# How to wake up to a SoundCloud song Sounds and looks · https://lfg.gm/soundcloud-alarm-sound · Updated 2026-11-06 To wake up to a SoundCloud song, open an alarm's sound in LFG Alarm, go to the SoundCloud tab and pick a track from a shelf or search for one. You don't need a SoundCloud account or a subscription. LFG Alarm is a social alarm clock for iPhone, Android and lfg.gm in a browser. At the ring the song streams from SoundCloud, and if it can't start, you wake up to LFG's own song instead, so the alarm is never silent. ## Why the first song of the day matters The first thing you hear sets the tone for the next hour. A harsh beep gets you up, but it starts the day in a panic. A song you chose, a slow lofi track on a Sunday or a house track before the gym, gets you up in the mood you wanted. SoundCloud is where a lot of that music lives: bedroom producers, DJ mixes, remixes and artists who post there first. Now any of it that SoundCloud lets play in full can be the thing that wakes you. ## How to set a SoundCloud song as your alarm 1. Make an alarm in LFG Alarm, or open one you made. 2. Open its sound and go to the **SoundCloud** tab. 3. Browse a shelf, or search for an artist or a song. Tap a track to hear it first. 4. Pick it. The songs you've picked before stay at the top, ready for your next alarm. It works the same on Android, on iPhone and on the website at lfg.gm. ## The shelves If you don't have a song in mind, start with a shelf. There are eleven: Morning, Lofi, Chill, House, Drum & bass, Workout, Indie, Jazz hop, Synthwave, Afro house and Ambient. A rough guide: Morning, Lofi, Jazz hop and Ambient for a gentle start; Chill and Indie for a normal weekday; House, Afro house, Drum & bass, Synthwave and Workout for the mornings you need to be moving in two minutes. ## What happens when it rings - **It streams.** The phone plays the track from SoundCloud at the moment the alarm goes off, so it needs a connection. - **It has a backup.** If the song can't start within 8 seconds, because you're offline or the track is gone, LFG's own song rings instead. - **It plays alone.** A voiceover (a spoken line LFG can play over an alarm's music) doesn't play over a SoundCloud song. Pick one or the other. ## When you want the moment, not just the morning A SoundCloud song as your alarm sound is about waking up well. If what you really want is to know the second an artist puts out something new, that's a different alarm: a drop alarm, which rings when the artist posts. See [how to get an alarm when an artist drops new music on SoundCloud](https://lfg.gm/soundcloud-new-release-alarm), and if your friends are as into them as you are, [how to ring your friends together when your favourite artist drops](https://lfg.gm/soundcloud-drop-alarm-with-friends). ## Ask your AI to set it up If you use an AI app such as Claude or ChatGPT with the LFG Alarm connector, it can make the alarm for you. You then pick the SoundCloud song in the app. **Try this.** Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or another AI agent that has the LFG Alarm connector (https://mcp.lfg.gm), not into the LFG Alarm app. The person needs the LFG Alarm app on their phone. > Use LFG Alarm to set a repeating time alarm for 7:30 on weekdays called Slow start. I want to wake up to a lofi song from SoundCloud instead of a beep, so tell me where to pick the song in the app. Why it works: It makes the time alarm, then sends you to the SoundCloud tab, where you choose the song yourself. Connect LFG Alarm to your AI app first: see [AI agents](https://lfg.gm/agents). ## Common mistakes - **Wi-Fi off at night.** The song streams, so with no connection you'll hear LFG's own song. That still wakes you, but it isn't the track you picked. - **A track with a long, quiet start.** You wake to the first seconds. Tap a track to hear how it opens before you pick it. - **Expecting your voiceover too.** It's off while a SoundCloud song is the sound. ## Questions ### Do I need a SoundCloud account? No. You don't need an account or a subscription, and you don't sign in with SoundCloud. ### Why can't I find a song I know is on SoundCloud? Only songs SoundCloud lets play in full are offered. Some artists and labels keep their tracks to a short preview, or block them for other apps, so those don't show up. ### Is the song kept on my phone? No. Nothing is saved on the phone. It streams from SoundCloud each time the alarm rings. ### Does it work on iPhone? Yes, on iPhone, on Android and in a browser at lfg.gm. ## Sources and further reading - [Custom alarm sound: wake up to your own song or a voice you know](https://lfg.gm/custom-alarm-sound) - [The studio: sound, wallpaper, snooze and note](https://lfg.gm/wiki/the-studio) - [Time alarms](https://lfg.gm/wiki/time-alarms) - [For artists: ring every fan the moment your SoundCloud track drops](https://lfg.gm/soundcloud-artist-drop-alarm) - [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com) LFG Alarm is not affiliated with SoundCloud. ## Keep exploring - [The studio: sound, wallpaper, snooze and note](https://lfg.gm/wiki/the-studio.md): Choose how an alarm looks and sounds, how snooze works, and the note you pin on it. - [How to get an alarm when an artist drops new music on SoundCloud](https://lfg.gm/soundcloud-new-release-alarm.md): Tell Rocco the artist or paste their SoundCloud link, and he rings you the minute a new track or album goes up, ready to play in SoundCloud’s own player. - [For artists: ring every fan the moment your SoundCloud track drops](https://lfg.gm/soundcloud-artist-drop-alarm.md): Make a public drop alarm on your own SoundCloud profile, put its link in your bio, and every fan who joins rings together when the track goes live, with your note on it. - [How to ring your friends together when your favourite artist drops](https://lfg.gm/soundcloud-drop-alarm-with-friends.md): Share one SoundCloud drop alarm in the group chat, and everyone riding rings in the same moment the new track goes live, each on Horn on, Notify or Quiet. - [Custom alarm sound: wake up to your own song or a voice you know](https://lfg.gm/custom-alarm-sound.md): Pick from hundreds of songs, voices and tones, or upload your own sound and record a voiceover, and share the alarm so friends ring with the same sound. ## About LFG Alarm LFG Alarm is a social alarm clock for iPhone, iPad and Android. It rings for times and for moments (a post on X, a stream going live, a token price, a wallet buying, an event starting), and one shared link makes every phone that joined ring together. Rocco, the cat inside the app, keeps watch and wakes you up. - Get it on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gm.lfg.app - Download on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6821089085 - Use it from an AI agent: add the MCP server https://mcp.lfg.gm as a connector, then ask in plain words. - Every page for agents: https://lfg.gm/llms.txt