scene, Harrison refused to promote the release and withdrew from music-making for over four years. In the opinion of 'Ultimate Classic Rock' critic Nick DeRiso, "Wake Up My Love" sounds "as dated an item as any Beatles-related '80s release this side of [Paul McCartney's] 'Spies Like Us'".
'Cash Box' said that it is "one of [Harrison's] more aggressive pop productions."
Personnel
*George Harrison vocals, guitars, bass
*Mike Moran synthesizer, piano
*Henry Spinetti drums
*Ray Cooper percussion
References
Category:George Harrison songs
Category:Song recordings produced by George Harrison
Category:1982 singles
Category:Music published by Oops Publishing and Ganga Publishing, B.V.
Category:Dark Horse Records singles
Category:1982 songs
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