# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/21 "2005-11-10T05:04:20Z")
**Light & Day/Reach For The Sun** by the Polyphonic Spree ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/22 "2005-11-10T05:09:30Z")
**Daydream Believer** by the Monkees. Nice and upbeat without being annoying, plus it starts with a verse about waking up. And dammit, I wanted to be the first one with the Groundhogs Day reference! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/23 "2005-11-10T05:12:27Z")
Ohh, another one – Beethoven’s **Pastoral Symphony (#6)** would be very nice to wake up to – starts very soothingly, but builds up to a rousing climax to help get you out of bed. And it’ll put you in a good mood to start the day. ---
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/24 "2005-11-10T05:17:15Z")
If you like some unique rap, I suggest Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s “First of the Month.” Wake up, Wake up, Wake up, it’s the first of the month
 If you don’t like hip hop that’s a little old school, you will probably think it sucks. Check out a preview. It’s about dope dealers being particularly swamped at work when the government checks come in
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**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/25 "2005-11-10T05:18:30Z")
“Good Morning, Starshine” from _Hair_? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/26 "2005-11-10T05:32:23Z")
“Good Day Sunshine” – Beatles “Here Comes the Sun” – Beatles “Wake Up, Little Susie” – Everly Brothers “Morning Has Broken” – Cat Stevens The first three tracks from _Days of Future Passed_ – Moody Blues ---
**Author:** ![mcott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@mcott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcott)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/27 "2005-11-10T05:48:31Z")
**Music at Work** by the Tragically Hip. The thumping base helps get me going in the AM. Of course, I have a playlist that gets me through wakeup, shave and shower. It includes the Hip, R.E.M, and U2. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/28 "2005-11-10T05:54:28Z")
Up! by Shania Twain ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/29 "2005-11-10T10:57:33Z")
Oh I can’t resist. (These are shared with her permission) [“'Til The Dawn Breaks”](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Rearmament04_TilTheDawnBreaks.mp3) [“I’m Not Awake I’m Not Asleep”](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_RhodesI10_ImNotAwakeImNotAsleep.mp3) [“Waking Up”](http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples/HappyRhodes_Warpaint01_WakingUp.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/30 "2005-11-10T11:48:56Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > “Good Morning, Starshine” from _Hair_? Whenever I have seen this song quoted (usually by me) it has been in a thread titled something like **The absolutely worst vomit inducing songs ever written**. I will recommend Nick Cave’s _Breathless_ off his last double album. It cleverly begins with a cacophony of flutes that replicates a tree full of birds at day break. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/31 "2005-11-10T12:12:16Z")
_Waking up_ by Elastica ---
**Author:** ![PinkNailFile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@PinkNailFile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkNailFile)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/32 "2005-11-11T02:08:52Z")
**Take A Giant Step** — The Monkees if you had a bad day. “Come with me, leave yesterday behind
 and take a giant step outside your mind.” ---
**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:** [November 11, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/33 "2005-11-11T02:18:20Z")
A song that the lovely and talented **Zyada** sent me. Woke Up Laughing by Robert Palmer. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/34 "2005-11-11T05:50:58Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > My husband wakes up every morning to _Jessica_ by the Allman Brothers. Go with “Mountain Jam”. Gives new meaning to the snooze bar. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/35 "2005-11-11T05:57:38Z")
“Wake Me Gently” by Alice Cooper “Black Juju” by Alice Cooper - the part where he screams “Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!” ---
**Author:** ![max\_yasgur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@max\_yasgur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/max_yasgur)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/36 "2005-11-11T07:37:43Z")
How about these, sleepyhead? **Sunshine Superman** - Donovan **Let The Sunshine In** - Frenté **Play in The Sunshine** - Prince For something much stronger: **Wake Up** - Rage Against The Machine ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/37 "2005-11-11T14:54:43Z")
Skating Away (on the thin ice of a new day) - Jethro Tull Another One Bites the Dust - Queen ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/38 "2005-11-11T16:29:37Z")
Rage Against the Machine, Wake Up The Bobby Hughes Experience, Seasons (it has this sweet funky groove with a sexy female voice saying “hey, Wake up” as the only vocal parts of the song) ---
**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:** [November 11, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/39 "2005-11-11T18:14:34Z")
\*\*“Time” \*\*- Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![Sgt.Pepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sgt.Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sgt.Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268/40 "2005-11-11T18:48:44Z")
In keeping with some of the other Beatles suggestions, I’m thinking that “I’m So Tired” off the White album would be a poor choice. Actually, after giving that more thought, that would be like torture waking up to that song. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-wake-up-to/330268.md?page=3)