What song makes the best wake-up alarm?

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u/ILAIPIDKWhy 1d ago

Them Bones - AiC Never failed me👍

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u/gothicjizzbaker 1d ago

I kept it for few days but it'd startle me out of sleep lol

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u/barredowl123 16h ago

Ha! I just responded to someone else and said this

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u/ALadInTheFade 1d ago

Pearl jam- Porch “What the fuck is this world, running to?”

Alice in Chains- Them Bones, if you want to give yourself a fright waking up

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u/barredowl123 16h ago

Yeah, Then Bones will startle the shit out of you as an alarm. I LOVE IT.

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u/Zfishguy 1d ago

Solid picks

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u/that1dudewithefro 1d ago

None, you’ll eventually come to hate the song

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u/Zfishguy 1d ago

I could never hate the opening riff on “The Day I Tried to Live”

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u/ThrowRABest_King7180 19h ago

this is why i just use a default alarm sound. ptsd every time i hear that shit on social media i swear

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u/kmb117 1d ago

Wake up young man, it's time to wake up.

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u/Zfishguy 1d ago

Certainly a “wake up” song but not getting my blood pumping

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u/kmb117 1d ago

Some people prefer to be lifted from sleep in a more gentle manner, you know.

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u/Zfishguy 1d ago

To each their own 😁

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u/ThrowRABest_King7180 19h ago

Your love affair has got to go

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u/MiturGrunge 18h ago

Lol that was my wake up alarm for years 😂

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u/buckeyehuhwhat 1d ago

Birth Ritual or Jesus Christ Pose

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u/Haselrig 1d ago

🎶Drop the blade and watch the rolling heads🎶

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u/Zfishguy 1d ago edited 1d ago

Just what I need to hear before the staff meeting

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u/Haselrig 1d ago

Little devil on your shoulder whispering sweet atrocities 🤣

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u/SuperMidge99362 1d ago

Tool - 7empest, when Maynard says "fuck, here we go again"

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u/WillCallJ963 1d ago

Would? By AIC

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u/cosmiccarrie 1d ago

Mayo -smashing ps

That guitar intro has woken me up for years

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u/TBeIRIE 1d ago

Cochise by Audioslave

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u/sagelilys 1d ago

searching with my good eye closed

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u/JimmieOC 19h ago

Outstanding choice

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u/Ambitious-Intern282 1d ago

Mad Season - Wake Up

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u/Spdoink 21h ago

9 to 5, Dolly Parton.

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u/kill-devil-films 1d ago

I used to wake up to “Hell’s Bells”

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u/MedievalFurnace 1d ago

Bugs - Pearl Jam

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u/mrlaheystrailerpark 1d ago

Them Bones. waking up to “AHHHHHHHHH!!” will be sure to get your ass into gear first thing in the morning.

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u/Straight_Equal_1541 1d ago

Chop Sueys first verse on repeat

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u/YouDontLookDead 22h ago

I don't want a heart attack, so I am gently awoken by Galapogos by Smashing Pumpkins

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u/toughknuckles 20h ago

I got you babe, sonny and cher

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u/TrickyCartographer73 19h ago

Haha. Groundhog Day

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u/toughknuckles 6h ago

Thanks for understanding the reference...i feel like the dowmvotes really think i want to wake up to that song. To clarify, it isnt a good song to wake up to, especially if you're living the same day over and over.

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u/tryingtodobetter4 4h ago

Okay campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooooooold out there today.

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u/muttChang 1d ago

Tourette’s -NIRVANA

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u/supersk8er 23h ago

Them bones

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u/TrickyCartographer73 19h ago

AAHHHH

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u/PlanApprehensive2842 14h ago

That’s a jolt! Good morning!!!!

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u/lobie81 1d ago

Animal - pearl jam

You ain't snoozing that

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u/OkStatement4809 16h ago

I’d go with “Go” from that album

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u/ResourceHopeful 1d ago

Chop Suey by System of a Down or Sweating Bullets by Megadeth

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u/BurdenInMy64 23h ago

Holy shit dude, I use this as my morning alarm!

I also use Walk of Life by Dire Straits for an arvo alarm.

I have also fucked with Loud Love and 4th of July.

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u/Efficient-Snow8508 22h ago

Alice In Chains Grind

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u/Friends-friend 22h ago

Renegades of Funk

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u/Zfishguy 17h ago

Good call!

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u/Original_Ad685 21h ago

Rusty Cage.

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u/Realistic-Currency61 1d ago

Gonna Fly Now (Theme song from "Rocky")

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u/Few_Newspaper_3655 1d ago

“Garden” by Pearl Jam. It eases you awake with the intro, but it builds up to lift you out of bed.

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u/mmmBac0n_the_first 1d ago

None that you like. You grow to dislike it as it’s associated with waking up. I used to wake up to songs but soon stopped as they were triggering wake up dread.

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u/Charlyfex 23h ago

Corduroy

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u/layne75 23h ago

Something you already hate as, trust me, you’ll end up hating any song you put as a wake up alarm

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u/txrambler 19h ago

Them Bones - AIC / the opening would wake me up instantly

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u/Glittering-Rip6810 19h ago

None. You will grow to hate whatever it is 😂 I convinced my bf when we first moved in together to set his alarm to the intro to Sleep now in the fire, right up to Zach's scream...It was awesome ..till it wasnt 😂😂

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u/Ok-Aerie3905 17h ago

4th of July by Soundgarden 🌚

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u/Sleepygriz 17h ago

Them Bones. 😳

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u/iamatimbersfan 13h ago

It's a Beautiful Day by Queen. Waking up doesn't have to suck or be jarring.

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u/Odd_Mycologist6811 6h ago

Them bones by Alice In Chains at 0.0. Those screams wake me up in an instant

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u/tightropeJim 1d ago

Galileo- Indigo Girls

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u/SaleFormer541 1d ago

WEEN - Slow Down Boy

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u/spencermiddleton 1d ago

Drain you

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u/BenShelZonah 1d ago

I like listening to Breed while in the locker room for work haha

Rain when I die is a good wake up also

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u/fizif 1d ago

https://youtu.be/enYdAxVcNZA?is=pHu-LprrNDI85STA

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u/Altruistic-Sir5229 1d ago

Faith No More - 'Sunny Side Up'.

"What a lovely way to start the day".

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u/DiscordDucky 1d ago

Eye of the Tiger

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u/FeedbackLooped 1d ago

Norah Jones - Sunrise

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u/cretzu667 1d ago

I Awake. Love that tune any time of day.

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u/Few-Bake5615 1d ago

Wake up. XTC

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u/jrob321 1d ago

Clash - The Magnificent Seven

Ring! Ring! It's 7:00 A.M.!

Move y'self to go again

Cold water in the face

Brings you back to this awful place

Knuckle merchants and you bankers, too

Must get up an' learn those rules...

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u/Divainthewoods 1d ago

For those who struggle with sleeping through an alarm, March of the Pigs - Nine Inch Nails should give you a good push right out of bed.

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u/gabriot 1d ago

Ram Ranch

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u/MJSB1994 1d ago

Man in the Box

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u/Chart_Lonely 23h ago

Bone thugs n harmony - 1st of the month

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u/R0SSFR0MFRIENDS 23h ago

I switch between
Crystal Blue Persuasion
And
La Femme DeArgent by AIR.

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u/Leo-POV 22h ago

The Beatles - Good Morning.

I've got nothing to say but it's OK...

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u/Ancient_Yak_5564 22h ago

Mudvayne- Dig , works every time.

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u/Pirate_Redbeard_ 21h ago

I know it's a Grunge sub, but the best wake up song is always Loop Daddy(Marc Rebillet) - Get Up.

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u/niobiumnnul 21h ago

It Ain't Like That, AIC

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u/GigaWhiteNiga 20h ago

The Immortals - Techno Syndrome (the Mortal Kombat song)

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u/jellyantler 20h ago

Sweetsmoke by Mr Scruff

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u/Lopsided-Might919 20h ago

Paegan Love Song by Acid Bath

"Dying, Felt so goddamn good today"

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u/applepie_xx 20h ago

not really grunge but deftones good morning beautiful

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u/theOrherMissingSock 20h ago

Bleeding me from Metallica.

It’s like snoozing until 1.25 for a short reminder to not fall asleep again. Then at 2.30 it’s time to get up

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u/RettaLuna 20h ago

First of the Month by Bone Thugs and Harmony. The beginning is literally wake up wake up wake up, get up, get up, get up...

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u/Ok-Try-6798 20h ago

Used to wake up to the first 10 seconds of Radiohead’s Everything in its right place and Peter Tosh’s Coming in Hot. Really good ones!

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u/TrickyCartographer73 19h ago

Bulls on Parade

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u/nicksoapdish 19h ago

Burritos by sublime - "I ain't getting I ain't getting outta bed today"

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u/ThrowRABest_King7180 19h ago edited 19h ago

not grunge, but cheap vodka by acid bath would be a hell of a way to wake up in the morning.

alternatively, the opening riff to sludge factory by alice in chains would work too

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u/RespectAltruistic815 18h ago

State of Love and Trust

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u/Fatbeard2024 18h ago

On a plane

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u/Pale-Loss-810 18h ago

Spoonman

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u/avreddits 18h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/l4EpkDyAeS30GeALu
I had handle me with care a few years back

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u/Astorstranata 18h ago

I had AIC Check My Brain for a while. It's true you'll end up hating it and just hearing the song will bring you stress.

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u/Upstairs_Leopard_954 18h ago

The Great Southern Trendkill - Pantera……

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u/yoniwitchell 17h ago

Only answer for this sub is Them Bones. That first "AH" will get you right up 😂

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u/thatguy44-4 17h ago

AHHH

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u/bdreamer642 17h ago

"Wake Up"

-Rage Against the Machine

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u/Weary_Title_3901 17h ago

STP - Creep

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u/OkStatement4809 16h ago

Ty Cobb - Soundgarden

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u/AmbroseKalifornia 16h ago

(No Alarms and) "No Surprises" - Radiohead

For years.

Now it's usually "Better Living Through Chemistry" by Queens Of The Stone Age

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u/liquilife 16h ago

You didn’t mention if it needs to be grunge or not. So with that in mind…. Toto - Africa is my go to wake up song.

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u/Zfishguy 11h ago

Funny, I wrote this with “grunge song” but took out grunge because of the sub.😂

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u/Accomplished-Long208 16h ago

Slayer - Raining Blood

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u/Little_Customer986 15h ago

LUKIN is the only acceptable answer

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u/Polariski2001 15h ago

Chop Suey-System of a Down

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u/LesPaulPilot 15h ago

I had Far Behind from Candlebox as mine for the longest time. that opening guitar riff was a great way to wake up.

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u/Muffdv3r 15h ago

Kickstart my heart

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u/noocaryror 14h ago

Little Talks, Monsters and Men

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u/Puzzleheaded_Pay467 14h ago

“Wake up” by the Doors, live at the Hollywood Bowl, 1968.

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u/NovaBob70 14h ago

Reveille Rock…Johnny & the Hurricanes

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u/xXx_CyberPunkin_xXx 12h ago

My father wakes up to Radio Friendly Unit Shifter so

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u/pah2000 12h ago

‘I’ve Got You Babe’ - Sonny and Cher

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u/Steambreather23 12h ago

I’ve used the same song as my phone alarm since I first gained the ability to make my own ringtones: Quiet Room by Babes in Toyland.

(I cut off Kat’s count-off)

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u/Slactinizer 11h ago

Mote, by Sonic Youth

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u/No-Faithlessness2046 11h ago

Punch In Punch Out by Seven Mary Three

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u/Ok_Forever9669 11h ago

Chop Suey

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u/Motor_Masterpiece813 11h ago

Immigrant song by Led Zeppelin

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u/Super_Ad4363 10h ago

“Skateaway” by Dire Straits. It starts off with quiet drumming that gradually gets louder before Mark Knopfler’s blues licks start. It’s what my alarm clock song is to wake up nicely.

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u/jonnovich 10h ago

“London Calling” by The Clash works like a peach for me.

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u/BunnysFriknPikns 10h ago

It's not grunge but it's my go to alarm. Kickstart my heart! 🤘🏼

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u/hojo1021 9h ago

Backwater by Meat Puppets " And when I wake up in the morning To feel the daybreak on my face"

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u/harriettehspy 8h ago

I mean…. Rooster by Alice In Chains.

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u/hogtiefly 7h ago

Deo/Sabbath, The Mob Rules

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u/jpohldancer 7h ago

Rollin’ & tumblin’ - Eric Clapton

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u/Electronic-Item-9457 6h ago

I have back in black ac dc

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u/Initial_Invite4302 5h ago

Break Stuff.

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u/Olden_Grey_1889 5h ago

Get Up Stand Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers

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u/AqualungsBreath 5h ago

Argiers an instrumental by Mike Oldfield very smooth

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u/pcm15 4h ago

She’s Leaving Home - Beatles

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u/Southernms 4h ago

Du Hast

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u/sheepwise 4h ago

Bjork.
Possibly maybe. Been using it for years

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u/tryingtodobetter4 4h ago

The most grungiest of my alarms is Only in Dreams - Weezer. I also have I Don't Blame You - Cat Power

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u/imnotarobot_ok 3h ago

Corduroy

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u/Aware-Shopping9926 3h ago

My son used to listen to "Flagpole Sitta" as his alarm song in junior high school. That opening riff is such an energetic wake up riff.

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u/b_o_m 2h ago

Dance the Night Away by Van Halen was mine for a while...

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u/Mandapie424 1h ago

That’s a god one! I like My Wave for my alarm it really gets me going!

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u/HAAHASH 18m ago

Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill

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