"I Need to Wake Up" is a song by

Melissa Etheridge Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and guitarist. Her eponymous debut album was released in 1988 and became an underground success. It peaked at No. 22 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and its lead ...

, written for the 2006

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

, '' An Inconvenient Truth''. It is the first instance of a documentary film winning the Best Song category, beating three songs nominated from the musical film '' Dreamgirls'' and one from the Pixar animated film '' Cars''. Etheridge received the 2006

Academy Award for Best Original Song The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is presented to the ''songwriters'' who have composed th ...

for "I Need to Wake Up". Upon receiving the award, she noted in her acceptance speech:

Mostly I have to thank Al Gore, for inspiring us, for inspiring me, showing that caring about the Earth is not Republican or Democrat; it's not red or blue, it's all green.

The song was on the enhanced version only of her greatest hits album, ''

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''.MelissaEtheridge.com – Melissa

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for ''An Inconvenient Truth'' soundtrack {{Authority control 2006 singles Best Original Song Academy Award-winning songs Environmental songs Songs written by Melissa Etheridge Al Gore Melissa Etheridge songs Island Records singles Songs about climate change