# Songs to wake up to. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268 "2005-11-09T20:26:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/1 "2005-11-09T20:26:47Z")
I just bought an mp3 playing alarm clock and I need suggestions. All I got so far is Korn’s Wake Up. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/2 "2005-11-09T20:29:03Z")
**Bolero** by Maurice Ravel. It has that nice, slow, and quiet intro which gives you a couple of extra minutes. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/3 "2005-11-09T20:38:29Z")
_Volunteers_ by Jefferson Airplane off of the _Woodstock_ soundtrack. Pounding bass, janging guitar, and Grace Slick screaming “Good morning, people!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/4 "2005-11-09T20:45:49Z")
**I’ll Make a Man Out of You** from the **Mulan** soundtrack. Good motivational music if you want to cultivate the habit of leaping energetically from your bed and launching into a vigorous morning calisthenic routine. ---
**Author:** ![Psycho\_Pirate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Psycho\_Pirate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psycho_Pirate)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/5 "2005-11-09T20:46:29Z")
_I Got You Babe_ by Sonny and Cher, although it might get monotonous after a while. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/6 "2005-11-09T20:51:36Z")
“The Sporting Life” by Diamanda Galas and John Paul Jones ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/7 "2005-11-09T20:55:36Z")
I can’t take harsh sounds in the morning, so I’d vote for **When Morning Comes to Morgantown** by Joni Mitchell. ---
**Author:** ![Nimue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Nimue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nimue)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/8 "2005-11-09T21:12:16Z")
> [@Psycho Pirate](#): > > _I Got You Babe_ by Sonny and Cher, although it might get monotonous after a while. 😉 You beat me to it! Another _Groundhog Day_ fan, I presume. 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 9, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/9 "2005-11-09T21:19:51Z")
My husband wakes up every morning to _Jessica_ by the Allman Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/10 "2005-11-09T21:21:07Z")
> [@Lakai](#): > > I just bought an mp3 playing alarm clock and I need suggestions. > > All I got so far is Korn’s Wake Up. Ballroom Blitz by Sweet ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/11 "2005-11-09T21:49:29Z")
“Walking on Sunshine” by Katrina and the Wave…if you want to get up right away. “What I Got” by Sublime…just because the beginning is about waking up. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/12 "2005-11-09T21:56:19Z")
Good Morning- The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/13 "2005-11-09T22:02:10Z")
Wipeout. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/14 "2005-11-09T22:04:57Z")
Jimi Hendrix _Star Spangled Banner_. ---
**Author:** ![priapus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@priapus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/priapus)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/15 "2005-11-09T23:08:51Z")
Hot Rod Lincoln by Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen Superfreak by Rick James ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/16 "2005-11-09T23:13:37Z")
**Wake Up** by XTC **Get Up** by R.E.M. ---
**Author:** ![EnderWay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d26b3c/32.png) [@EnderWay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnderWay)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/17 "2005-11-09T23:22:02Z")
I’m Only Sleeping - The Beatles ---
**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:** [November 9, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/18 "2005-11-09T23:35:13Z")
**Gotta Get Up** –Harry Nilsson ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/19 "2005-11-09T23:52:17Z")
**I’m Only Sleeping** by the Beatles for those of us who’d rather stay where they are. ---
**Author:** ![Corporate\_Hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@Corporate\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporate_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/20 "2005-11-10T00:15:23Z")
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