Difference between revisions of "The Wake-Up"

Latest revision as of 23:37, 23 October 2025

Album:Welcome Oblivion

Length:1:44

Tempo:156 BPM

Versions:The Wake-Up
The Wake-Up (Instrumental)

"The Wake-Up" is the first track from How To Destroy Angels' debut album, Welcome Oblivion.

Embedded artwork

This is the original version.

From a CD-R promo of the album, released by Columbia Records. This track may be unofficial.

The track features an assortment of spoken word as a backing track, with Mariqueen Maandig singing the hook over them:

   Wait a minute-
   Is anybody listening?

Previous track - "N/A: First Track"

Track 1 from Welcome Oblivion

Next track - "Keep It Together"

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 | title=The Wake-Up
 | album=''[[Welcome Oblivion (album)|Welcome Oblivion]]''
-| length=2:44
+| length=1:44
-| BPM =
+| BPM = 156
-| versions=The Wake-Up
+| versions=The Wake-Up<br>The Wake-Up (Instrumental)
-| live=Unperformed
+| live=[[How To Destroy Angels Live 2013]]
-}}'''"The Wake-Up"''' is the first track from [[How To Destroy Angels]]' debut album, [[Welcome Oblivion]].
+}}'''"The Wake-Up"''' is the first track from [[How To Destroy Angels]]' debut album, ''[[Welcome Oblivion (album)|Welcome Oblivion]]''.
+[[Image:01 The wake-up.jpg|thumb|Embedded artwork]]
 ==Appearances==
-*Welcome Oblivion
+*''Welcome Oblivion''
 ==Versions==
 ===The Wake-Up===
-This is the only known version.
+This is the original version.
+===The Wake-Up (Instrumental)===
+From a CD-R promo of the album, released by [[Columbia Records]]. This track may be unofficial.
 ==Lyrics==
 The track features an assortment of spoken word as a backing track, with [[Mariqueen Maandig]] singing the hook over them:
-     Wait a minute
+     Wait a minute-
      Is anybody listening?
-    Is anybody?
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 | title=[[Welcome Oblivion (album)|Welcome Oblivion]]