Poor Al Roker—at least he’s taking this all in stride. After oversleeping for the first time in 39 years, Mr. Roker is enduring a friendly thrashing by his colleagues and across Twitter for failing to show up for “Wake Up With Al,” his (very) early morning show on The Weather Channel.
No one else can attest to the importance of promptness like a PR professional. Whether running an event or managing a crisis, punctuality is everything. We need to be ready well before even the media are up and at ‘em! To ensure extra security (and sanity), many of us set multiple alarms, ask our co-workers to give us a wake-up call, and train our pet parrots to yell “wake up, or you’re fired!”
Al, here at Buchanan Public Relations, we are big fans. So that you never oversleep again and remember why you so much love being a morning person, we’ve compiled a list of songs that will get you jazzed to put on your fuzzy slippers and grab that first cup of coffee. We’re your people, Al!
A Timely Playlist for Al
1. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go – Wham!
2. Time Warp – Rocky Horror Picture Show
3. Time of My Life (Dirty Dancing) – Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
4. It’s Time – Imagine Dragons
5. Hung Up -Madonna
6. Rock Around the Clock -Bill Haley and the Comets
7. Hammer Time – MC Hammer
8. Timebomb – Rancid
9. Time after Time – Cindy Lauper
10. Times Like These – Foo Fighters
11. Tik Tok – Ke$ha
12. Your Time is Gonna Come By – Led Zepplin
13. Closing Time – Semisonic
14. Always on Time – Ja Rule ft. Ashanti
15. Timebomb – Pink
16. Too Little, Too Late – Jojo
17. Freeze Time – 311
18. Wake Up – Hillary Duff
19. Apologize – Timbaland ft. One Republic
20. Wake Me Up – Avicci
21. Time To Get Ill – Beastie Boys