This song, "Wake Up Everybody" is decades old, which makes it kind of depressing because the lyrics still apply to everything today. Evidently everyone did not wake up. Both versions were released around the late seventies. I'd been listening to Big Youth's cover for years before I ever heard Harold Melvin's original, so I'm kind of partial to his. Either way, it really is a great song and could have been written last week for how appropriate it is. You should listen to both, what the hell. Whatever version you like, put it on repeat for as long as it takes to sink in.
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Listen:Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody mp3 at Basement Rug
Big Youth - Wake Up Everybody (streaming) at YouTube
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