# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/21 "2018-07-22T15:07:15Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZXhuso4OTG4/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGEggXyhlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLB2tQPSfnLfq6Q89XFkAwsCeNrQNw "Styx - Renegade") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXhuso4OTG4) “Renegade” by Styx. It starts off quietly, giving you a chance to get yourself out of bed. Then it goes loud and fast, to kick you out of bed. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/22 "2018-07-22T15:14:42Z")
I don’t recommend using any piece of music you actually like for your wake-up alarm, because the association with being woken from deep sleep will end up in you hating it. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/23 "2018-07-22T16:53:06Z")
Toss-up between **this one** and\*\* this one\*\*. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dVqq8G4R18) ---
**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 22, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/24 "2018-07-22T16:58:08Z")
Put the alarm somewhere where you have to get out of bed to turn it off then head straight to the shower. Eliminate temptation. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/25 "2018-07-22T19:01:57Z")
For me the idea is to get me up, so I would just lie there and groove if it was music I liked. So I have my alarm set to a right-wing AM talk radio station, which moves me to get up and shut it off before I hear a single word. (It’s a commercial about 90 percnet of the time anyway.) THEN, once I have stumbled out of bed, I look for inspiring music. I like the Russlan and Ludmilla Overture by Glinka. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/26 "2018-07-22T21:46:27Z")
I used to set my alarm to the local ranchera station, at MAXIMUM VOLUME. Once, I accidentally set it for 3 AM when I mean 3 PM, and woke my wife up with it. One of the things I am guilty for finding hilarious is when I heard it go off and ran back to the bedroom to find her popped out of bed in full fight or flight mode, ready to slaughter or run away from whatever was making that horrible noise, as soon as she identified whatever was making it. I was laughing so hard I couldn’t help her for a minute or so. So, I suggest surprise [Ezequiel Peña](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftSuuOy5gH0). My darlin’ seemed ready to take on anything at that point. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/27 "2018-07-22T22:56:10Z")
In grad school, this was my motivational music to get up and get through that last push of 80-100 hour weeks to finish my thesis research: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO1QUy-HTHQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO1QUy-HTHQ) ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/28 "2018-07-22T23:14:12Z")
[Black Sabbath, Behind the Wall of Sleep.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_WBVm5KC_w) ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/29 "2018-07-23T01:13:35Z")
I have a recording of Robin Williams yelling “GOOD MORNING VIETNAM!!” ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/30 "2018-07-23T02:06:16Z")
I use the opening flute figure from Rite of Spring. Not too jarring for me or my wife. Before she retired last week(!) her alarm was set to the local classical greatest hits station (KESC up here) which was so tightly programmed that it always had calm Baroque music at that time. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/31 "2018-07-23T08:33:14Z")
[Double Dare](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUDjhyrjDes)–Bauhaus. Loud. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/32 "2018-07-23T11:42:08Z")
[Wake Up, Boo!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJXPTnPmm78) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/33 "2018-07-23T13:09:49Z")
That trumpet blast that starts [Funkin’ For Jamaica (Queens)](https://youtu.be/m-yaWMvpeUU) will wake you right the fuck up and the funk will carry you right through your morning. ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/34 "2018-07-24T19:06:43Z")
You will never wake up in a bad mood to RVW’s _The Lark Ascending_. ---
**Author:** ![Onthefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de053/32.png) [@Onthefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onthefly)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/35 "2018-07-26T00:05:14Z")
Good morning, good morning The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/36 "2018-07-26T00:36:56Z")
I used to wake up to [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylPbi6diM0c) every morning… on cassette tape, yet! I also think [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk00GADuB4Y&list=RDMk00GADuB4Y&t=9) is good. ---
**Author:** ![Dobbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Dobbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dobbs)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/39 "2018-07-31T04:05:27Z")
It’s gotta be this - [- YouTube](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ynrdkkUxp3E) ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/40 "2018-07-31T04:46:45Z")
Surfin’ Bird ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/41 "2018-07-31T05:26:22Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Put the alarm somewhere where you have to get out of bed to turn it off then head straight to the shower. Eliminate temptation. Try this. It's basically a helicopter that takes off and flies somewhere around the room when the alarm sounds. The only way to stop it is to find the helicopter and plug it back into the clock. It may also encourage you to tidy up a bit. ---
**Author:** ![jsntodd10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@jsntodd10](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsntodd10)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296/42 "2018-07-31T05:30:16Z")
I tried Bohemian Rhapsody before and it kept my heart beating and gave me that jolt I need to get up, stand, and start my day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-wake-up-music-for-your-alarm/818296.md?page=3)