The Alabama Three performed 'Woke Up This Morning', the title song to which very popular crime series?
Woke Up This Morning Woke Up This Morning "Woke Up This Morning" is a song by English band Alabama 3 from their 1997 album "Exile on Coldharbour Lane." The song is best known as the opening theme music for "The Sopranos", which used the "Chosen One Mix" of the song. Described as "a propulsive hip-hop song complete with Howlin' Wolf samples and a swelling gospel choir", the song has been cited as a paradigmatic example of a "great theme song", which "generates anticipation, immediately puts the viewer in a focused frame of mind, and creates the kind of sonic familiarity that breeds audience loyalty."
Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind Stayed On Freedom) Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind Stayed On Freedom) "Woke Up This Morning" is a freedom song made as a revamp of the old gospel song "I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on Jesus" in the 1960s. It is one of many similar songs during the civil rights movement. The song was created by Reverend Robert Wesby of Aurora, Illinois, in the Hinds County jail during the freedom rides. Woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom I said I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom Well I woke up