Composition
"Wake Up" is a mid-tempo dance-pop song backed by teen pop beats, with "a more mature pop-techno sound" than Duff's previous work. She has described the song's genre as "very dancey, kind of pop – not '80s, but kind of with that in it." According to her, the song "makes you want to forget about all the pressure of dealing with your boss, or your teacher, or your mom, or ," and lyrically discusses "getting out and not forgetting to have some fun." Duff has also said that "it's really a catchy song but it talks about being in all my favorite places in the world, which is Tokyo and Paris and London and New York." The song is written in the key of E major and is set in common time, with a tempo of 118 beats per minute. Its instrumentation comes from a guitar, bass and drums. It features the sequence of E5—E/G#—A(#11) as its chord progression. Duff's vocal range spans exactly one octave, from C♯4–C♯5.
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