Example - 'Stay Awake' (Official Video)

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Following on from his #1 smash 'Changed The Way You Kiss Me', this is the official video (directed by Adam Powell) of the brand new single from Example, 'Stay Awake' - produced by Nero.
'Stay Awake' is out now on Ministry of Sound Recordings.
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LYRICS:
If we don't kill ourselves
We'll be the leaders of a messed up generation
If we don't kid ourselves
Will they believe us if we tell them the reasons why
Did we take it too far?
Take it too far
Did we chase the rabbit into wonderland
Lose a hundred grand
Will they understand
It was all to stay awake for the longest
March on always after us
Lost troops, half the class of us
You man ain't seen the last of us
Stick around yeh like Elastoplast
Not half mast
Raise our flag, kick the sand
To let you know that we're coming and we're nasty man, and
Don't need sleeping beauty
No, It's what you do to me
Come midnight
And daybreak, yes please gotta find me her namesake
We got faith but don't need bibles
Take the Michael
Hear my recital, I hold the title
Quite vital
We get high on the opposite of Nytol
It was all to stay awake for the longest time
It was long, it was wrong
But it felt so right
See you at the finish line, see you at the finish line
If you got the heart to join us
If we don't kill ourselves
We'll be the leaders of a messed up generation
If we don't kid ourselves
Will they believe us if we tell them the reasons why
Did we take it too far?
Take it too far
Did we chase the rabbit into wonderland
Lose a hundred grand
Will they understand
It was all to stay awake for the longest
March on always after us
Lost troops, half the class of us
You man ain't seen the last of us
Stick around yeh like Elastoplast
Not half mast
Raise our flag, kick the sand
To let you know that we're coming and we're nasty man, and
Don't need sleeping beauty
No, It's what you do to me
Come midnight
And daybreak, yes please gotta find me her namesake
We got faith but don't need bibles
Take the Michael
Hear my recital, I hold the title
Quite vital
We get high on the opposite of Nytol
We just grow
If it's late then we'll show
We dont wait
We just grow
If you hate we don't show
We dont wait
We just grow
If it's late then we'll show
We dont wait
We just grow
If we don't kill ourselves
We'll be the leaders of a messed up generation
If we don't kid ourselves
Will they believe us if we tell them the reasons why
Did we take it too far?
Take it too far
Did we chase the rabbit into wonderland
Lose a hundred grand
Will they understand
It was all to stay awake for the longest

Пікірлер: 8 200

@bert1029 4 жыл бұрын

This song hits differently now that we've grown up.

@Arsenal8999 4 жыл бұрын

Now look at us, we're stuck indoors

@RaisedxFist 4 жыл бұрын

BunkerRantsParodies The majority of the world is.

@spenny-gx2kz 4 жыл бұрын

bert1029 tru dat

@diegovidal531 4 жыл бұрын

Pure nostalgia, remembrance of 2012

@eternalkhajiit6388 4 жыл бұрын

Yup

@gnick66 4 жыл бұрын

Example called it. He knew that our generation would be messed up.

@richarddavies5674 4 жыл бұрын

Every generation is "messed up"

@pashalokyawolf2522 4 жыл бұрын

@@richarddavies5674 not as messed up as this one

@kevindevlieger300 4 жыл бұрын

@@pashalokyawolf2522 Wait for the next one.

@pashalokyawolf2522 4 жыл бұрын

@@kevindevlieger300 I'll be dead

@richarddavies5674 4 жыл бұрын

@@pashalokyawolf2522 not true. You think the people in the industrial revolution was better? Young children had to work to keep the family from dying. Or the children who went through ww1 or ww2. Or back in the 1200s when their villages got pillaged and they was made slaves or just raped and murdered etc etc. We have it easy

@thomasmahoney4991 7 жыл бұрын

This was an absolute banger back in the day

@peteglover8568 7 жыл бұрын

Thomas Mahoney it still is

@thomasmahoney4991 7 жыл бұрын

Pete Glover fair enough mate

@yomrwhite9434 7 жыл бұрын

Thomas Mahoney Still live'n it

@yomrwhite9434 7 жыл бұрын

Thomas Mahoney Still live'n it

@consumewater2659 5 жыл бұрын

@TheAashiq786 2 жыл бұрын

I heard this song when I was 15, now I’m 25 and this tune hit differently!! Underrated musician! I hope Example makes a mad comeback with bangers like this 🤜🏾

@AvengedKittyLP 2 жыл бұрын

I was 11 when I heard this and goes through the process, its too nostalgic

@mdnaved3 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@ManletStrength 2 жыл бұрын

This song hits me in the feels! Man 2011 was the best and most memorable year of my life! Wish I could relive those days.

@alwaysfloating8121 2 жыл бұрын

Same bro although I love 2010. Best year for music

@UlayothEU 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I aint the only one that thinks that too man

@alwaysfloating8121 2 жыл бұрын

@@UlayothEU Such a brilliant song. You don’t get music like this anymore

@amintc4259 2 жыл бұрын

Best Time i remember i whas 6 or 7 i have Always this song in my mind

@amintc4259 2 жыл бұрын

Best year of music 90s 2000s to 2015

@joshmacpherson9341 Жыл бұрын

I was 9 when this came out now it hits so different ‘if we don’t kill ourself we be leaders of a messed up generation’ so true

@majortok 4 жыл бұрын

I miss this style of example :(

@VertigoAus 3 жыл бұрын

Memories! Miss this style.. Prefer it.. Oh well

@julez2106 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, back then he was at this absolute best!

@neilmurphy845 2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@viktormeszaros7592 2 жыл бұрын

So do I… this one, Kickstarts, Midnight run, Changed The Way You Kiss Me… best songs

@majortok 2 жыл бұрын

@@viktormeszaros7592 Yeah its a shame. I tried to listen to some of his newer songs but its totally different style of music that I just cant enjoy. What a pity.

@julesmuffintop5265 10 жыл бұрын

this is a combination of rap, dub step and hip hop its awesome!

@glowy. 5 жыл бұрын

Yea it's called grime m8

@thomasdockinsky6375 5 жыл бұрын

Liam Obrien don't write like a pretentious bellend

@YesNoMaybeIDntKnwDoU 4 жыл бұрын

@@glowy. This ain't grime 🤣

@alanmcdeed2795 2 жыл бұрын

What genre is it then

@CAL1MBO 2 ай бұрын

I guess it's "EDM" it's that era.

@adwvitakhauri7007 4 жыл бұрын

Who's listening to this during lockdown?

@billyjolly4855 9 ай бұрын

Lock down I over, we are in 2023, different era.... what happened

@leonhuggins7579 6 ай бұрын

Damn we got old fast

@bananenkanone8878 5 жыл бұрын

would definetely go back in time to listen to this track for the first time again

@crockybird3287 5 жыл бұрын

Ikr,this shiz is so nostalgic

@azi5556 9 жыл бұрын

This song is my NUMBER 1 of 2015

@Imachingster 12 жыл бұрын

All of Examples song's always get's me pumped, I usually never listen to song's that are upbeat, I usually listen to Drum and Bass, but there is something about Example that I can't get enough of :s

@blackdragoncyrus 10 ай бұрын

Why are you shoving random apostrophes into words?

@gottacatchemallpokemon8458 7 ай бұрын

I refuse to believe this banger has been out and listened to for 12 whole years 😮❤ x

@ManletStrength 6 ай бұрын

Time flies! I wish I could go back to 2010-2011 and relive those days!

@ramblingroger9249 8 жыл бұрын

God 5 years ago this feels yesterday

@peterparker8702 8 жыл бұрын

yeah !

@ewwqwerty5787 7 жыл бұрын

messed up generation ? donald trump porn on youtube youtube XD i love youtube

@yomrwhite9434 7 жыл бұрын

Always yesterday

@scalenemass27yt25 6 жыл бұрын

Shit man, it does

@subhaan7861 6 жыл бұрын

6 nearly 7 years til august

@thompson223 6 жыл бұрын

This was an absolute banger at the time man, still love it in 2018

@rickyskarlo9955 9 жыл бұрын

Example got the london look.

@pugsnotdrugs7568 9 жыл бұрын

Ricky Skarlo hahahaha

@carljones4179 8 жыл бұрын

*face palm*

@user-dn3pr9zq8z 6 жыл бұрын

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@johnrogers1133 5 жыл бұрын

hes a jew

@esconis5304 4 жыл бұрын

@@johnrogers1133 If he is then so?

@morgo_6918 4 жыл бұрын

This is my childhood music right here.😊

@ABC12331052 4 жыл бұрын

This is my teenhood music right here 😭 I'm old

@greenbanana1001 3 жыл бұрын

My teenage years here

@greenbanana1001 3 жыл бұрын

@@ABC12331052 same

@tennillej9601 3 ай бұрын

I was 20 I'm old old 😂😂

@LudCarping 2 жыл бұрын

2022 and this song still bangs. Only problem is that now, the lyrics hit so differently.

@archie1299 2 жыл бұрын

One of those songs you forgot about and haven't heard in years, then remember every lyric when played.

@sigh338 Жыл бұрын

I was literally 7 when this came out and still remember all the words to examples songs 😭😂

@W87E 12 жыл бұрын

The music I appreciate the most of all, is the music that I come back to and when I do it "brings me back in time." Somehow all his songs do that, and that's worth listening to forever.

@GUSEVSELF 5 жыл бұрын

Good music

@jahmalilogan6297 4 жыл бұрын

My dad used to put this on when we went out for a night drive and we would go around rally racin for no fuckin reason. I think it was minnistery of sound 2012 or 2011...still miss it😅😊

@sharkbitejessi9387 5 жыл бұрын

My dad put this on for me to see if I liked it when I was 4, I didn't only like it but I loved it, later on I didn't listen to it for a few years, but I remembered you 'Example' I searched it up, the first song I saw was this, because, when I was young I watched it so many times it was stuck at the top of the list. First listened in 2012, still listening in 2018 ❤❤💜💚

@jameslewis7113 Жыл бұрын

He Is 41 1982 in 2023 Elliot John Gleave (born 20 June 1982[citation needed]), better known by his stage name Example, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer. He released his debut studio album, What We Made, in 2007, followed by the mixtape What We Almost Made in 2008. Example first found success in 2010 with the release of his second studio album, Won't Go Quietly, which peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart and number one on the UK Dance Chart.[10] The album had two top 10 singles, "Won't Go Quietly" and "Kickstarts". Example's third studio album, Playing in the Shadows, was released in September 2011 and topped the charts with two number one singles, "Changed the Way You Kiss Me" and "Stay Awake".[12] His fourth studio album, The Evolution of Man, was released in November 2012 and peaked at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart and number one on the UK Dance Chart. In 2013, Example released the lead single from his next album, entitled "All the Wrong Places", which peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. The following year, he released the single "Kids Again", which also peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. His fifth studio album, Live Life Living, was released in July 2014.[13] As of 2014, Example is the third most downloaded artist in the Dance Music category, after Cascada. Stay Awake" is a song by British musician Example from his third studio album, Playing in the Shadows. The song was written by Example and produced by British electronic music trio Nero. It was released on 28 August 2011 as the album's second single and was added to the BBC Radio 1 playlist.[2] The song premiered on BBC Radio 1 as Zane Lowe's 'Hottest Record in the World' on 4 July 2011.[3] On 4 September 2011, the single debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number one.

@hntr_official 3 жыл бұрын

I remember when I was just a kid discovering EDM and this was one of my favorite tracks (it still is). Now I'm almost 21 (December 30th 1999) and I understand the lyrics in a different way. Sadly this song isn't available for my country on Spotify anymore.

@ZDRAVKOu720p 3 жыл бұрын

You can try to use vpn and this is so song from 2011

@hntr_official 9 ай бұрын

good news, it's available again in Germany

@andreabrunt7779 4 жыл бұрын

Still listening to this now 2020 .what a banger

@lululu793 10 ай бұрын

September 23... man... EG knew what was gonna happen!

@jr9_gaming917 2 жыл бұрын

Example predicted the future with this one 😂🤣

@Sterzix 10 ай бұрын

Hits different

@Romchikthelemon 2 жыл бұрын

10 years after: We took it too far.

@alwaysfloating8121 2 жыл бұрын

Music is rubbish now bro

@krisonelife9559 3 жыл бұрын

Here in 2021. There is something great about this song but can not put my finger on it. Miss the Example days. I hope you doing OK Brother 🙏

@primitifsound 3 жыл бұрын

Example is always timeless music!

@Runies1 12 жыл бұрын

I LOVE the dubstep in here... it's not too strong to overwhelm the vocals but not too faint... so you can still hear it.... And he's in my top fav artists now....

@JustinMeansSoMuch2Me 2 жыл бұрын

Example’s music brings back so much nostalgia from easier times

@Seeyatellite 2 жыл бұрын

This song is eerily prescient of social media...

@yiblackgraffitiyarte Жыл бұрын

The Example Is One Example For The Music 👏

@kieranwalsh5446 2 жыл бұрын

2022 this song makes sense now

@Ben-qe2sw 4 жыл бұрын

Example should of been so much bigger than this!!!💯💯 He's incredibly talented!

@afiifiree 7 ай бұрын

i wish i could get back to that time😢🤘🏻🖤

@esconis5304 5 жыл бұрын

This is a song you remember well from your childhood but don’t know the name, then you play it and are transferred back in time Wait, did I really post this half a year ago already? Edit 2: fuck, its been a year. Edit 3: holy crap 2 YEARS? #2021 Edit 4: 3 years now #2022 Edit 5: lol now it's been 4 years #2023 I am still here in 2024

@harliebrown346 4 жыл бұрын

This is the most true comment

@ecebenli8030 4 жыл бұрын

I literally spend half hour to remember the name of it but still worth it

@beat00t10 4 жыл бұрын

I just searched wonderland example song and found it

@WyattCayer 4 жыл бұрын

Dude, same

@edexample 3 жыл бұрын

Still the best Example's music will come back one day!All your fans wait this vibe buddy

@airwolf276 2 жыл бұрын

This song is like bad foreshadowing for people born in 1900’s/2000’s

@Hammer_Of_Olympia 4 жыл бұрын

To this day the music video still looks like it’d be an absolute blast to be apart of

@steffen6968 9 жыл бұрын

Love Example's music

@sincerewyd2285 3 жыл бұрын

2021 and I'm still BUMBPING THIS ALBUM.. MY FAVORITE EVER

@Ares28_ 3 жыл бұрын

Wish I could like this twice

@Axely 6 жыл бұрын

This song never gets boring :)

@revoluttiontour 10 жыл бұрын

i discovered this song when i was living in barcelona, i did many partys at my flat, and this was the song to start the party all time :) i´m from Mexico!

@b4nej0ker65 5 жыл бұрын

The last part of ur comment made me laugh hardly :D dont know why

@fizzic22 2 жыл бұрын

No wonder record companies tried to remove this song from other countries it's because he's spitting straight facts.

@sallybally344 4 ай бұрын

Possibbly the best song of british 2011 summer

@sallybally344 4 ай бұрын

His best song imo

@wolvesdivinetiming Жыл бұрын

This song speaks a deeper truth, thats exactly what has happened.

@sem_aki 11 ай бұрын

How did he know

@jameslewis7113 Ай бұрын

1:33 Happy 42nd Birthday Example Elliot John Gleave (born 20 June 1982[citation needed]), better known by his stage name Example, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer. He released his debut studio album, What We Made, in 2007, followed by the mixtape What We Almost Made

@beyondelectric 2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe it took me almost 11 years to find this. I used to music like this all the time back then lol good old days💔

@patrickbooth8009 8 жыл бұрын

music decorates time, time that passes us by so fast that makes our existence seem miniscule, and almost somewhat absurd. This is a track that will stand the test of time.

@LiltleBenz 9 жыл бұрын

This song is still amazing

@AI-hx3fx 2 жыл бұрын

God how I miss the days of this song. Take me back.

@RileyWeston1 8 жыл бұрын

IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS SONG FOR YEARS. very pleased atm.

@markkevinbaileyjr 12 жыл бұрын

I have had this on repeat for 12 years and 4 months. CAN'T STOP!!!

@LTerrance 2 жыл бұрын

Из - за 7дл, я переслушиваю это раз за разом.

@jordandouglas2635 2 жыл бұрын

Happy new year ❣️

@mhk2367 3 жыл бұрын

Back in the day when I had hope and my feelings were sharp... :)

@Billy-dg3th Жыл бұрын

Still 🔥

@tomspeight8538 3 жыл бұрын

March 2021, still listening to this absolute tune

@charlenechapman6146 Жыл бұрын

Working abroad in France when this came out. Fabulous memories of fabulous times and people.

@mgavin7451 2 жыл бұрын

Gonna be a banger if Nero producers it

@user-dx4lh2mc9h 8 жыл бұрын

When example was at his prime.

@ceydakrt 2 жыл бұрын

im still here

@trzei3343 2 жыл бұрын

(Who is here in June 2022) Yous are legends 💯

@preemobandz 2 жыл бұрын

still here lol 🤣

@user-ry7yx6rv6v 10 ай бұрын

I haven’t listened to this tune if forever 😱

@barbaramiskic 11 жыл бұрын

Example always has the best songs

@natpound77 4 жыл бұрын

Still a banger, lyrics are top notch!!!

@Adulthoood___ Жыл бұрын

Who’s cutting onions? 😭😭😭😭

@tvrdy3 Жыл бұрын

Damn. Wish i could turn back time.

@111midman 3 жыл бұрын

Now 2021...This guy hit the nail on the head...

@marklee6105 7 жыл бұрын

The nostalgia 🙈 I'm getting old 😭

@shaunamcdonagh829 7 жыл бұрын

+Mark Lee Aren't we all

@RaisedxFist 7 жыл бұрын

Cat Bread Word, Agreed.

@_mubarak02 9 ай бұрын

If I can only go back to the days I was only 10 😂 these were so lit man

@paulselby2721 Жыл бұрын

This reminds me of my dad 😪

@huntereifert5791 3 жыл бұрын

How much I loved this song back then and the memories I made with it

@danieljohnsen9741 5 жыл бұрын

Why in the world is this not on Spotify anymore?!

@Deni-qg2tb 4 жыл бұрын

Biggus Dickus it is, type Stay Awake

@WyattCayer 4 жыл бұрын

WHAT!? I was just about to add it. I forgot the song for like 7 years, and now I can't add it when I remember it!

@BertrandBass 4 жыл бұрын

@@WyattCayer i wanted to listen to it on my playlist, but now its gone. They removed the whole album "Playing in the Shadows"

@TheCrinkledFox_theOne 4 жыл бұрын

@@BertrandBass it's not I've been listening to it loads again over the past couple weeks

@jahmalilogan6297 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheCrinkledFox_theOne on spotify bc ive got it on my personal playlist and it doesnt work 😢

@berserkfan6471 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. Thank you Example.

@Wubdarg Жыл бұрын

Remember hearing this song back in 2012 at Thorpe Park Mad Mad

@5maiia5 3 жыл бұрын

After 8 years found this song in my liked videos ... still know every word 💪 lyrics hit kinda different in 2021 tho

@adrbdg 10 жыл бұрын

I love this song, love Example:)

@anthonywoolfe3148 3 жыл бұрын

They don’t make tunes like this anymore 🔥🙌🏻

@karmarichards7665 2 жыл бұрын

always been my favourite song🤍

@CaptainKatsura09 6 жыл бұрын

Legendary song love it ❤️

@dragonheart81vids 9 жыл бұрын

this song is so meaningful, in my opinion. I love songs like this!

@jackthomas3221 9 ай бұрын

Can't believe this song came out when I was 14 but i didn't discover this til 26..

@thebluelightspecial 2 жыл бұрын

This video gives me hope. I can’t wait until my generation rules the world.

@bethjones7536 9 жыл бұрын

2015 and this song is still amazing

@BloodyPixelStudios 7 жыл бұрын

2016 and this is still amazing!

@feadhit256 7 жыл бұрын

2017

@insanemoments1257 6 жыл бұрын

FeadHit 2018 u nger

@bryharris2317 2 жыл бұрын

2022

@ColiBen 2 жыл бұрын

Still an absolute banger!

@tammyramsden9188 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas 🎄

@annekaelliot1983 9 ай бұрын

he literally proved a point omg

@danielfoster7676 2 жыл бұрын

Is this song about technology evolving

@25KSubsWithNoVideosChallenge 9 ай бұрын

it’s 2023 and nothing has changed the way I listen to this song

@TheKateyshas 10 жыл бұрын

Love example

@samkimber5262 8 ай бұрын

i can still remember hearing this on the radio when it first came out when i was 5!

@paperXStacy 3 жыл бұрын

Omg I was 5 when this came out... time flies!