Alabama 3 are a British band mixing rock, dance, blues, country, and gospel styles, founded in Brixton, London, in 1995. In the United States, they are known as A3, allegedly to avoid any possible legal conflict with the country music band Alabama. "Woke Up This Morning" is a song by Alabama 3 (known as "A3" in the USA) from their 1997 album Exile on Coldharbour Lane. The song is best known as the opening theme music for the HBO drama series The Sopranos (which used the "Chosen One Mix"). A3 frontman Rob Spragg (aka Larry Love) wrote the song after hearing about a case where Sara Thornton stabbed her husband after 20 years of abuse, mistreatment and neglect. The song is co-written with Jake Black (aka The Very Reverend Dr. D. Wayne Love).