In the film Groundhog Day, what song plays on Phil's alarm clock each morning?

In Groundhog Day, Sonny & Cher’s “I Got You Babe” plays on Phil Connors’s alarm clock each morning.

The song is heard at the Cherry Street Inn as Phil wakes on February 2. When the time loop resets, the same recording and radio-show banter return, making the song one of the film’s clearest repeated motifs.

Sonny Bono and Cher released “I Got You Babe” in 1965, and it became one of the duo’s signature hits. The choice suits the movie because its recurring lines mirror Phil’s endlessly repeating day, while its romantic theme foreshadows his changing relationship with Rita Hanson.

A common mix-up is remembering another familiar 1980s song from the movie’s soundtrack. “I Got You Babe” is the alarm-clock song; it is not merely background music heard later in the film.