Wake Up (Brand Nubian song)
| "Wake Up" | ||||
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| Single by Brand Nubian | ||||
| from the album One for All | ||||
| B-side | "Drop the Bomb" | |||
| Released | November 7, 1990 | |||
| Genre | Hip-hop | |||
| Length | 4:00 ("Stimulated Dummies Mix") 5:25 ("Reprise in the Sunshine") | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Producer | Brand Nubian | |||
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| "Wake Up" on YouTube | ||||
"Wake Up" is a song by American hip-hop group Brand Nubian, released on November 7, 1990, as the third single from their debut studio album One for All (1990). There are two versions of the song: "Wake Up (Stimulated Dummies Mix)", which is produced by Stimulated Dummies and samples "Tanga Boo Gonk" by The Nite-Liters and "Cissy Strut" by The Meters; and "Wake Up (Reprise in the Sunshine)", which contains samples of "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" by Roy Ayers, "Another Day" by Ray, Goodman & Brown and "Flash Light" by Parliament. The song is performed only by Grand Puba and sees him rapping about the main principles of Five-Percent Nation.