50 Best Songs With Alarm Sounds
Songs with Alarm Clock Sounds That Feel Like a Jolt to the System
There’s a kind of mental static that hits when your brain gets yanked from one headspace into another without warning. Not a clean break. Like jolting awake mid-dream with the fire drill of a ringtone that wasn’t set by you. Some songs catch that snap. A siren, a school bell, an actual alarm clock ringing like someone’s shaking your shoulders on a Monday. They cut through whatever vibe you thought you were having. You hear that sound and something in your chest short-circuits a little. The room’s still spinning but the beat already started and there’s no pausing it.
These tracks don’t ease in. They arrive loud and slightly wrong, like someone blared them through a megaphone from another room. It’s the kind of energy that matches a stress nap on the floor of your apartment or a caffeine crash in the middle of a crowded train. That jarring sound gets buried under vocals, synths, or guitar lines, but it stays there. Ticking. Ringing. Buzzing like a low-grade panic you’re trying to dance through. Some of them lean into it hard, building the whole thing around the chaos. Others sneak it in like a memory your brain wasn’t ready to process.
Pop, rock, country, and R&B songs have all messed around with this kind of sonic intrusion. Not for drama. Not even for flair. More like a glitch in the vibe that suddenly makes it feel too real to skip. These tracks don’t fade in. They kick the door. Here are the best songs with alarm sounds that hit like a wake-up call someone else set for you.
Top 10 Alarm-Inspired Songs
1. 'Time'—Pink Floyd
2. 'Ring the Alarm'—Beyoncé
3. 'Pound the Alarm'—Nicki Minaj
4. 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go'—Wham!
5. 'Sissy That Walk'—RuPaul
6. 'Blue Monday'—New Order
7. 'Wake Up'—Arcade Fire
8. 'Good Morning'—Kanye West
9. 'Lovely Day'—Bill Withers
10. 'Money'—Pink Floyd
Wake Up and Get Ready Songs #11—20
11. 'Gotta Get Up'—Harry Nilsson
12. 'Walking on Sunshine'—Katrina & The Waves
13. 'Beautiful Day'—U2
14. 'Three Little Birds'—Bob Marley & The Wailers
15. 'Man! I Feel Like a Woman!'—Shania Twain
16. 'The Alarm'—Ben Seidman
17. 'Alarm Song'—The Beta Band
18. 'Red Light, Green Light'—Squid Game (soundtrack)
19. 'It's an Emergency'—Creative Juicer Media
20. 'Danger Zone'—Kenny Loggins
Alert and Urgent Music #21—30
21. 'Urgency'—Creative Juicer Media
22. 'The Final Countdown'—Europe
23. 'Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)'—Kate Bush
24. 'Blitzkrieg Bop'—Ramones
25. 'Under Pressure'—Queen & David Bowie
26. 'Help!'—The Beatles
27. '999 Emergency'—Motörhead
28. 'Last Resort'—Papa Roach
29. 'Hells Bells'—AC/DC
30. 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'—Metallica
Impending Alarm Sounds #31—40
31. 'Chop Suey!'—System Of A Down
32. 'Staring at the Sun'—TV on the Radio
33. 'I Know the End'—Phoebe Bridgers
34. 'The End'—The Doors
35. 'Don't Fear The Reaper'—Blue Öyster Cult
36. 'The Sound of Silence'—Simon & Garfunkel
37. 'Mad World'—Tears for Fears
38. 'Every Breath You Take'—The Police
39. 'Where Is My Mind?'—Pixies
40. 'Bad Moon Rising'—Creedence Clearwater Revival
Alarm Clock Sound Songs #41—50
41. 'Rocket Queen'—Guns N' Roses
42. 'Paper Planes'—M.I.A.
43. 'Stan'—Eminem featuring Dido
44. 'The Thunder Rolls'—Garth Brooks
45. 'Oowatanite'—April Wine
46. 'Blue (Da Ba Dee)'—Eiffel 65
47. 'Mr. Brightside'—The Killers
48. 'Party In The U.S.A.'—Miley Cyrus
49. 'Confident'—Demi Lovato
50. 'I'm Into Something Good'—Herman's Hermits
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