The picture of this jukebox alarm clock is a bit misleading. It's somewhat smaller than I expected and looks like a cheap novelty toy. But since we decorated one of our guest rooms as "The Music Room" this fits right in. It is battery operated, which is a drawback for an alarm clock if you really depend on waking on time! It does have provision for battery backup if the main batteries die.The songs it plays are snippets of the original artists and are kinda fun.