Dwele

Best songs to wake up to Dwele

323,645 followers Avg 114 BPM 52% energy neo soul

Top 10 Dwele 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

Most energetic

Hold On - Remix

180 72 83
Gentlest wake-up

Open Your Eyes

95 39 30
Happiest mood

Hold On - Remix

180 72 83

Sound profile

Across these ten tracks Dwele averages 114 BPM with moderate intensity, ranging from 90 BPM on the calmest cut to 204 on the most uptempo one.

Best for: mid-tempo mornings neo soul

Audio range

Tempo
90–204 BPM avg 114
Energy
38–72% avg 52%
Mood (valence)
17–83% avg 51%

Full ranking

Ordered by Spotify popularity, filtered for energy over 50%.

1

Hold On - Radio Edit

90 BPM 51 49
3:27
2

Find A Way

98 BPM 66 44
4:10
3

Hold On - Remix

180 BPM 72 83
4:33
4

I Think I Love You

204 BPM 49 73
3:42
5

Truth

92 BPM 51 74
3:56
6

Open Your Eyes

95 BPM 39 30
3:21
7

What's Not To Love

98 BPM 47 59
3:26
8

I'm Cheatin'

92 BPM 46 45
3:43
9

A.N.G.E.L. - Interlude

97 BPM 40 17
2:20
10

Hold On

90 BPM 58 40
3:43

Why these Dwele 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 Dwele'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 114 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 Open Your Eyes 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 Hold On - Remix 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.