The track was written and performed by British band Alabama 3 and released in 1997 on their debut album Exile on Coldharbour Lane. Its Chosen One Mix became famous from 1999 as the opening theme for HBO crime drama The Sopranos, playing over Tony Soprano driving through New Jersey in the credits. That association locked the lyric to mob culture in popular memory. Fans now reuse the short excerpt for Sopranos tributes, mafia parodies and everyday videos that borrow the show's confident, ominous morning energy.
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Woke Up This Morning is the iconic Sopranos theme song excerpt people use for mob movie edits, morning routines, and confident entrance memes online.
This clip captures the opening groove of Woke Up This Morning, the bluesy trip-hop track forever linked to The Sopranos. A deep, laid-back vocal delivers the title line over a slow, swaggering beat, dusty guitar and a steady bassline that feels instantly cinematic. It does not rush or shout, it smoulders, which is why a few seconds are enough to suggest power, routine and quiet menace. Played over an ordinary moment, it turns getting dressed, making coffee or walking to a car into a main-character entrance.
