I’ve posted before on the wake-up songs chosen by the Spirit operations team, normally Mark Adler. Each sol, I’m going to try to track down what they played and update this list.And it’s not just for wake-up, significant events like cable-cutting and egress earn their own songs.
Sol | Song | Artist | Comment |
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2 | Good Morning, Good Morning | the Beatles. | |
3 | Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’ | Rodgers and Hammerstein. | |
4 | Hail to the Chief | The Mormon Tabernacle Choir | Presidential phone call |
5 | Satisfaction | The Rolling Stones. | |
6 | Get Up, Stand Up | Bob Marley | Lift mechanism actuated |
7 | Da Da Da | Casaca. | |
8 | Soak Up the Sun | Cheryl Crow. | |
9 | I Can See Clearly Now | Jimmy Cliff. | |
10 | Unchained Hit the Road, Jack Turn, Turn, Turn |
Van Halen Buster Poindexter The Byrds |
Cable-cutting |
11 | I Get Around Round and Round You Spin Me ‘Round |
The Beach Boys Ratt ThalĂa |
Rover rotation on the lander |
12 | Born to be Wild Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’ Who let the Dogs Out? |
Steppenwolf Riders in the Sky The Baha Men |
Egress! |
13 | Reach Out | The Four Tops | Arm activity |
14 | You’ve Got The Magic Touch | The Platters | |
15 | If You Love Somebody Set Them Free Roam Good Times Roll |
Sting The B-52’s The Cars |
Drive activation. |
16 | After Midnight Trash Day |
Eric Clapton Weird Al Yankovic |
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17 | We Will Rock You | Queen | |
18 | Sledgehammer | Peter Gabriel | |
19 | S. O. S. | Abba | |
20 | Baby, Talk To Me | Bye Bye Birdie | |
21 | Satellite | The Hooters | |
22 | We Can Work It Out | The Beatles |