The Script

Best songs to wake up to The Script

9,051,217 followers Avg 121 BPM 75% energy

Top 10 The Script 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

Superheroes

167 89 64
Gentlest wake-up

Rain

93 59 61
Happiest mood

Superheroes

167 89 64

Sound profile

The Script on alarms reads as uptempo, high, and even-keeled. Average tempo 121 BPM, energy index 75%, valence 50%.

Best for: steady-pace mornings active in recent years

Audio range

Tempo
85–174 BPM avg 121
Energy
59–88% avg 75%
Mood (valence)
31–64% avg 50%

Full ranking

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

1

The Man Who Can't Be Moved

100 BPM 63 31
4:01
2

Breakeven

94 BPM 70 49
4:21
3

Superheroes

167 BPM 89 64
4:05
4

Hall of Fame (feat. will.i.am)

85 BPM 87 63
3:23
5

For the First Time

174 BPM 63 36
4:13
6

Rain

93 BPM 59 61
3:29
7

Nothing

157 BPM 83 50
4:32
8

If You Ever Come Back

96 BPM 79 57
4:02
9

If You Could See Me Now

100 BPM 76 37
3:40
10

Six Degrees of Separation

148 BPM 83 52
3:52

Why these The Script 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 The Script'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 121 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 Rain 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 Superheroes 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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