The Alarm was an early UK alternative music punk band. The Alarm formed as Seventeen years before The Alarm had its first rock song hit. The greatest hit rock song by The Alarm was 1989 number one rock song Sold Me Down The River. The second greatest hit by The Alarm was Rain In The Summertime. Although The Alarm never hit the pop music top 20, the song Sold Me Down The River received some pop radio airplay. The Alarm also was known for alternative music and dance songs.