| "Waking Up" | ||||
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| Single by Elastica | ||||
| from the album Elastica | ||||
| B-side | "Gloria" | |||
| Released | 13 February 1995 | |||
| Genre | Britpop | |||
| Length | 3:16 | |||
| Label | Deceptive | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Justine Frischmann, Elastica, the Stranglers | |||
| Producer(s) | Elastica | |||
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"Waking Up" is a song by Britpop group Elastica. It was released as a single in February 1995 and reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. It preceded the release of their self-titled debut album, which came out the following month.
The song, written about being an underachiever, received positive critical reviews. However, it also prompted a lawsuit from the publishers of the Stranglers, who claimed that Elastica took the song's riff from the Stranglers' "No More Heroes". The case was settled out of court after Elastica agreed to co-credit the Stranglers as writers on all future releases of the song.