# NASA Wake Up Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [April 8, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119 "2026-04-08T16:26:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [April 8, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/1 "2026-04-08T16:26:12Z")
Ever since the days of Gemini, NASA has been awakening astronauts with their choice of “wake up” songs. For reasons that stagger the imagination, **YOU** are on the next mission. So what are you choices for greeting the morning? Personally, I choose: _Woodstock Soundtrack_ - Cut into the opening riff from “Volunteers” as Grace screams “Good Morning, People!” “Miserlou” - Dick Dale - The opening guitar run will get anybody’s heart pumping You? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/2 "2026-04-08T16:29:35Z")
I’m of the opinion that bagpipes are a good way to start the day. Maybe “The Minstrel Boy”. Probably with drum accompaniament. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/3 "2026-04-08T17:22:02Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > “Miserlou” - Dick Dale - The opening guitar run will get anybody’s heart pumping Boy it would be really hard to top that: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sYjo__4COIo/maxresdefault.jpg "Miserlou") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYjo__4COIo) * * * * * * Not as good a song, but an excellent wake up song would be: # Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iPUmE-tne5U/maxresdefault.jpg "Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUmE-tne5U) * * * * * * Very Title appropriate: **Frank Sinatra – Fly Me to the Moon** 1964 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZEcqHA7dbwM/maxresdefault.jpg "Fly Me To The Moon (2008 Remastered)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEcqHA7dbwM&t=10) Lesser Options: **The Rolling Stones – [2,000 Light Years From Home](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8ul4lwQ0p8)** 1967 **David Bowie - [Space Oddity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYYRH4apXDo)** Honestly there are several Bowie songs. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/4 "2026-04-08T17:27:17Z")
**Kansas** - _Icarus - Borne on Wings of Steel_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Kesio4k-dMU/maxresdefault.jpg "Icarus - Borne on Wings of Steel") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kesio4k-dMU) ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/5 "2026-04-08T17:27:51Z")
I used to have “The Power of Love” by Huey Lewis and the News as my morning alarm in my cell phone (as a homage to BTTF) but I had to remove it because I was starting to hate it. However waking up and discovering I’m in space would be great (instead of waking up and discovering I have to go to work) so I think I would use it. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/6 "2026-04-08T17:27:55Z")
Tesla, Modern-Day Cowboy [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-a9DW_zhV84/hqdefault.jpg "Tesla - Modern Day Cowboy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a9DW_zhV84) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/7 "2026-04-08T17:29:26Z")
“I Can See Clearly Now,” by Johnny Nash “Gonna be a bright sunshiny day.” ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/8 "2026-04-08T17:48:25Z")
I went through a phase of clipping ringtones from various bits of music featuring trumpets. And I’m still using Eric Coates’s _Calling All Workers_, which should get anyone up and at it. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cP1Ch1FVGhs/hqdefault.jpg "Eric Coates (1886-1957) Calling all Workers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP1Ch1FVGhs) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/9 "2026-04-08T17:54:29Z")
No votes for [I Got You Babe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oR79ja1u-o)? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/10 "2026-04-08T18:06:38Z")
I seem to remember having seen this post before… Deja vu… ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/11 "2026-04-08T18:12:10Z")
“If you seek Amy” just because the media would have to report it. 😈 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/12 "2026-04-08T18:21:39Z")
Good Morning to you. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/13 "2026-04-08T18:26:10Z")
The one from _Singing in the Rain_? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pyMU8O2B2Vs/maxresdefault.jpg "Singin' in the Rain | Good Mornin' | Warner Bros. Entertainment") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyMU8O2B2Vs) ---
**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:** [April 8, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/14 "2026-04-08T18:28:09Z")
_Sun Arise_ by Alice Cooper Another Coop song snippet that came to mind is the “Wake up! wake up! wake up! wake up!” refrain from _Black Juju_. Don’t know how well that one would go over though. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/15 "2026-04-08T18:29:35Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > The one from _Singing in the Rain_? No, even more saccharine, the OG version by the writers of Happy Birthday. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WwBG7MoP3F4/maxresdefault.jpg "Good Morning to You l Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwBG7MoP3F4) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/16 "2026-04-08T18:31:29Z")
Urgh and yuck. Did you like Barney the Dinosaur too? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/17 "2026-04-08T18:32:04Z")
No, but that will certainly wake them up, right?? 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/18 "2026-04-08T18:33:58Z")
You forget, you’re one of them in this scenario: > [@silenus](#): > > For reasons that stagger the imagination, **YOU** are on the next mission. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2026, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/19 "2026-04-08T18:38:12Z")
Oliver, “Good Morning, Starshine” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/F9nVxl24cmQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Good Morning Starshine") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9nVxl24cmQ) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119/20 "2026-04-08T18:38:36Z")
I keep thinking of _Good Morning Starshine (The Earth Says Hello)_ by Oliver, and from the musical _Hair_, but I wouldn’t wish that on anyone waking up. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-wake-up-songs/1029119.md?page=2)