Wake me up to EP

Wake me up to EP
Extended Play by Samy Deluxe
Publication (s)	September 10, 2001
Label (s)	EMI
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	German hip-hop
Title (number)	6th
running time	28:41
production	Sleepwalker drip Blak Twang DJ Desue
Studio (s)	Hamburg
chronology Samy Deluxe (2001) Wake me up to EP Damn it! (2004)

Wake me up EP is an EP by the Hamburg rapper Samy Deluxe . It was released on September 10, 2001 on the EMI label . The title track can also be found on the artist's first solo album .

wake me up

content

The title song is very critical of society. The rapper speaks u. a. about xenophobia and sexual offenses committed against children that are not adequately punished, and by corrupt politicians who ignore the issues. It also addresses the lack of prospects among young people who try to distract themselves from their worries through computer games and drug use. The basic melody of the beat comes from the song "The Song (They Love to Sing)", which was released in 1979 on the album Eyes of the Universe by Barclay James Harvest .

Music video

The video for the song was shot completely in black and white, the scenes shown support the content of the song. Samy Deluxe walks through a city and sees, among other things, drunk and rioting people, as well as drug-taking children.

production

The title song Weck mich auf was produced by the Hamburg producer Sleepwalker . Tropf , the producer of Dynamite Deluxe , contributed two instrumentals with Das Team and Sell ​​Out Samy . The song 2 Rap 4 was produced by the guest rapper Blak Twang . DJ Desue also produced the beat for Tell me what you see .

Cover design

The EP cover is in shades of gray. It shows Samy Deluxe standing in front of a wall with his logo (an S ) on it.

Guest Posts

The only guest contribution on the EP comes from the British rapper Blak Twang , who can be heard on the song 2 Rap 4 .

Track list

#	title	Guest musician	producer	length
1	wake me up		Sleepwalker	5:38
2	The team		drip	3:49
3	2 rap 4	Blak Twang	Blak Twang	4:23
4th	tell me what you see		DJ Desue	4:10
5	Sell ​​Out Samy		drip	5:05
6th	Wake me up (instrumental)		Sleepwalker	5:36

Chart successes and awards

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

Wake me up to EP   DE 4th 09/24/2001 (14 weeks)   AT 16 09/23/2001 (17 weeks)   CH 14th 09/23/2001 (15 weeks)

Supported by the video for the title song, the EP entered the German charts at number 8 in the 39th calendar week of 2001 and then rose to position 7 and the highest position 4, where it stayed for three weeks before Weck mich on again dropped to eighth Overall, the publication was able to stay in the top 100 for 14 weeks.

The song Weck mich auf received a gold record for more than 250,000 units sold in Germany in 2018 , making it the rapper's most commercially successful single.

Cover version

In the show Sing my Song - The Exchange Concert , Xavier Naidoo sang a cover version of Weck mich auf in 2016 . The song reached number 69 in the German single charts in May 2016.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lyrics of Wake Me Up at genius.com
2. ↑ Samy Deluxe: Weck Mich Auf - Barclay James Harvest: The Song (They Love to Sing) from Who Sampled, accessed April 18, 2017
3. ↑ Music video from Wake me up at youtube.com
4. ↑ Wake me up on EP at discogs.com
5. ↑ Chart sources: DE ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AT CH 
6. ↑ Chart tracking at musicline.de ( Memento of the original from August 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ DE: Gold