Wake Me Up (Twice song)

On April 1, 2018, Twice announced the release of their third Japanese single titled "Wake Me Up", along with the news that Twice would appear in a television commercial for ABC-Mart and Nike Air Max. The commercial, featuring "Wake Me Up", began airing nationwide in Japan on April 5. The full song was first revealed on Tokyo FM's '''' on April 24 and it was pre-released as a digital single on various online music portals the next day. The full music video was also released online on April 25. ==Composition==

"Wake Me Up" was composed by Atsushi Shimada, Louise Frick Sveen, and Albin Nordqvist, with lyrics written by Natsumi Watanabe. It was described as an upbeat dance song that "encourages people not to give up and keep going forward". ==Music video==

The full music video of "Wake Me Up" was uploaded online on April 24, 2018. It was directed by Jimmy of BS Pictures, the same team that produced Twice's previous music videos, "TT (Japanese ver.)" and "Brand New Girl". The music video ranked at No. 10 on 2018 YouTube's Top Trend Music Video in Japan, the third group's song on the list. ==Promotion==

"Wake Me Up" was first performed on Music Station on May 25, 2018. It was also performed during Twice 2nd Tour: Twiceland Zone 2 – Fantasy Park in Saitama and Osaka. On August 3, it was performed on a Music Station 2-hour special episode. ==Commercial performance==

The CD single debuted atop the daily ranking of the Oricon Singles Chart with 129,275 units sold on its release day, breaking Twice's record of the highest first day sales for Korean girl groups in Japan. It topped the weekly Oricon Singles Chart with 262,658 copies sold, It was Twice's third consecutive release to surpass 200,000 sales in its first week, making the group the first foreign artist in Japan to achieve this. It was also reported that "Wake Me Up" sold 471,438 copies in pre-orders, and it exceeded 500,000 shipments by May 28. On June 8, it became the first single by a foreign female artist to be certified Double Platinum by the RIAJ. ==Track listing==

Credits adapted from CD single liner notes. Locations Recording • JYPE Studios, Seoul, South Korea Mixing • Mirrorball Studios, North Hollywood, California ("Wake Me Up") • I to I Communications, Tokyo, Japan ("Pink Lemonade") Mastering • Sterling Sound, New York City, New York Personnel JYP Entertainment staff • Song Ji-eun "Shannen" (JYP Entertainment Japan) – executive producer • Jimmy Jeong (JYP Entertainment) – executive producer • Cho Hae-sung (JYP Entertainment) – executive producer • J. Y. Park "The Asiansoul" – producer • Park Nam-yong (JYP Entertainment) – performance director • Kim Hyung-woong (JYP Entertainment) – performance director • Yun Hee-so (JYP Entertainment) – performance director • Na Tae-hoon (JYP Entertainment) – performance director • Yoo Kwang-yeol (JYP Entertainment) – performance director • Kang Da-sol (JYP Entertainment) – performance director • Lee Tae-sub (JYP Entertainment) – recording engineer • Choi Hye-jin (JYP Entertainment) – recording engineer • Eom Se-hee (JYP Entertainment) – recording engineer • Lim Hong-jin (JYP Entertainment) – recording engineer • Jang Han-soo (JYP Entertainment) – recording engineer Warner Music Japan staff • Kaz Kobayashi – executive producer • Hayato Kajino – supervisor • Rie Sawaoka – supervisor • Naoki Takami – digital planning and marketing • Masayo Kuroda – product coordination Japanese recording staff • Goei Ito (Obelisk) – music director • Yu-ki Kokubo (Obelisk) – recording director • Satoshi Sasamoto – Pro Tools operation Design staff • Toshiyuki Suzuki (United Lounge Tokyo) – art direction • Yasuhiro Ueda (United Lounge Tokyo) – design • Tommy – photography • Choi Hee-sun (F. Choi) – style director • Seo Ji-eun (F. Choi) – style director • Lee Ga-young (F. Choi) – style director • Lee Jin-young (F. Choi) – assistant stylist • Jeong In-yung (F. Choi) – assistant stylist • Park Soo-young (F. Choi) – assistant stylist • Park Jin-hee (F. Choi) – assistant stylist • Han Jin-joo (F. Choi) – assistant stylist • Jung Nan-young (Lulu Hair Makeup Studio) – hair director • Choi Ji-young (Lulu Hair Makeup Studio) – hair director • Son Eun-hee (Lulu Hair Makeup Studio) – hair director • Jo Sang-ki (Lulu Hair Makeup Studio) – makeup director • Jeon Dallae (Lulu Hair Makeup Studio) – makeup director • Zia (Lulu Hair Makeup Studio) – makeup director • Won Jung-yo (Bit&Boot) – makeup director • Choi Su-ji (Bit&Boot) – assistant makeup director Movie staff • Jimmy (BS Pictures) – music video director • Han Gui-taek – music video making and jacket shooting making movie director • Yu Yamaguchi (Warner Music Mastering) – DVD authoring Other personnel • Atsushi Shimada – all instruments (on "Wake Me Up") • Kohei Yokono – all instruments (on "Pink Lemonade") • Twice – background vocals • Ikuko Tsutsumi – background vocals • Tony Maserati – mixing engineer (on "Wake Me Up") • Naoki Yamada – mixing engineer (on "Pink Lemonade") • Chris Gehringer – mastering engineer ==Charts==

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