Tame Impala

Best songs to wake up to Tame Impala

10,715,658 followers Avg 117 BPM 79% energy neo-psychedelic indie

Top 10 Tame Impala 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

New Gold (feat. Tame Impala and Bootie Brown)

108 92 55
Gentlest wake-up

Eventually

78 62 16
Happiest mood

Borderline

98 87 87

Sound profile

Across these ten tracks Tame Impala averages 117 BPM with high intensity, ranging from 78 BPM on the calmest cut to 152 on the most uptempo one.

Best for: steady-pace mornings neo-psychedelic current-era pop / charts mainstay

Audio range

Tempo
78–152 BPM avg 117
Energy
62–92% avg 79%
Mood (valence)
16–87% avg 60%

About Tame Impala

Kevin Parker records as Tame Impala from a home studio in Perth, layering analog synths, fuzzed guitar, and reverb-soaked vocals into something that sits between psych-rock and modern pop production. The catalog spans the languid sprawl of Currents and the tighter, dancier turn on The Slow Rush. For a wake-up rotation, that translates to a wide tempo window and bright, diffused textures that build instead of jolt. Songs like Borderline and The Less I Know the Better open with a steady groove and let the layers stack, which makes them work as music you wake up into. Best paired with a fade-in volume curve and a few minutes of grace before you actually move.

Full ranking

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

1

Dracula - JENNIE Remix

115 BPM 79 76
3:30
2

The Less I Know The Better

117 BPM 74 79
3:36
3

Dracula

115 BPM 73 61
3:25
4

Borderline

98 BPM 87 87
3:58
5

Let It Happen

125 BPM 88 58
7:48
6

New Person, Same Old Mistakes

152 BPM 81 49
6:03
7

Eventually

78 BPM 62 16
5:19
8

Feels Like We Only Go Backwards

150 BPM 90 49
3:13
9

New Gold (feat. Tame Impala and Bootie Brown)

108 BPM 92 55
3:35
10

Is It True

118 BPM 66 66
3:59

Why these Tame Impala 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 Tame Impala'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 117 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 Eventually 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 New Gold (feat. Tame Impala and Bootie Brown) 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.