"Wake Up" is a song by American deathcore band Suicide Silence. It was released as the first single from their second album, ''

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digital release and vinyl run limited to 1,000 copies.

Music video

The music video to the song "Wake Up" appears to be focused on a young woman experiencing an extreme LSD trip, and is contradicted by the lines " Wake Up/ wake Up/ this is no hallucination". The video consists of psychedelic displays and atmosphere whilst the band is performing and the woman's trip continues as frontman Mitch Lucker tries to focus her out of it. As the video progresses and the

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starts, the guitar seems to change into some kind of tentacle. The woman finally opens her eyes by the video's end. The music video was directed by David Brodski.Underground Video - Suicide Silence's Wake Up
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Track listing

Personnel

;Suicide Silence * Mitch Lucker –

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* Mark Heylmun –

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* Chris Garza –

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* Dan Kenny –

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* Alex Lopez –

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;Production *

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by Shawn Crahan, who is also the mixer of the track "Wake Up (Clown of Slipknot Remix)"

References

{{Suicide Silence 2009 songs Century Media Records singles Suicide Silence songs