Woke Up This Morning
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| Single by Alabama 3 | ||||
| from the album Exile on Coldharbour Lane | ||||
| Released | 1997 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 4:14 4:05 (Chosen One Mix) |
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| Label | One Little Indian | |||
| Writer(s) | Jake Black Rob Spragg |
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| Producer | Alabama 3 | |||
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"Woke Up This Morning" is a song by Alabama 3 from their 1997 album Exile on Coldharbour Lane. The song is best known as the opening theme music for the HBO drama series The Sopranos (which used the "Chosen One Mix" that has lyrics in the first person instead of the second).
A3 frontman Rob Spragg wrote the song after hearing about a case where Sara Thornton stabbed her husband after 20 years of abuse, mistreatment and neglect. The song is co-written with Jake Black.
A number of influential artists are namechecked:
- Charles Mingus and the album Pithecanthropus Erectus
- J. R. Monterose
- Jackie McLean
- Eric Dolphy
- John Coltrane
- Duke Ellington
- Lester Young
- Billie Holiday
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Jimmy Reed
- Muddy Waters
- Howlin' Wolf
[edit] Cultural impact and references
- Used as the theme song for the HBO series The Sopranos.
- Used in The Simpsons episode Papa's Got a Brand New Badge, which spoofed the intro to The Sopranos.
- Rapper Nas sampled the song on Got Ur Self A….
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