Waking up

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Waking up
Studio album from OneRepublic

Publication
(s)

2009

Label (s) Mosley Music / Interscope

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Alternative rock , pop rock

Title (number)

11

running time

47:28

production

Ryan Tedder

chronology
Dreaming Out Loud
(2007) 		Waking up Native
(2013)
Single releases
October 30, 2009 Secrets
March 5, 2010 All the right moves
June 18, 2010 Marchin 'on
December 3, 2010 Good life

Waking Up is the second studio album by the US band OneRepublic , which was released in November 2009.

The album is available in two versions. The standard version contains eleven songs, including the singles Secrets , All the Right Moves , Marchin 'On and the theme song Waking Up , the longest song of the group with 6:10 minutes. The deluxe version contains six additional pieces that were created during or between the recordings of the Dreaming Out Loud and Waking Up albums .

All the Right Moves were released as singles on September 29, 2009, Secrets on October 30, 2009 and Marchin 'On on June 18, 2010.

background

After the success of their debut album Dreaming Out Loud , OneRepublic started working on their second album in 2008. Lead singer Ryan Tedder announced on July 21, 2009 that the band's second album would be ready in five weeks, August 15, 2009. On September 6, 2009, the group released a low quality version of their first single from their second album All the Right Moves , while a higher quality version can be found on their MySpace page. On September 8, 2009, the group released excerpts from four of their songs from the new album on their MySpace page. Eleven songs were announced as part of the song list, which was officially confirmed on November 3, 2009 on the German Amazon site.

Cover

The cover shows an ink blot image against a white background, which is supposed to represent a mountain. The colors used are magenta, black, yellow, cyan and blue. The deluxe version of the album also shows Inkblot Mountain, but the band members can also be seen in the background.

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 19th (51 weeks) 51
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 28 (37 weeks) 37
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 14th (36 weeks) 36
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 29 (2 weeks) 2
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 21st (80 weeks) 80

Track list

Standard version

  1. Made for You 4:20
  2. All the Right Moves 3:58
  3. Secrets 3:45
  4. Everybody Loves Me 3:34
  5. Missing Persons 1 & 2 5:00
  6. Good Life 4:13
  7. All This Time 4:03
  8. Fear 3:47
  9. Waking Up 6:10
  10. Marchin 'on 4:13
  11. Lullaby 4:38

Bonus titles of the deluxe version

  1. Sleep 5:55
  2. Shout 4:24
  3. Passenger 4:00
  4. It's a Shame 4:49
  5. Trap Door 3:52
  6. Sucker Punch 4:25

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ allaccess.com
  2. ↑ amazon.de
  3. ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US