Wake Up Little Susie

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"Wake Up Little Susie" is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957.

The song is best known as a recording by the Everly Brothers,[1] issued by Cadence Records as catalog number 1337. The Everly Brothers record reached No. 1 on the Billboard Pop chart and the Cash Box Best Selling Records chart, despite having been banned from Boston radio stations for lyrics that, at the time, were considered suggestive, according to a 1986 interview with Don Everly.[2] "Wake Up Little Susie" also spent seven weeks atop the Billboard country chart[3] and got to No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was ranked at No. 318 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[4] In 2017, the 1957 recording by The Everly Brothers was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[5]

Song premise

The song is written from the point of view of a high school boy to his girlfriend, Susie. In the song, the two go out on a date to a cinema (perhaps a drive-in), only to fall asleep during the movie. They do not wake up until 4 o'clock in the morning, well after her 10 o'clock curfew. They then contemplate the reactions of her parents and their friends. The boy fears that having stayed out so late, they've both now lost their good reputations.

Personnel

Charts

All versions
Chart (1957–58) Peak
position
US Honor Roll of Hits (Billboard)[7] 1
The Everly Brothers version
Chart (1957–58) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 3
Canada (CHUM Chart)[9] 1
Dutch Single Top 100[10] 4
New Zealand (NZ Lever Hit Parade)[11] 1
UK[12] 2
UK (NME)[13] 2
US Best Sellers in Stores (Billboard)[14] 1
US C&W Best Sellers in Stores (Billboard)[15] 1
US Most Played by Jockeys (Billboard)[16] 1
US Most Played C&W by Jockeys (Billboard)[15] 1
US Most Played R&B by Jockeys (Billboard)[17] 1
US R&B Best Sellers in Stores (Billboard)[18] 1
US Cash Box Top 100 Singles[19] 1
US Record World Chart[20] 1
Simon & Garfunkel version
Chart (1982) Peak
position
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Simon & Garfunkel version

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Simon & Garfunkel have cited the Everly Brothers as strong influences on their own music. Their live version of "Wake Up Little Susie", recorded at the duo's concert in New York's Central Park on September 19, 1981, reached #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982, and is the duo's last Top 40 hit.[21]

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See also

References

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  8. ↑ top100singles.net https://www.top100singles.net/2016/10/every-amr-top-50-single-in-1957.html#show Retrieved April 28 2025
  9. ↑ archive.org https://archive.org/details/thechumchartbooktoronto/page/68/mode/1up?view=theater Retrieved April 28 2025
  10. ↑ dutchcharts.nl https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Everly+Brothers&titel=Wake+Up+Little+Susie&cat=s Retrieved April 28 2025
  11. ↑ charts.nz https://charts.nz/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=41796&pages=3 Retrieved April 28 2025
  12. ↑ officialcharts.com https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/everly-brothers-wake-up-little-susie/ Retrieved April 28 2025
  13. ↑ Dafydd Rees, Barry Lazell, and Roger Osborne, 40 Years of NME Charts (BOXTREE LIMITED and Broadwall House, 1992), pg. 56 621 pages, 1-85283-746-2, https://www.amazon.com/Forty-Years-Charts-Roger-Osborne/dp/1852837462 Retrieved April 28, 2025.
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  19. ↑ archive.org https://web.archive.org/web/20200802212556/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/50s_files/19571026.html Retrieved April 28 2025
  20. ↑ Record World#List of number-one singles
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