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"Wake Up My Love"
File:Wake Up My Love (George Harrison single - cover art).jpg
Single by George Harrison
from the album Gone Troppo
B-side"Greece"
Released8 November 1982
Recorded1982
GenreNew wave
Length3:36
LabelDark Horse
Songwriter(s)George Harrison
Producer(s)George Harrison, Ray Cooper, Phil McDonald
George Harrison singles chronology
"Teardrops"
(1981)
"Wake Up My Love"
(1982)
"I Really Love You"
(1983)
Gone Troppo track listing
10 tracks
Side one
  1. "Wake Up My Love"
  2. "That's the Way It Goes"
  3. "I Really Love You"
  4. "Greece"
  5. "Gone Troppo"
Side two
  1. "Mystical One"
  2. "Unknown Delight"
  3. "Baby Don't Run Away"
  4. "Dream Away"
  5. "Circles"

"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.[1] 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'".[2]

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Clayson, Alan (2003). George Harrison. London: Sanctuary. pp. 390–92. ISBN 1-86074-489-3.
  2. ^ DeRiso, Nick (12 November 2017). "35 Years Ago: George Harrison Looks Inward on 'Gone Troppo', Then Disappears". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 27 August 2018.