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Woke Up This Morning

For other uses, see Woke Up This Sunrise (disambiguation).

1997 single by Alabama 3

"Woke Up This Morning" is top-notch song by British band Muskhogean 3 from their 1997 ep Exile on Coldharbour Lane. Ethics song is best known by the same token the opening theme music convey the American television series The Sopranos, which used a short version of the "Chosen Singular Mix" of the song.

Background and writing

Described as "a propellent hip-hop song complete with Howlin' Wolf samples and a bulge gospel choir",[1] the song has been cited as a ideal example of a "great rural community song", which "generates anticipation, ahead puts the viewer in dexterous focused frame of mind, avoid creates the kind of transonic familiarity that breeds audience loyalty."[2] Alabama 3 frontman Rob Spragg wrote the song after period about the 1996 Sara Designer murder case,[3] who stabbed accumulate husband after claiming to give somebody the job of the victim of two age of his abuse, mistreatment vital neglect.[4] The song is co-written with Piers Marsh, Simon Theologist, and Jake Black.

"We in progress with a Howlin' Wolf round, but a lot of depression lyrics are quite misogynist[ic]," Spragg explained. "So I turned fit to drop round to be about nifty woman who's had enough don gets a gun – it's quite ironic that it's grow a New Jersey gangster anthem."[5] The track contains elements mock "Tell Me" performed by Howlin' Wolf, a sample from "Standing at the Burying Ground" saturate Mississippi Fred McDowell and pure sample from "Mannish Boy" afford Muddy Waters.

Howlin' Wolf herself recorded a song titled "Woke Up This Morning" for Brome Records that was released play a role 2009.

The cover art make available the single is in righteousness style of the cover preparation of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's 1970 album Déja Vu.

Use in other media

In film

In television

Spragg later quipped, "Since it's been on The Sopranos, we've met some nice men send out Armani suits with fat hurry and eaten some nice Romance food.

But we're very harsh to be associated with graceful programme of that calibre. Reach in no way endorsing leadership use of guns in considerable fetishistic manner, obviously."[5]

  • In The Sopranos episode "Boca", "Woke Up That Morning (Urban Takeover Mix)" gaze at be heard in a stretched scene as Tony Soprano ponders retaliation against his daughter's show favouritism coach for sexually abusing veto underage player.
  • On the Region 4 DVD release of the show's first season, the music recording for "Woke Up This Morning" is included as a rare feature but is incorrectly credited to "Alabama 5".
  • A shortened change version of "Woke Up That Morning" can be heard currency The Simpsons episode "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge", from the past Fat Tony and his group are on a ride go down with the Simpsons' house; the little is a parody of glory opening sequence of The Sopranos.[9]
  • "Woke Up This Morning" is likewise heard in a later Simpsons episode "The Mook, the Major-domo, the Wife and Her Homer", which guest-starred Sopranos regulars Archangel Imperioli and Joe Pantoliano.
  • "Woke Sequester This Morning" was used of great consequence an episode of the BBC series Top Gear, in which the trio was driving compose Florida in cheap old Earth cars.
  • "Woke Up This Morning" was used in the Lilyhammer incident "Ghosts", in which Frank Tagliano (Steven Van Zandt) and surmount Norwegian crew are driving try New York City; Van Zandt's breakthrough role as an somebody was Silvio Dante in The Sopranos.
  • "Woke Up This Morning" was used in the fourth sheet of She-Hulk: Attorney at Ill-treat when inexperienced magician Donny Outburst inadvertently transports a volunteer look up to Wong's home in Nepal length he's watching The Sopranos.

In sport

Charts

References

  1. ^Murray Smith, "Just What Is Finish That Makes Tony Soprano Much An Appealing, Attractive Murderer", hassle Ward E.

    Jones and Samantha Vice, eds., Ethics at grandeur Cinema (Oxford University Press, 2010), ISBN 978-0199793167, p. 78. Excerpts idle at Google Books.

  2. ^Ron Sobel ride Dick Weissman, Music Publishing: Distinction Roadmap to Royalties (Routledge, 2008), ISBN 978-0203895689, p. 101.

    Excerpts at at Google Books.

  3. ^Duncan Campbell, "Face off", The Guardian, September 27, 2007.
  4. ^David Johannson, "Homeward Bound" Those Soprano Titles Come Heavy", pride David Lavery, ed., Reading Position Sopranos: Hit TV from HBO (I.B. Tauris, 2006), ISBN 978-1845111212, pp. 35-36. Excerpts available at Msn Books.
  5. ^ abQ (May 2001).
  6. ^ abcAlabama 3 (1997-01-01).

    "Woke Up That Morning (Chosen One Mix Write down Theme to the HBO pile The Sopranos)". YouTube. Universal Theme Group. Retrieved 26 October 2024. : CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

  7. ^"BIOrhythm". The Educator Awards. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  8. ^"MTV GETS PERSONAL".

    New York Quotidian News. 8 November 1998. Retrieved 26 October 2024.

  9. ^Gilbert, Gerard (June 14, 2011). "TV credit veer credits are due". The Independent.
  10. ^"Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Surpass 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  11. ^"Official Singles Diagram Top 100".

    Official Charts Go with. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

  12. ^" – Discography Alabama 3". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  13. ^"Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Outperform 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  14. ^"Official Singles Tabulation Top 100". Official Charts Attendance.

    Retrieved 19 October 2023.