Wake up Little Susie - wikipedia Wake up Little Susie `` Wake Up Little Susie '' Single by The Everly Brothers from the album The Everly Brothers B - side `` Maybe Tomorrow '' Released September 2, 1957 Format 7 '' single 10 '' shellac Recorded August 16, 1957 Genre Country, rockabilly Length 1 : 57 Label Cadence Songwriter ( s ) Felice Bryant Boudleaux Bryant The Everly Brothers singles chronology `` Bye Bye Love '' ( 1957 ) `` Wake Up Little Susie '' ( 1957 ) `` This Little Girl of Mine '' ( 1958 ) `` Bye Bye Love '' ( 1957 ) `` Wake Up Little Susie '' ( 1957 ) `` This Little Girl of Mine '' ( 1958 ) `` Wake Up Little Susie '' is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957. The song is best known in a recording by The Everly Brothers, 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. `` Wake Up Little Susie '' also spent seven weeks atop the Billboard country chart and got to number two 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. In an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show during the 2000 U.S. presidential election, then - Governor George W. Bush named `` Wake Up Little Susie '' as his favorite song. `` Wake Up Little Susie '' was the first single filmmaker David Lynch bought. Contents 1 Song premise 2 Charts 3 Simon & Garfunkel version 4 Cover versions and parodies 5 See also 6 References 7 External links 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, 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. Don Everly reported it had been banned in Boston. Charts All versions Chart ( 1957 -- 58 ) Peak position US Honor Roll of Hits ( Billboard ) The Everly Brothers version Chart ( 1957 -- 58 ) Peak position US Best Sellers in Stores ( Billboard ) US C&W Best Sellers in Stores ( Billboard ) US Most Played by Jockeys ( Billboard ) US Most Played C&W by Jockeys ( Billboard ) US Most Played R&B by Jockeys ( Billboard ) US R&B Best Sellers in Stores ( Billboard ) Simon & Garfunkel version Chart ( 1982 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 27 Simon & Garfunkel version Simon and Garfunkel have cited the Everly Brothers as strong influences on their own music. Their live version of `` Wake Up Little Susie, '' recorded in 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. During Simon & Garfunkel 's `` Old Friends '' tour in 2003 - 2004, they performed this song and others in a segment with the Everly Brothers, who toured in support. Cover versions and parodies British skiffle / rock and roll group The Rattlesnakes performed this song according to Barry Gibb. The group evolved into the Bee Gees in 1958. Joe Melson on the album Wake Up Little Susie Blue Suede Daddys In 2008, a part of the song was sung in the bluegrass version of The Raconteurs ' `` Old Enough '', featuring Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe. The musical duo Evan and Jaron recorded a version of the song on their album 52 Sundays. Grateful Dead played `` Wake Up Little Susie '' 13 times in their acoustic sets between February and November 1970. Brand New Rockers Count Dee 's Music Explosion David Ross Donny Osmond on the album The Donny Osmond Album Barry Frank Frankie Lymon Golden Boys Alvin and the Chipmunks in the 1989 Alvin and the Chipmunks episode `` The Legend of Sleeping Brittany ''. Loggins and Messina Sam Levine Stavely Makepeace Suzi Quatro The Booze Bros The Caverners The Flying Burrito Brothers The King Brothers The Magic Time Travellers Outlaws The Rattles The Rockhouse Brothers ApologetiX parodied this song in their 2004 album, `` Adam Up ''. The song was called, `` Wake Up Talitha Cumi ''. Rockapella parodied this song in an episode of Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego ? as `` Look Out, Double Trouble ''. See also Banned in Boston List of Billboard number - one rhythm and blues hits List of Billboard number - one singles of 1957 Billboard year - end top 50 singles of 1957 List of Cash Box Best Sellers number - one singles of 1957 List of CHUM number - one singles of 1957 List of number - one country singles of 1957 ( U.S. ) Susie, the Dog References Jump up ^ The Everly Brothers interviewed on the Pop Chronicles ( 1969 ) ^ Jump up to : Hurst, Jack ( August 3, 1986 ). `` Everly Brothers Again Waking Up Nation To Innocent, Wonderful ''. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 31 May 2014. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 117. Jump up ^ `` 500 Greatest Songs of All Time : The Everly Brothers, ' Wake Up Little Susie ' ''. Rolling Stone. April 7, 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2014. Jump up ^ `` ` Oprah ' Show Helps Bush Explore His Fallible Side - Chicago Tribune ''. Articles.chicagotribune.com. 2000 - 09 - 20. Retrieved 2012 - 01 - 08. Jump up ^ `` Twitter Q&A with @ david_lynch and @ guardianmusic ''. guardian.co.uk. 1973 - 07 - 01. Retrieved 2012 - 01 - 08. Jump up ^ `` Honor Roll of Hits : The Nation 's Top Tunes for Survey Week Ending October 19 ''. Billboard : 48. October 28, 1957. ISSN 0006 - 2510. Retrieved April 11, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Best Sellers in Stores for Survey Week Ending October 5, 1957 ''. Billboard : 40. October 14, 1957. ISSN 0006 - 2510. Retrieved April 11, 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` C&W Best Sellers in Stores for Survey Week Ending October 26, 1957 ''. Billboard : 40. November 4, 1957. ISSN 0006 - 2510. Retrieved April 11, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Most Played by Jockeys for Survey Week Ending October 26, 1957 ''. Billboard : 40. November 4, 1957. ISSN 0006 - 2510. Retrieved April 11, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Most Played R&B by Jockeys for Survey Week Ending October 26 ''. Billboard : 58. November 4, 1957. ISSN 0006 - 2510. Retrieved April 11, 2016. Jump up ^ `` R&B Best Sellers in Stores for Survey Week Ending October 5 ''. Billboard : 55. October 14, 1957. ISSN 0006 - 2510. Retrieved April 11, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Simon & Garfunkel Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved April 11, 2016. Jump up ^ `` The Setlist Program ''. Retrieved 27 November 2011. Jump up ^ `` Soundtrack : `` Susie Q '' and `` Wake Up Little Susie '' ``. susieshope.com. Retrieved August 10, 2014. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics The Everly Brothers Studio albums The Everly Brothers Songs Our Daddy Taught Us It 's Everly Time A Date with the Everly Brothers Both Sides of an Evening Instant Party ! Christmas with the Everly Brothers and the Boystown Choir The Everly Brothers Sing Great Country Hits Gone Gone Gone Rock'n Soul Beat & Soul In Our Image Two Yanks in England The Hit Sound of the Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers Sing Roots Stories We Could Tell Pass the Chicken & Listen EB 84 Born Yesterday Some Hearts Live albums Everly Brothers Show Compilation albums The Everly Brothers ' Best Greatest Hits Vol. III The New Album All They Had to Do Was Dream Heartaches and Harmonies Stories We Could Tell : The RCA Years Too Good to Be True Give Me a Future Singles `` Bye Bye Love '' `` Wake Up Little Susie '' `` This Little Girl of Mine '' `` Should We Tell Him '' `` All I Have to Do Is Dream '' `` Bird Dog '' `` Devoted to You '' `` Problems '' `` Take a Message to Mary '' `` Poor Jenny '' `` ( Till ) I Kissed You '' `` Let It Be Me '' `` Cathy 's Clown '' `` When Will I Be Loved '' `` So Sad ( To Watch Good Love Go Bad ) '' `` Like Strangers '' `` Be-Bop - A-Lula '' `` Lucille '' `` Walk Right Back '' `` Ebony Eyes '' `` Temptation '' `` Do n't Blame Me '' `` Crying in the Rain '' `` That 's Old Fashioned ( That 's the Way Love Should Be ) '' `` Do n't Ask Me to Be Friends '' `` Love Her '' `` Ai n't That Lovin ' You, Baby '' `` That 'll Be the Day '' `` The Price of Love '' `` Love Is Strange '' `` ( You Got ) The Power of Love '' `` Somebody Help Me '' `` Bowling Green '' `` Love of the Common People '' `` Carolina in My Mind '' `` Not Fade Away '' `` The Air That I Breathe '' ( Phil Everly solo ) `` Brother Jukebox '' ( Don Everly solo ) `` Dare to Dream Again '' ( Phil Everly solo ) `` On the Wings of a Nightingale '' `` Do n't Worry Baby '' `` Ballad of a Teenage Queen '' Related topics Discography List of songs Gibson Everly Brothers Flattop Everly Music Company Venetia Stevenson Edan Everly James Best Book Category Simon & Garfunkel Paul Simon Art Garfunkel Studio albums Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. 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Question: who sings the song wake up little susie
Answer: The Everly Brothers