Wake Up (Brand Nubian song)

"Wake Up"
Single by Brand Nubian
from the album One for All
B-side"Drop the Bomb"
ReleasedNovember 7, 1990
GenreHip-hop
Length4:00 ("Stimulated Dummies Mix")
5:25 ("Reprise in the Sunshine")
LabelElektra
Songwriters
ProducerBrand Nubian
Brand Nubian singles chronology
"Feel So Good"
(1989)
"Wake Up"
(1990)
"Slow Down"
(1991)
Music video
"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.