Wake Up
Wake Up is the second song in Big World! Big Adventures! , performed by Elvis Who , Patricia Kihoro , John Hasler in the UK dub and Joseph May in the US dub.
Lyrics
Nia: You trucks, don't you know any songs to help pass the time? This is going to be a very long journey without any music, and big blue tank engine Thomas is getting grumpy already! He needs a bit of cheering up.
Male African Van:
Wake up!
African Trucks:
Thomas!
Wake up!
Male African Van:
It's such a lovely day (African Trucks: Thomas)
You've got a job to do (African Trucks: Cheer up!)
Maybe you don't wanna do it but
African Trucks:
hey, hey, hey
(Wake up!)
Male African Van:
If you wanna be happy (African Trucks: Choo choo)
Tell me what's stopping you! (African Trucks: Wake up!)
When you're grumpy
You're in your own way
Nia:
There's oh so much to discover
If you open your eyes
You might even uncover
Your own smile
Do you really want to be stormy?
Always under a cloud?
Just be happy and go the extra mile
Nia and Male African Van:
Wake up!
African Trucks:
Don't be a silly choo choo
Nia and Male African Van:
Cheer up!
African Trucks:
There's so many things to try
Nia and Male African Van:
Wake up!
African Trucks:
The world is all around you
Male African Van:
As big as the beautiful sky
African Trucks:
Don't let the world pass you by
Si lazima dunia kupita wewe na
Nia :
A bad mood is like a blindfold
It covers up your eyes
Nia and Male African Van: :
It makes the world around you dark as night
Just shake it off
And turn your mood around
You can do it if you try
And see it all in a new light
Nia and Male African Van:
Wake up!
African Trucks:
Don't be so grumpy, Thomas
Nia and Male African Van:
Cheer up!
African Trucks:
The sun is in the sky
Nia and Male African Van:
Wake up!
African Trucks:
Don't be so grumpy, Thomas!
Nia and Male African Van:
Or else the world goin' pass you by
Nia and African Trucks:
Don't let the world pass you by
Si lazima dunia kupita wewe na
Nia: Slow down a little, Thomas. You need to be careful about animals on the tracks.
Thomas: Oh, I know all about that. We get animals on the tracks all the time back on Sodor. I just give a little peep of my whistle... (blows whistle) ...and they soon get off the tracks again.
Thomas and Male African Van:
Wake up!
Nia and African Trucks:
Don't be so grumpy, Thomas
Thomas, Nia and African Trucks:
Cheer up!
Nia and African Trucks:
There's so many things to try
Thomas, Nia and African Trucks:
Wake up!
African Trucks:
The world is all around you
Thomas:
As big as the beautiful sky
Thomas and African Trucks:
Don't let the world pass you by
African Trucks:
Si lazima dunia kupita wewe na
Characters
Cast
UK
US
Joseph May as Thomas
Patricia Kihoro as Nia
Yvonne Grundy as Nia's speaking voice
Elvis Who as the African Troublesome Vans
Collins Kemboi and Carl Taylor as the African Troublesome Vans and the African Troublesome Tankers
Trivia
This song was recorded with local session musicians from Kenya .
This song was uploaded on Mattel Korea's official channel, on Junior Naver, and on Naver TV in South Korea but in the English version.
This song was never dubbed in Albanian and Korean. However, they added subtitles while playing Big World! Big Adventures! .
Thomas could be seen with grey smoke forming a cloud above him, a reference to the gloom cloud in many cartoons.
The phrase "Si lazima dunia kupita wewe na" translates to "The world does not have to pass you by" in Swahili.
The Great Mosque of Djenné, Hassan II Mosque, Victoria Falls, and Mount Kilimanjaro can be seen during the map scene of the music video.
In Other Languages
Language
Title
Czech
Vstávej
Finnish
Herää!
German
Wach auf!
Hungarian
Ébredj!
Japanese
おきろ!
Korean
눈을 떠!
Polish
Wstawaj!
Spanish (Spain)
¡Despiértate!
Spanish (Latin America)
¡Despierta!
Music Video
Wake Up 🎵Music Video Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie Thomas & Friends Sing Along
Series 3
Thomas' Anthem
Series 4
Gone Fishing | Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover | Really Useful Engine | The Island Song | Let's Have a Race | Toby
Series 5
Night Train | Percy's Seaside Trip | Come for the Ride | Harold the Helicopter | Donald's Duck | Sir Topham Hatt | Accidents Will Happen | Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining | It's Great to Be an Engine | The Snow Song
Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Shining Time | I Know How the Moon Must Feel | The Locomotion | Some Things Never Leave You | Summer Sunday | The Whistling Song | Girl in Green
Series 6
Boo! Boo! Choo-Choo | Little Engines | Never, Never, Never Give Up | James the Really Splendid Engine | Winter Wonderland | Down by the Docks
Series 7
Five New Engines in the Shed | Troublesome Trucks | The Red Balloon | Salty | The Whistle Song | There Once Was an Engine Who Ran Away
Series 8
Sounds | Engine Roll Call | A World Around You | Emily | Surprises | Determination | Patience | Ode to Gordon
Calling All Engines!
Busy | Trying | Together | The Dream Song
Series 9
Brave | Night and Day | Party Time | Pride | Every Day's a Special Day on Sodor | Buffer Up and Share | Togetherness
Jack and the Pack
The Work Song | One Friendly Family
Series 10
Doing It Right | Favourite Place | H Is for Harold | Navigation | There's Always Something New | Responsibility | Strength
Series 11
The Narrow Gauge Engines
The Great Discovery
Thomas and James Are Racing | There's a Job for Everyone | Where, Oh Where Is Thomas? | Thomas, You're the Leader
Hero of the Rails
Go, Go Thomas
Series 13
Roll Along
Misty Island Rescue
Misty Island Rescue
Series 14
All You Need Are Friends | The Fat Controller
Day of the Diesels
Day of the Diesels
Series 15
Hear the Engines Coming
Blue Mountain Mystery
Working Together | Blue Mountain Mystery
Series 16
Thomas and Percy
King of the Railway
Searching Everywhere | It's Gonna Be a Great Day
Series 17
Hey, Hey Thomas! | On a Journey Today
Tale of the Brave
Monsters Everywhere | Tale of the Brave | Let's Be Brave
Series 18
It's Christmas Time | The Best Friends Express
Thomas' YouTube World Tour
Rules and Regulations | That's What Friends Are For
Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
Never Overlook a Little Engine | We Make a Team Together
Series 19
There's Snow Place Like Home | Let's Go! | Race with You | Spring Is Here!
The Great Race
Will You, Won't You? | Streamlining | Full of Surprises | You Can Only Be You | The Shooting Star is Coming Through | Be Who You Are and Go Far
Series 20
Glynn's Christmas Wish | It's Halloween
Journey Beyond Sodor
Somebody Has to Be the Favourite | Who's Thomas? | The Hottest Place in Town | I Want to Go Home | We Can't Do Anything | The Most Important Thing Is Being Friends
Series 21
Set Friendship in Motion
Big World! Big Adventures!
Where in the World Is Thomas? | Wake Up | Enda Ulale | We're Friends | Free and Easy | Sometimes You Make a Friend
Series 22
Big World! Big Adventures! | The Journey Never Ends | All the Girls Around the World | The Steam Team | Let's Dream
Series 23
Legend of the Lost Engine | The Sodor Construction Crew | Don't Stop
Series 24
Party Train | How Does It Work? | Fall Is So Much Fun | The Little Engine Who Believed | New Year's Day with Thomas
Nursery Rhymes
Six Little Trains | Percy! | Tunnels, Bridges, Tracks and Hills | The Wheels on the Train | Chuff, Chuff, Chuff Along | If You're Happy and You Know It | Another Day on Sodor | Old McColl's Farm | Hickory Tickory Tock | Pop Goes the Diesel! | Thomas Found a Little Lamb | Twinkle, Twinkle Sodor Sky | My Name Is Thomas | Five Little Railway Friends | Happy Birthday to You
Miscellaneous
I'm Thomas the Tank Engine | Thomas' Christmas Song | The Official BBC Children in Need Medley | Kids for Character | Courage | Teamwork | Problem Solving | Responsibility | He's So Brave | Friendship | A Thomas Birthday Wish | A Sodor Summertime | Watch Out, Thomas!
Series 1
I'm Gonna Chug | Secret Agents | Chugga-Chugga Snooze Snooze | Knights of the Turntable | I Sure Am Feeling Lucky | A Partner on the Rails | Music is Everywhere | Chasing Rainbows | The Mail Delivery Song | If I Was a Super Train | Get on the Laugh Track | On My Own | Everyone is Afraid a Little | What Brave Engines Do | Between You and Me | Feet, Tailbone, Ribs and Claws | The Number One Engine | What's Awesome About This Place | Blowing Off Steam | A Gift to Remember | Fall Fun | My Rusty Can | Together We Can | He Should Have Given You Back | Celebrate | Song of Sodor
Race for the Sodor Cup
When I Go Fast | The Training Song | Look It's Us
Series 2
You Can't Stop Me! | Fast to Go Slow | Welcome to Sodor | A Mistake is What it Takes | This Was Unexpected | Stuck in the Mud at Night | Christmas Spirit | Good as New | Plow to Have Fun on the Job | Feel the Hush | The World Has a Mind of Its Own | What's Really Real | What I Can Do and What I Can't | Peep Peep, We're Counting Sheep | How to Solve a Mystery | Sandy's Strengths | The Sodor Shanty | When You Go to Sea | Blues Buddy | Good Sports | Work Together | Friendship Map | Talking Makes it Better | Take a Closer Look | The Waiting Game | The Sights of Sodor
The Mystery of Lookout Mountain
Warning: Biggest Adventure Ahead | A Whole New Place | Job to Do
The Great Bubbly Build
Focus on the FUNction | Put the Fun in Function
Series 3
Worth Doing Right | Abraca-Diesel | Stuff | Instead | I Wish | Make Things Right | Find a New Way | Building Better for Everyone | Slow It on Down | When the Night Comes On | Quackity Quack | Winter Games | The Smells of Sodor
The Christmas Letter Express
Christmastime on the Rails | A Christmas Wish | Ho-Ho-Hold on Santa Claus!
Series 4
Stay on Track with Yourself | The True You | I Am A-Okay | Spring Start | Do Your Best | What I See | Good Friends Will Help | Choo-Choo-Choose | The Do-Over Dance | Surprise | Nothing's Stopping Me Now | Are You Asleep Yet? | Sense of Sodor
Sodor Sings Together
Tonight Is the Night | Deliver the Music | Just Think of It | Make Room for Music | All Together Now
Miscellaneous
Theme Song | Train School Song