50s - Wake Up Little Susie (Everly Brothers)

Wake Up Little Susie

"Wake Up Little Susie" is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant in 1957. The song is best known in a recording by The Everly Brothers.

The song reached #1 on the Billboard charts briefly for 1 week in 1957, despite having been banned from Boston radio stations for lyrics that— at the time —were considered suggestive. It got to #2 on the United Kingdom song charts.

Among notable musical groups performing covers of the song are Simon and Garfunkel and the Grateful Dead. Simon and Garfunkel's live version of "Wake Up Little Susie" reached #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982. Other artistes who recorded this song include Loggins & Messina, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Suzy Quatro.

lyrics:

Wake up, little Susie, wake up
Wake up, little Susie, wake up
We've both been sound asleep, wake up, little Susie, and weep
The movies over, its four oclock, and we're in trouble deep
Wake up little Susie
Wake up little Susie, well

Whatta we gonna tell your mama
Whatta we gonna tell your pa
Whatta we gonna tell our friends when they say ooh-la-la
Wake up little Susie
Wake up little Susie, well

I told your mama that youd be in by ten
Well Susie baby looks like we goofed again
Wake up little Susie
Wake up little Susie, we gotta go home

Wake up, little Susie, wake up
Wake up, little Susie, wake up
The movie wasn't so hot, it didn't have much of a plot
We fell asleep, our goose is cooked, our reputation is shot
Wake up little Susie
Wake up little Susie, well

Whatta we gonna tell your mama
Whatta we gonna tell your pa
Whatta we gonna tell our friends when they say ooh-la-la
Wake up little Susie
Wake up little Susie
Wake up little Susie