"Someone Wake Me Up" is a 2010 pop song by singer Joe McElderry. The single was released on 5 December 2010 as the third and final single from his debut album, ''
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''. The single's B-side, "
There's a Place for Us", was recorded for the soundtrack of the film ''
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader''. The single peaked at No. 68 on the
UK Singles Chart.
Composition and reception
Jon O'Brien writing for
AllMusic compared "Someone Wake Me Up" to having a combination of the refrain of "
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. Darren Scott of ''
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'' also praised the song, calling it "an epic lighters-aloft stunner".
Live performances
McElderry performed "Someone Wake Me Up" for the first time at the annual Christmas Lights turn-on in
Sheffield.
He appeared on ''
The Late Late Show
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'' to promote the single.
Music video
The video for the song intersperses clips from the film ''
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'', with recordings of McElderry performing inside The Dawn Treader, during which the boat is being flooded.
The video premiered on McElderry's
YouTube channel on 27 November 2010, which was eventually taken down in 2011, along with his previous music videos, to be re-uploaded to
Vevo.
Track listing
CD single / digital download
# "Someone Wake Me Up" – 3:24
# "
There's a Place for Us" – 3:51
Chart performance
The track peaked at No. 68 on the
UK Singles Chart, on its entry date of 12 December 2010.
References
{{Joe McElderry
Joe McElderry songs
Pop ballads
2010 singles
Songs written by Ray Hedges
Song recordings produced by Ray Hedges
The Chronicles of Narnia music
Songs written by Nigel Butler
2010 songs
Syco Music singles
2010s ballads