# Good Wake-up music for your alarm **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296 "2018-07-20T21:49:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pianodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e79b87/32.png) [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/1 "2018-07-20T21:49:33Z")
Hi SD, Looking for suggestions to make me want to go out and conquer the day. I do feel the right music upon waking will give me a positive boost. Right now I have “No Tengo Dinero” by Juan Gabriel, but it seems to have lost its luster. I am considering “Jupiter” from The Planets. Any other ideas for waking up great? General tips welcome. I need to maximize my mornings! Dave ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/2 "2018-07-20T21:55:35Z")
Master of Puppets by Metallica when you really don’t want to oversleep. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/3 "2018-07-20T22:02:04Z")
My alarm is set to play this song. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gO17hN-YvBc/maxresdefault.jpg "Bang the Drum All Day (2015 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO17hN-YvBc) ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/4 "2018-07-20T22:11:00Z")
My wake up alarm is [Hells Bells](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etAIpkdhU9Q). Goal is to be out of bed before they start singing. Not sure if it has that “positive boost” you’re looking for, though. ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/5 "2018-07-20T22:28:34Z")
I use several ring tones, depending on the application. My 15-year old LG phone is really only an alarm clock now. I chose the most utterly annoying ring tone I could find on there, Johann Pachelbel’s “Canon in D”; it simply must be extinguished before it gets to the first dominant-tonic cadence. For ad hoc alarms (like getting clothes out of the dryer sans wrinkles) I use “Rockin Pneumonia and Boogie Woogie Flu” by Johnny Rivers (1973?). Cell phone calls use “The Parachutes” from the _Air Force One_ soundtrack, by Jerry Goldsmith. Except my Mother’s ring tone is “They’re Coming to Take Me Away”, by Napoleon XIV. I find it notably appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/6 "2018-07-20T23:07:06Z")
I use the intro to [**YOB** ’s _The Great Cessation_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_vsBMdGdeE/new); I made a ringtone that repeats the first 31 seconds or so 2 or 3 times thru (and can actually loop endlessly, if need be). ---
**Author:** ![katgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@katgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/7 "2018-07-20T23:15:56Z")
Lisa Gerrard If I had to describe it I would say it’s Lord of the Rings music. Very mellow and lovely, her best of album has some really choice songs. She has an awesome voice. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/8 "2018-07-20T23:26:19Z")
_I Got You, Babe_ ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/9 "2018-07-20T23:49:05Z")
_Back in Black_ by AC/DC ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/10 "2018-07-21T00:56:38Z")
When I need to get pumped up (generally before the students arrive on the first day of school) I play Santana’s [Toussaint L’Overture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz4xLHujVZU). Loud. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/11 "2018-07-21T00:59:24Z")
- Sun Arise\* by Rolf Harris. In mid winter it goes off about an hour before sunrise. Or the Alice Cooper version if you object to Rolf Harris being on your alarm. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/12 "2018-07-21T01:27:27Z")
“[Danzón No. 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G945MQ1datY)” by Arturo Márquez may be just what you’re looking for. Sort of an orchestral piece of Mexican/Cuban ballroom music. Starts out easy and lovely, gradually building to more intensity and faster temp. I’m trying to be more open minded to modern compositions and this one is easy to like. Now, if you want to blast your ass out of bed, that would be “Hush” by Deep Purple. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/13 "2018-07-21T01:27:53Z")
Kanye’s “Stronger” has a good get the fuck out of bed vibe. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/14 "2018-07-21T02:10:36Z")
GWAR Sick of You http s://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbnm-0r3suM or Techno’s Song http s://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z1WkIioqnQ (The second is just the song but the language can be questionable for work.) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/15 "2018-07-21T02:13:44Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > - Sun Arise\* by Rolf Harris. In mid winter it goes off about an hour before sunrise. > > Or the Alice Cooper version if you object to Rolf Harris being on your alarm. Or, from the same Alice Cooper album, this [lively little snippet](https://youtu.be/FTMH9V9OLdg?t=6m44s) from _Black Juju_. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/16 "2018-07-21T03:38:29Z")
I used Stravinsky’s “Infernal Dance” from The Firebird for a time. Starts with a loud chord. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/17 "2018-07-22T04:24:35Z")
Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin. Nothing like Robert Plant screaming into your ears to wake you up. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/18 "2018-07-22T11:47:23Z")
I used to have a playlist of my favorite songs as my wake up music. Then I realized they were no longer my favorite songs because I associated them with the unpleasantness of getting up in the morning. Now I just use an alarm. If I were to go back to music, I’d choose songs I DON’T like. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/19 "2018-07-22T12:40:53Z")
Pink Floyd - “Time” ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/20 "2018-07-22T13:01:02Z")
“Ship to Wreck” by Florence + the Machine. > [@Gatopescado](#): > > _I Got You, Babe_ For those days when you know that today’s gonna have the exact same shit as yesterday. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296.md?page=2)