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Where in the World Is Thomas?	Enda Ulale

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

John Hasler 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

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

Music Videos

	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