I'm Waking Up to Us

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| name = I'm Waking Up to Us

| cover = Belle & Sebastian - I'm Waking Up To Us.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Belle & Sebastian

| album =

| released = {{start date|2001|11|21|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 3:51

| label = Jeepster

| writer = Belle & Sebastian

| producer = Mike Hurst, Belle & Sebastian

| prev_title = Jonathan David

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = Step into My Office, Baby

| next_year = 2003

}}

"I'm Waking Up to Us" is a song by Belle & Sebastian, released as a single and extended play (EP) through Jeepster Records in November 2001. The track saw the band work with another producer besides usual collaborator Tony Doogan for the first time: Mike Hurst, former member of the Springfields and producer of Petula Clark and Cat Stevens.

The front cover features band member Sarah Martin and a beagle. All three tracks from the single were later collected on the Push Barman to Open Old Wounds compilation. The single reached number 39 on the UK singles chart and number 50 in Sweden. It was ranked number 73 in Pitchfork Media's "The Top 100 Singles of 2000–04".{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/5949-the-top-100-singles-of-2000-04-part-one/?page=3|title=The Top 100 Singles of 2000–04|publisher=Pitchfork|date=31 January 2005|access-date=18 August 2021}}

Reception

PopMatters said the song, "ushers in a certain level of maturity for Belle and Sebastian, both musically and thematically speaking, as if the group had come through to the other side of their daydreams and realized they weren’t always all they were cracked up to be. With rich strings and bold semi-orchestral elements like flute and harpsichord, the song found Belle and Sebastian playing with greater panache and spirit."{{cite web| publisher= PopMatters| title=THE 10 BEST BELLE AND SEBASTIAN NON-ALBUM SONGS|author=Arnold Pan| date=17 November 2021| url=https://www.popmatters.com/belle-and-sebastian-best-songs}}

Track listing

"I'm Waking Up to Us" – 3:51
"I Love My Car" – 5:14
"Marx and Engels" – 3:44

Charts

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!scope="col"|Chart (2001)

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position

{{single chart|Scotland|22|date=20011208|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 November 2018}}

{{single chart|Sweden|50|artist=Belle & Sebastian|song=I'm Waking Up to Us|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 November 2018}}

{{single chart|UK|39|date=20011208|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 November 2018}}

{{single chart|UKindie|4|date=20011208|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 November 2018}}

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"\|Region !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Format(s) !scope="col"\|Label(s) !scope="col"\|{{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
scope="row"\|Japan \|21 November 2001 \|rowspan="2"\|CD \|Jeepster \|{{cite web\|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/150897/products/455534/1/\|title=ウェイキング・アップ・トゥ・アス {{!}} ベル・アンド・セバスチャン\|trans-title=Waking Up to Us {{!}} Belle and Sebastian\|publisher=Oricon\|language=ja\|access-date=29 August 2023}}
scope="row"\|Australia \|rowspan="2"\|26 November 2001 \|Spunk \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue613.pdf\|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 26th November 2001\|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association\|page=24\|date=26 November 2001\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222433/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue613.pdf\|archive-date=22 February 2008\|access-date=2 March 2025}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}
scope="row"\|United Kingdom \|{{hlist\|7-inch vinyl\|12-inch vinyl\|CD}} \|Jeepster \|{{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2001/Music-Week-2001-11-24.pdf\|title=New Releases – For Week Starting November 26, 2001: Singles\|magazine=Music Week\|page=31\|date=24 November 2001\|access-date=18 August 2021}}

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!scope="col"|Region

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scope="row"|Japan

|21 November 2001

|rowspan="2"|CD

|Jeepster

|{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/150897/products/455534/1/|title=ウェイキング・アップ・トゥ・アス {{!}} ベル・アンド・セバスチャン|trans-title=Waking Up to Us {{!}} Belle and Sebastian|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=29 August 2023}}

scope="row"|Australia

|rowspan="2"|26 November 2001

|Spunk

|{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue613.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 26th November 2001|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|page=24|date=26 November 2001|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222433/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue613.pdf|archive-date=22 February 2008|access-date=2 March 2025}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|12-inch vinyl|CD}}

|Jeepster

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2001/Music-Week-2001-11-24.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting November 26, 2001: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=24 November 2001|access-date=18 August 2021}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529204253/http://www.belleandsebastian.com/recordings.php?release=10 "I'm Waking Up to Us" at belleandsebastian.com]
[http://www.jeepster.co.uk/showdisc.php?id=39¤tsection=belleandsebastian "I'm Waking Up to Us" at jeepster.co.uk]{{dead link|date=January 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}

Category:Belle and Sebastian songs

Category:2001 singles

Category:2001 songs

Category:Jeepster Records singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Mike Hurst (producer)