"Woke Up This Morning" is a song by English band Alabama 3 from their 1997 album Exile on Coldharbour Lane. The song is best known as the opening theme music for the popular HBO drama series The Sopranos which used the "Chosen One Mix" of the song.
Background and writing
Described as "a propulsive hip-hop song complete with Howlin' Wolf samples and a swelling gospel choir", the song has been cited as a paradigmatic example of a "great theme song", which "generates anticipation, immediately puts the viewer in a focused frame of mind, and creates the kind of sonic familiarity that breeds audience loyalty." Alabama 3 frontman Rob Spragg wrote the song after hearing about the 1996 murder case of Sara Thornton, who stabbed her husband after 2 years of abuse, mistreatment and neglect. The song is co-written with Piers Marsh, Simon Edwards and Jake Black.
"We started with a Howlin' Wolf loop, but a lot of blues lyrics are quite misogynist," Spragg observed. "So I turned it round to be about a woman who's had enough and gets a gun – it's quite ironic that it's become a New Jersey gangster anthem."
Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind Stayed On Freedom)
“Woke Up This Morning” is a freedom song made as a revamp of the old gospel song “I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on Jesus” in the 1960s. It is one of many similar songs during the civil rights movement. The song was created by Reverend Osby of Aurora Illinois in the Hinds County jail during the freedom rides.
Lyrics
Woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom
I said I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom
Well I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom
Hallelu, hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelu, hallelujah
It ain’t no harm in keep’n’ your mind
-Your mind stayed on freedom
Ain’t no harm in keep’n’ your mind
-Your mind stayed on freedom
-It ain't no harm in keeping your mind stayed on freedom
Hallelu, hallelu, hallelu, hallelu, hallelujah
Walking and talking with my mind
-My mind stayed on freedom
Singing and praying with my mind
-My mind stayed on freedom 2•
Hallelu, hallelu, halleu, hallelu, hallelujah
You’ve got to walk, walk
You’ve got to walk, walk
You’ve got to walk with your mind on freedom
You’ve got to talk, talk
You’ve got to talk, talk
You’ve got to talk with your mind on freedom
Oh, oh, oh you got to walk walk, talk talk
(Additional verses may be added when the song gets going, as was typical for freedom songs.)
This Morning is a British daytime television programme that is broadcast on ITV. The show airs live on weekdays from 10:30am until 12:30pm featuring news, topical items, showbiz, style and beauty, home and garden, food, health, real life and more similar features.
This Morning was a Canadianradio program which aired from 1997 to 2002 on CBC Radio One. It was not always successful with CBC audiences, and underwent several format and hosting changes during its lifetime.
The program was devised as a replacement for Morningside following Peter Gzowski's retirement from the network. It aired weekday and Sunday mornings from 9 a.m. to noon, also replacing Ian Brown's Sunday Morning. The program was hosted in its first year by Michael Enright and Avril Benoit. Enright became the show's sole host in 1998, and Benoit moved on to CBC Radio's local afternoon program in Toronto, Here and Now.
In 2000, the CBC discontinued the six-day format. The Sunday broadcast once again became a separate program hosted by Enright, The Sunday Edition, and Shelagh Rogers became the weekday host of This Morning.
Following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York City, the program faced some criticism for the flaws its format revealed in CBC Radio's ability to respond to a breaking news story. Because the program had been prerecorded for its Atlantic Time Zone airing, and was airing in tape delay in the Eastern Time Zone while all of the stations in Western Canada were still airing their local morning shows, the network had no viable way to cut into programming in advance of its regular news break, and thus opted to wait until 10 a.m. EST to begin its coverage of the attacks.
[The Sopranos] Alabama 3 - Woke Up This Morning - lyrics
R.I.P James Gandolfini Born: September 18, 1961 Died: June 19, 2013 (aged 51)
Theme song for one of the best TV shows ever.
published: 16 Jun 2011
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Woke Up This Morning
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Woke Up This Morning · Alabama 3
Woke Up This Morning
℗ 1997 Elemental Records Ltd
Released on: 2008-04-07
Music Publisher: BMG Rights Management Ltd
Music Publisher: Tristan Music Ltd
Composer: Chester Burnett
Composer: Simon Edwards
Composer: Jake Black
Composer, Lyricist: Robert Spragg
Composer: Piers Marsh
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published: 01 Feb 2024
Alabama 3 - Woke Up This Morning (The Sopranos)
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Alabama 3 performing 'Woke Up This Morning' live at Rockness 2013, on Festivo.
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Alabama 3 - Woke up this morning
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The Simpsons - Sopranos Intro Parody
Woke up this morning, got myself a donut.
published: 05 Nov 2017
Nazareth - Woke Up This Morning (Long Version)
Nazareth - Razamanaz
Released 5 May 1973 (UK)
August 1973 (US)
Recorded December 1972 – March 1973
Studio The Ganghut, Jamestown, Scotland with Pye Mobile Unit and mixed at AIR Studios, London, England
Genre Hard rock
Length 34:24
Label Mooncrest (UK)
A and M (US)
Producer Roger Glover
published: 25 Mar 2024
Woke Up This Morning
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Woke Up This Morning · Alabama 3
Exile On Coldharbour Lane
℗ 1997 Elemental Records Ltd.
Released on: 2020-03-27
Music Publisher: Tristan Music Ltd
Music Publisher: BMG Rights Management Ltd
Composer, Lyricist: Chester Burnett
Composer, Lyricist: Simon Edwards
Composer, Lyricist: Jake Black
Composer, Lyricist: Robert Spragg
Composer, Lyricist: Piers Marsh
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Check out the opening credits from Season 1 of The Sopranos. “Woke Up This Morning” performed by Alabama 3.
#HBO #TheSopranos
Subscribe to the HBO YouTube Cha...
Check out the opening credits from Season 1 of The Sopranos. “Woke Up This Morning” performed by Alabama 3.
#HBO #TheSopranos
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Woke Up This Morning · Alabama 3
Woke Up This Morning
℗ 1997 Elemental Records Ltd
Released on: 2008-04-07
Music P...
Provided to YouTube by Second Wind Ltd.
Woke Up This Morning · Alabama 3
Woke Up This Morning
℗ 1997 Elemental Records Ltd
Released on: 2008-04-07
Music Publisher: BMG Rights Management Ltd
Music Publisher: Tristan Music Ltd
Composer: Chester Burnett
Composer: Simon Edwards
Composer: Jake Black
Composer, Lyricist: Robert Spragg
Composer: Piers Marsh
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Provided to YouTube by Second Wind Ltd.
Woke Up This Morning · Alabama 3
Woke Up This Morning
℗ 1997 Elemental Records Ltd
Released on: 2008-04-07
Music Publisher: BMG Rights Management Ltd
Music Publisher: Tristan Music Ltd
Composer: Chester Burnett
Composer: Simon Edwards
Composer: Jake Black
Composer, Lyricist: Robert Spragg
Composer: Piers Marsh
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Alabama 3 performing '...
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Alabama 3 performing 'Woke Up This Morning' live at Rockness 2013, on Festivo.
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Artist: Alabama 3
Track: Woke Up This Morning
Purchase: http://bit.ly/1uG9UsN
www.alabama3.co.uk
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Alabama 3 performing 'Woke Up This Morning' live at Rockness 2013, on Festivo.
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Artist: Alabama 3
Track: Woke Up This Morning
Purchase: http://bit.ly/1uG9UsN
www.alabama3.co.uk
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Nazareth - Razamanaz
Released 5 May 1973 (UK)
August 1973 (US)
Recorded December 1972 – March 1973
Studio The Ganghut, Jamestown, Scotland with Pye Mobile...
Nazareth - Razamanaz
Released 5 May 1973 (UK)
August 1973 (US)
Recorded December 1972 – March 1973
Studio The Ganghut, Jamestown, Scotland with Pye Mobile Unit and mixed at AIR Studios, London, England
Genre Hard rock
Length 34:24
Label Mooncrest (UK)
A and M (US)
Producer Roger Glover
Nazareth - Razamanaz
Released 5 May 1973 (UK)
August 1973 (US)
Recorded December 1972 – March 1973
Studio The Ganghut, Jamestown, Scotland with Pye Mobile Unit and mixed at AIR Studios, London, England
Genre Hard rock
Length 34:24
Label Mooncrest (UK)
A and M (US)
Producer Roger Glover
Provided to YouTube by Second Wind Ltd.
Woke Up This Morning · Alabama 3
Exile On Coldharbour Lane
℗ 1997 Elemental Records Ltd.
Released on: 2020-03-27
Mu...
Provided to YouTube by Second Wind Ltd.
Woke Up This Morning · Alabama 3
Exile On Coldharbour Lane
℗ 1997 Elemental Records Ltd.
Released on: 2020-03-27
Music Publisher: Tristan Music Ltd
Music Publisher: BMG Rights Management Ltd
Composer, Lyricist: Chester Burnett
Composer, Lyricist: Simon Edwards
Composer, Lyricist: Jake Black
Composer, Lyricist: Robert Spragg
Composer, Lyricist: Piers Marsh
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Second Wind Ltd.
Woke Up This Morning · Alabama 3
Exile On Coldharbour Lane
℗ 1997 Elemental Records Ltd.
Released on: 2020-03-27
Music Publisher: Tristan Music Ltd
Music Publisher: BMG Rights Management Ltd
Composer, Lyricist: Chester Burnett
Composer, Lyricist: Simon Edwards
Composer, Lyricist: Jake Black
Composer, Lyricist: Robert Spragg
Composer, Lyricist: Piers Marsh
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Check out the opening credits from Season 1 of The Sopranos. “Woke Up This Morning” performed by Alabama 3.
#HBO #TheSopranos
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Woke Up This Morning · Alabama 3
Woke Up This Morning
℗ 1997 Elemental Records Ltd
Released on: 2008-04-07
Music Publisher: BMG Rights Management Ltd
Music Publisher: Tristan Music Ltd
Composer: Chester Burnett
Composer: Simon Edwards
Composer: Jake Black
Composer, Lyricist: Robert Spragg
Composer: Piers Marsh
Auto-generated by YouTube.
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Alabama 3 performing 'Woke Up This Morning' live at Rockness 2013, on Festivo.
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Artist: Alabama 3
Track: Woke Up This Morning
Purchase: http://bit.ly/1uG9UsN
www.alabama3.co.uk
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Nazareth - Razamanaz
Released 5 May 1973 (UK)
August 1973 (US)
Recorded December 1972 – March 1973
Studio The Ganghut, Jamestown, Scotland with Pye Mobile Unit and mixed at AIR Studios, London, England
Genre Hard rock
Length 34:24
Label Mooncrest (UK)
A and M (US)
Producer Roger Glover
Provided to YouTube by Second Wind Ltd.
Woke Up This Morning · Alabama 3
Exile On Coldharbour Lane
℗ 1997 Elemental Records Ltd.
Released on: 2020-03-27
Music Publisher: Tristan Music Ltd
Music Publisher: BMG Rights Management Ltd
Composer, Lyricist: Chester Burnett
Composer, Lyricist: Simon Edwards
Composer, Lyricist: Jake Black
Composer, Lyricist: Robert Spragg
Composer, Lyricist: Piers Marsh
Auto-generated by YouTube.
"Woke Up This Morning" is a song by English band Alabama 3 from their 1997 album Exile on Coldharbour Lane. The song is best known as the opening theme music for the popular HBO drama series The Sopranos which used the "Chosen One Mix" of the song.
Background and writing
Described as "a propulsive hip-hop song complete with Howlin' Wolf samples and a swelling gospel choir", the song has been cited as a paradigmatic example of a "great theme song", which "generates anticipation, immediately puts the viewer in a focused frame of mind, and creates the kind of sonic familiarity that breeds audience loyalty." Alabama 3 frontman Rob Spragg wrote the song after hearing about the 1996 murder case of Sara Thornton, who stabbed her husband after 2 years of abuse, mistreatment and neglect. The song is co-written with Piers Marsh, Simon Edwards and Jake Black.
"We started with a Howlin' Wolf loop, but a lot of blues lyrics are quite misogynist," Spragg observed. "So I turned it round to be about a woman who's had enough and gets a gun – it's quite ironic that it's become a New Jersey gangster anthem."
what a lovely atmosphere & it's nearly closing time the right time is upon us for nursery rhymes I look into your eyes it somes as no surprise I crawled into your space and no one's home what a lovley atmosphere the night is setting sail the right time is upon us for bedtime tales wake up in the morning with a bang in my head wake up in the morning I wish I was dead I wish I could wake up I wish I could wake up I wish I could wake up yesterday wake up in the morning with a hole in my head
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