I Need to Wake Up

"I Need to Wake Up"
Single by Melissa Etheridge
from the album 'An Inconvenient Truth'
Released	July 11, 2006
Genre	Pop, Soft rock
Length	3:35
Label	The Island Def Jam Music Group
Writer(s)	Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge singles chronology
"I Run for Life" (2005) "I Need to Wake Up" (2006) "Message to Myself" (2007)

"I Need to Wake Up" is a song by Melissa Etheridge, written for the 2006 documentary film An Inconvenient Truth. It is the first instance of a documentary film winning the Best Song category, and it notably beat three other nominated songs from the musical film Dreamgirls.

Etheridge received the 2006 Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I Need to Wake Up." Upon receiving the award, she noted in her acceptance speech:

“

Mostly I have to thank Al Gore, for inspiring us, for inspiring me, showing that caring about the Earth is not Republican or Democrat; it's not red or blue, it's all green.

”

The song was on the enhanced version of her greatest hits album, The Road Less Traveled (enhanced). It never appeared on the standard version.

External links

• Official Melissa Etheridge website
• IMDB listing for An Inconvenient Truth soundtrack
• I Need To Wake Up on YouTube