Woke Up This Morning
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| Single by Alabama 3 from the album Exile on Coldharbour Lane |
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| Released | 1997 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Recorded | 1997 | ||||
| Genre | Blues | ||||
| Length | 4:14 4:05 (Chosen One Mix) |
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| Label | One Little Indian | ||||
| Writer(s) | Jake Black (aka The Very Reverend Dr. D. Wayne Love) Rob Spragg (aka Larry Love) |
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| Producer | Alabama 3 | ||||
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"Woke Up This Morning" is a song by Alabama 3 (known as "A3" in the USA) from their 1997 album Exile on Coldharbour Lane. The song is best known as the opening theme music for the HBO drama series The Sopranos.
A3 frontman Rob Spragg (a.k.a. Larry Love) wrote the song after hearing about a case where a fed-up woman shot her husband after 20 years of abuse, mistreatment and neglect.
The song was first produced in 1995. It was later reproduced for the Sopranos in 1999.
[edit] Cultural impact and references
- It was used in HBO's " The Sopranos".
- American rapper Nas used the "got yourself a gun" refrain for his 2001 single "Got Ur Self A...."
- The song was used in "Papa's Got a Brand New Badge", the Season 13 finale of animated television series The Simpsons. The music is used when the Springfield Mafia drive through the town in search for Homer who has become a security official.
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