I Need to Wake Up
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"I Need to Wake Up" is a song by Melissa Etheridge
, written for the 2006
documentary film
An Inconvenient Truth
. It is the first instance of a documentary film winning the Best Song category
, and it notably beat three other nominated songs from the musical film Dreamgirls
.
Etheridge received the 2006 Academy Award for Best Original Song
for "I Need to Wake Up." Upon receiving the award, she noted in her acceptance speech:
The song was on the enhanced version of her greatest hits album, The Road Less Traveled
(enhanced). It never appeared on the standard version.
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Lou Etheridge is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician.Etheridge is known for her mixture of confessional lyrics, pop-based folk-rock, and raspy, smoky vocals...
, written for the 2006
2006 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...
documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming via a comprehensive slide show that, by his own estimate, he has given more than a thousand times.Premiering at the...
. It is the first instance of a documentary film winning the Best Song category
Academy Award for Best Original Song
The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best original song written specifically for a film...
, and it notably beat three other nominated songs from the musical film Dreamgirls
Dreamgirls (film)
Dreamgirls is a 2006 musical drama film, directed by Bill Condon and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures. The film debuted in three special road show engagements beginning December 15, 2006 before its nationwide release on December 25, 2006...
.
Etheridge received the 2006 Academy Award for Best Original Song
Academy Award for Best Original Song
The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best original song written specifically for a film...
for "I Need to Wake Up." Upon receiving the award, she noted in her acceptance speech:
The song was on the enhanced version of her greatest hits album, The Road Less Traveled
Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled
Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled is a 2005 music album by Melissa Etheridge, released by Island Records. It featured 17 tracks from her 17-year career, five of which were newly recorded...
(enhanced). It never appeared on the standard version.
External links
- Official Melissa Etheridge website
- IMDB listing for An Inconvenient Truth soundtrack
- I Need To Wake Up on YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....