Wake Me Up - Avicii (violin/cello/bass cover) - Simply Three

It was a no brainer for us to cover Wake Me Up by Avicii. Not only is it one of the biggest songs of the last decade, but even without that, it's simply 😏 an awesome song. One challenge for us was how to convey the energy that Avicii's recording has. We don’t know about you all, but we always felt like this song had a kind of country, fiddle, grassroots feeling to it, despite all of the DJ/electronic sounds you hear. So we decided to give it even more of a country feel and really play this song in a fiddle style. Maybe it's the slap-bass Nick does, or the fiddle chords Zack plays - or maybe it's just playing the song on our string instruments that gives it the country feel. Either way, this arrangement of ours has hit the hearts of people all over the world, and we couldn't be more grateful. This is our most viewed music video, and for a long time we didn’t really know why. I don’t think we still know fully, honestly, but many people have told us that the happiness of the song and the beauty of the location makes this video energetic, happy, and beautiful. We filmed it at Saguaro Lake (Butcher Jones Recreation Site to be exact) in Arizona. We have been going to this lake for fun outings our entire lives. Many fond memories have been gained here, and it was awesome to shoot this life-changing video here! Thanks for all your incredible support.

THE VIDEO
Directed by Zack Clark and Nicholas Villalobos.
Edited and color graded by Zack Clark.

THE SONG
"Wake Me Up" written by Tim Bergling, Aloe Blacc, and Mike Einziger.
Arranged and performed by Zack Clark, Glen McDaniel, and Nicholas Villalobos.

LINKS

LYRICS
Feeling my way through the darkness
Guided by a beating heart
I can't tell where the journey will end
But I know where to start
They tell me I'm too young to understand
They say I'm caught up in a dream
Well life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes
Well that's fine by me

So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost

So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost

I tried carrying the weight of the world
But I only have two hands
I hope I get the chance to travel the world
But I don't have any plans
I wish that I could stay forever this young
Not afraid to close my eyes
Life's a game made for everyone
And love is the prize

So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost

So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost

I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know I was lost

So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost

#SimplyThree #WakeMeUp #Avicii #Violin #Cello #Bass

[doughnut]

You guys are the reason I started playing violin...now there are 3 orchestras that want me playing in them... Thank u guys so much for the isperation! I love u guys!

[XenoAlternative]

Avicii has left a BIG treasure for the world... That's music. Rest in peace, *Avicii*

[lazyfrogz]

Avicii may have died, but his music will still live in our hearts <3

[bagelofpower]

I completely forgot about this. I watched it just a couple months after it came out. Damn, has it really been that long? Still absolutely amazing. And now so much older, I can appreciate it more. And such a legendary song. I miss this age of youtube, where everybody was just making sick songs and covers and having a blast.

[HardLyNoticed]

R.I.P Avicii

His songs and melody will always fly in the winds!

[friedrichmacklin]

The people who disliked this possibly did not liked it they loved it, or if they didn't they were probably drunk, so yeah, amazing work, keep it up, I believe you'll get a record label someday.

[phonkmix]

I can't tell you how wonderful it is to find music like this that doesn't suddenly jump up to 300% volume randomly. Truly a great find!

[MJ-vzxt]

コンサートホールで弾くのもやりがいも楽しさも感じるけど、
こんな大自然に囲まれて演奏できたら幸せだろーなぁ

[macrustried]

Who found this 8 years later and fell in love with it?❤

RIP to Avicii His music will forever be in our hearts 😢

[Jay-qrwr]

I remember 4 years ago I saw this vid and decided I need to learn to play the violin, thanks for the inspiration

[mariapetrova]

I love Simply Three, seriosly they rock...when you hear pop songs played by them it's like you hear them for the first time ...they sound amazing....!

[PrayerWorshipMusicStartANewDay]

*To anybody who's reading this, I pray that whatever is hurting you or whatever you are constantly stressing about gets better. May the dark thoughts, the overthinking, and the doubt exit your mind right now. May clarity replace confusion. May peace and calmness fill your life. Amen.💕*

[Ataraxia]

Huge respect for very talented musicians like you. Thank you for entertaining we all.

[anjunavarro]

Rest In Peace Avicii. Thank you so much for bringing us back his music. You guys are really talented.






2020 anyone?

[DreamyVibezMusic]

This sound is so wonderful. The person who is reading this comment, I wish you great success, health, love and happiness!

[MelodiesSpanish]

The soothing sounds of nature mixed with the gentle melody of relaxing music create a peaceful atmosphere

[TheNewRiflemanBob]

Thumbs up for simply wearing suit jackets alone! Classical musicians used to get dressed up and its refreshing to see some homage to the great old days :)

[MM]

I love that how it doesn’t matter what language you speak you could listen to this, with everything happening in the world right now it makes me happy to know that we could all come together and listen, to this having nothing stopping us from doing so

[musicwithoutanyboundaries]

Can we please give props to the upright bass player? I have never heard an Upright Bass play a pop song and sound that good!

[rinzesiebenga]

Great song, and great cover! This is one of the best covers I've ever heard of Wake Me Up