Wake Up Boo!

"Wake Up Boo!"
Single by the Boo Radleys
from the album Wake Up!
Released27 February 1995 (1995-02-27)[1]
StudioRockfield, Monmouthshire, Wales
GenreBritpop[2]
Length3:37
LabelCreation
Songwriter(s)Martin Carr
Producer(s)The Boo Radleys
The Boo Radleys singles chronology
"Lazarus (re-release)"
(1994)
"Wake Up Boo!"
(1995)
"Find the Answer Within"
(1995)
Music video
"Wake Up Boo!" on YouTube

"Wake Up Boo!" is a song recorded by British indie band the Boo Radleys for their fourth album, Wake Up! (1995). Released in February 1995 by Creation Records, it was by far their biggest hit both in the UK and internationally. The track is an upbeat guitar-pop song about the change from summer to autumn, contrasting the narrator's optimism ("Wake up, it's a beautiful morning") with his companion's pessimism ("You have to put the death in everything"). Part of the song was used as a jingle by Chris Evans for his BBC Radio 1 breakfast show in the mid nineties.

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 25 February 1995. p. 43. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. ^ Glen, Anna; Rabid, Jack (1998). "The Boo Radleys". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. p. 143.