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Kiss Me, Son of Extras: Am I Awake?

Another They Might Be Giants song that I almost ruined by setting it as an alarm to wake up to every morning.

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Chase Roper
Jul 01, 2026
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I’ve done it again.

A while back, I wrote about the song Minimum Wage1 and how, for a short time, I ruined the song for myself by using it as an alarm sound to start my work day.

Well, here we are. A Tuesday morning at 6:37 AM as of the day I’m writing these words. For the last couple of months, I have had my alarm set to They Might Be Giants’ Am I Awake? And for the first time, the song started and I thought, “I’m starting to not like this song.”

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