Best songs to wake up to Arijit Singh
Top 10 Arijit Singh tracks most likely to actually get you out of bed, ranked by a blend of Spotify popularity, tempo, and energy. Every song here works as your iPhone alarm with Alarmify.
Our top 3 picks
Zaalima
Dhun (From "Saiyaara")
Mast Magan (From "2 States)
Sound profile
Arijit Singh on alarms reads as mid-tempo, moderate, and even-keeled. Average tempo 107 BPM, energy index 55%, valence 43%.
Audio range
- Tempo
- 75–144 BPM avg 107
- Energy
- 37–90% avg 55%
- Mood (valence)
- 16–88% avg 43%
About Arijit Singh
Arijit Singh moved from a 2005 reality show appearance to the dominant playback voice in Hindi cinema in roughly a decade. His breakthrough, Tum Hi Ho from Aashiqui 2 in 2013, is still one of YouTube's most-watched Hindi tracks. The voice itself sits in a soft, slightly nasal mid-range that he can push into open chest belt without losing the intimacy, which is why composers like Pritam and Mithoon keep coming back. For wake-ups, the Bollywood ballad format works in his favor: tabla and acoustic guitar lay down a gentle pulse, strings build, and the chorus opens up around the two-minute mark. Calmer than most pop alarms, but with enough lift that you won't fall back asleep. Good for slower mornings.
Full ranking
Ordered by Spotify popularity, filtered for energy over 50%.
Sitaare (From "Ikkis")
Samjhawan
Apna Bana Le
Dhun (From "Saiyaara")
Mast Magan (From "2 States)
Zaalima
Agar Tum Saath Ho (From "Tamasha")
Gehra Hua (From "Dhurandhar")
Phir Se
Tum Hi Ho (From "Aashiqui 2)
Why these Arijit Singh songs work as alarms
Not every hit track is a good wake-up track. A slow ballad hiding in someone's top 10 can sabotage a morning, and a song that starts with 12 seconds of silence defeats the whole point. So this list is filtered. We start from Arijit Singh's top tracks on Spotify, drop anything with energy below a reasonable wake-up threshold, then rank by how popular they are with listeners. Ten tracks guaranteed to actually pull you out of bed without making the morning feel like punishment.
Tempo matters more than people think. Research on sleep inertia points to music between 100 to 130 BPM as the sweet spot for shaking off grogginess without shocking your system. Slower than 90 BPM and you're still half-asleep at minute two. Faster than 150 and it's aggressive before coffee. This artist's average is 107 BPM, which sits right in that sweet spot.
How to actually use this
Pick a track that matches how you want to feel at 7 AM. If you hate mornings, start with something mid-energy like Dhun (From "Saiyaara") and pair it with Alarmify's gradual volume ramp so it fades in over 90 seconds instead of hitting at full blast. If you need an aggressive start, set Zaalima and skip the ramp. Either way, the song plays from Spotify in the background, the alarm still fires through Do Not Disturb, and you're not relying on the iOS Clock app to do something it literally can't do.
Alarmify+ vs free
On the free plan you get 30-second clips of any of these songs as your alarm, unlimited alarms, and the iOS 26 AlarmKit integration. On Alarmify+ ($49.99/year, week free trial) you get the full track playing until you dismiss, Smart Wake with a 30-minute window so it catches you during light sleep, the sleep-cycle calculator, and the gradual fade-in. Both plans need a Spotify Premium or Apple Music subscription if you want the full song instead of clips.
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