2013Released
4:07

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This single features bluegrass-inspired guitar riffs coupled with Avicii's trademark sweeping house music chords. When the Swedish DJ first introduced the tune at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, some dance music fans raised their eyebrows at its blend of country, folk and EDM. It was even compared to the time when Bob Dylan went electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, which angered many folk purists, but ultimately ranked as ranked as one of the seminal moments of American rock 'n' roll history.

The song premiered on BBC Radio 1 Pete Tong's radio show on June 14,2013 with the DJ describing it a "complete change in style" from his previous singles. It was later released on iTunes and radio on June 25, 2013.

This features vocals and lyrics by the American soul singer Aloe Blacc, whose "I Need A Dollar" single peaked at #2 on the UK singles chart in 2010. Though Blacc wasn't credited as an artist on the track, he told Billboard magazine that he sees an upside to the omission: "It's one of those things where it's bittersweet for the fans' sake; I want my fans to know that I'm doing something new," he said. "But, I like the discovery." "When I was a young kid, I loved the song 'Somebody's Watching Me' [by Rockwell], and I had no idea until much later that my favorite singer, Michael Jackson, was singing on the chorus," Blacc continued. "So, you never know; sometimes these things happen, and you get Michael McDonald singing a chorus you didn't realize was Michael McDonald. Now you got Aloe Blacc singing a song that eventually you'll learn is Aloe Blacc."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Wake Me Up.
DKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
124BPM

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Universal Music AB
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