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''Wake Up'' is the second studio album by British pop band the Vamps. It was released on 27 November 2015. It debuted and peaked at number 10 on the
UK Albums Chart The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts ...
and has been certified Gold.


Singles

*" Wake Up" was released on 2 October 2015 as the album's lead single. *"Rest Your Love" was released as the second single of the album on 27 November 2015. *" I Found a Girl" was announced as the third single of the album and was released on 1 April 2016. The Vamps also announced on their Twitter that there would be a new version of the song featuring a surprise artist. They later confirmed the featuring artist would be OMI. The original version of the song had been previously released as a promotional single on 23 November 2015.


Promotional singles

*"Cheater" was released as the first countdown single of the album on 13 October 2015. A promotional video was also released in the same day on the band's
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account. *"Stolen Moments" was released as the second countdown single of the album on 4 November 2015 along with a lyric video on their YouTube channel.


World tour

The Wake Up World Tour began in January 2016 and passed across 18 countries in 4 continents. The support acts include The Tide (all dates), Hometown (UK and Ireland),
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(UK), New Hope Club (UK and Ireland), Tyde Levi (Australia), Little Sea (Australia), At Sunset (Australia) Before You Exit (Philippines), William Singe (Philippines), and Jayda Avanzado (Philippines)


Track listing

Notes *Credits adapted from album liner notes * signifies an additional producer


Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Wake Up (Deluxe Version).''''Wake Up (Deluxe Version)'' (CD Liner Notes). The Vamps. Virgin EMI. Records, a division of Universal Music. 2015. 4761113. Performers * Ammar Malik – additional backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 8) * Ross Golan – additional backing vocals (1, 7) * Steve Mac – additional backing vocals (1), keyboards (1, 3, 5, 7, 8), strings (3) * Paul Gendler – guitar (1, 7, 8), additional guitar (3, 5) * Chris Laws – additional drums (1, 3, 5, 7, 8) *
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– guitars (2), programming (2), additional backing vocals (2) *
Rami Yacoub Rami Yacoub (born 17 January 1975), also known by the mononym Rami, is a Swedish record producer and songwriter and former member of the songwriting/production houses Cheiron Studios and Maratone. Yacoub collaborated extensively with Max Marti ...
– bass (2), programming (2), additional backing vocals (2) *
Savan Kotecha Savan Harish Kotecha is an American songwriter and record producer from Austin, Texas. Kotecha is of Indian (Gujarati) descent. He was also the executive music producer of the 2020 film '' Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga'', for ...
– additional backing vocals (2) * Tobias Karlsson – keyboards (12), programming (12), guitar (12), bass (12) * Shellback – additional backing vocals (2) * Thrice Noble – additional programming (12) * Kristoffer Fogelmark – additional backing vocals (2) * Albin Nedler – additional backing vocals (2) *
Wayne Hector Wayne Anthony Hector is a British songwriter who is best known for his work with pop artists such as Nicki Minaj, One Direction, the Wanted, Toše Proeski and Olly Murs. He co-wrote seven of Westlife's number one singles, including "World of O ...
– additional backing vocals (3) * Silento – vocals (3) * Alex Smith – keyboards (4), programming (4) * Matt Furmidge – keyboards (4), programming (4) * Jay Reynolds – keyboards (9, 15, 17), programming (9, 15, 17) * Rick Parkhouse – percussion (11, 14) * George Tizzard – percussion (11, 14), keyboards (11, 14) * Johan Carlsson – keyboards (12), programming (12) * Matt Prime – programming (13) * Phil Cook – additional programming (6) Production and recording * Steve Mac – production (1, 3, 5, 7, 8) * Ammar Malik – production (1) * Kevin Snevely – production (1) * Daniel Pursey – engineering (1, 3, 5, 7, 8) * Chris Laws – engineering (1, 3, 5, 7, 8), mixing (5, 7, 8) * John Hanes – assistant mix engineering (1, 2, 3, 12) * Serban Ghenea – mixing (1, 2, 3, 12) *
Carl Falk Carl Anthony Falk-Gramer (née Falk; born 17 August 1980 in Stockholm), is a Swedish songwriter, record producer and musician and has worked with artists such as Demi Lovato, One Direction, 5 Seconds of Summer, Nicki Minaj, Ellie Goulding, Mado ...
– production (2) *
Rami Yacoub Rami Yacoub (born 17 January 1975), also known by the mononym Rami, is a Swedish record producer and songwriter and former member of the songwriting/production houses Cheiron Studios and Maratone. Yacoub collaborated extensively with Max Marti ...
– production (2) * Thomas Cullison – engineering (2) * Metrophonic – production (4) * Alex Smith – engineering (4) * Matt Furmidge – engineering (4) * Dom Liu – engineering (4) *
Michael Brauer Michael Brauer is a New York-based mix engineer. He received a Grammy for "Best Pop Vocal Album" for his work on John Mayer's '' Continuum'', "Best Alternative Album" for Coldplay's ''Parachutes'', and also "Best Rock Album" for Coldplay's ''Viva l ...
– engineering (4) * Matt Prime – production (6, 13), mixing (6, 13) * Phil Cook – additional production (13) * Joe Zook – mixing (10) * Jay Reynolds – production (9, 15, 17), mixing (9, 15, 17, 18) * Red Triangle – production (10, 11, 14), mixing (11, 14) * Rick Parkhouse – engineering (11, 14) * Chester Barrett – engineering (11, 14) * Tobias Karlsson – production (12) * Noah Passovoy – vocal production (12), engineering (12) *
Tristan Evans The Vamps are a British pop band consisting of Brad Simpson, James Brittain-McVey, Connor Ball and Tristan Evans. They formed in 2012 and signed to Mercury Records (now Virgin EMI Records) in the November of the same year. In 2017, they had t ...
– production (16), mixing (16) * Connor Ball – production (18)


Charts and certifications


Charts


Certifications


Release formats

Standard edition *12 tracks Deluxe edition *18 tracks Limited edition (unavailable after Christmas 2015, only available with the world tour merchandising) *CD – 18 tracks *DVD: ''The Vamps Live at The O2 Arena'' Limited Access All Areas edition *CD – 18 tracks *DVD: ''The Vamps Live at The O2 Arena'' *Digital download – 18 tracks *Unique online experience *Curated music videos *Social stream news updates *Interactive booklet *Lyric poster *Art cards


Release history


References

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